Bunch maintained his undefeated record against a very strong field at 133 lbs. A total of 14 of InterMat's top 20 competed in the Las Vegas Invitational, led by Bunch, who is ranked number one. He won all six of his matches to improve to 16-0 for the season and 108-22 for his career. He is 16th in career wins, needing one to tie Tom Shifflet.
A year ago Bunch finished third at the Las Vegas Invitational, losing to Travis Lee of Cornell in the semifinals. The two would later meet in the national championship bout, with Lee prevailing, 6-3. Bunch opened with a 17-0 technical fall (4:30) over Derek Pirner of South Dakota State. Next came a 16-3 major decision over Mike Obizzi Degli of Duke. In the round of 16 he was a 7-3 winner over Reece Humphrey of Ohio State.
In the quarterfinals, Bunch faced #8 seed Matt Keller of Tennessee Chattanooga, ranked 13th by InterMat, and came away with a 9-7 win. He defeated Robbie Preston of Harvard, the fourth seed and ranked ninth, by a 6-5 decision thanks to a late takedown in the semifinals. In the finals, it was Bunch allowing just three escapes to Penn All-American Matt Valenti in a 5-3 win. Valenti was the third seed and ranked eighth.
Edinboro returns to action this Friday, December 9, facing the University at Buffalo in the War at the Shore at the Erie Civic Center.
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