Hempstead, NY -- Each team won five matches but freshman Andrew Schutt's come-from-behind victory in the final 15 seconds in the final match of the day allowed the Bulls of Buffalo to tie the Hofstra Pride, 16-16, at the David S. Mack Sports Complex Sunday afternoon. The Bulls improved to 1-0-1 on the season while the Pride is 0-0-1.
Schutt trailed 3-0 in the 141-pound finale after Hofstra red-shirt freshman Tyler Banks' takedown with 16 seconds remaining in the third period. But the newcomer reversed the Pride wrestler three seconds later and then added three back-points for a 5-4 victory after Banks took the riding time point.
Sunday's contest opened up at 149 pounds with Buffalo's 16th-ranked Desi Green posting an escape with 1:51 in the third period to take a 3-2 victory over Hofstra sophomore Justin Accordino. Ninth-ranked Hofstra senior Jonny Bonilla-Bowman started a four-match Pride winning streak and tied the match at 3-3 with a 10-5 victory over Andrew Stella at 157 pounds. Sophomore P.J. Gillespie posted a 5-2 win over John Martin Cannon at 165 before junior Ryan Patrovich, ranked 10th by Intermat, cruised to a 10-3 victory over Matt Bogardus at 174 pounds. Sophomore Ben Clymer's 8-0 major decision over Buffalo's Josh Peters gave the Pride a 13-3 lead at the intermission. Accordino, Gillespie and Patrovich made their debuts at their new weights Sunday.
But 20th-ranked Jimmy Hamel put Buffalo back on the winning track with an 8-6 decision over Pride senior Anthony Tortora at 197 pounds and sophomore Brett Correll posted a second period escape to snap a 3-3 tie and go on to a 5-3 decision over Hofstra red-shirt freshman Paul Snyder at 285 to close the deficit to 13-9.
Hofstra freshman Jamie Franco, who moved down a weight class to 125 pounds to fill in for the injured starter Steve Bonanno, recorded an escape with 53 seconds remaining to post a 1-0 victory over sophomore Dylan Dabolt and boost the Pride lead to 16-9. But Buffalo sophomore Kevin Smith tallied a 27-12 tech fall win over Hofstra junior Jeff Rotella at 133 pounds but didn't have any back-points for a four-point victory to close the deficit to 16-13 setting up Schutt's match-tying win.
The Pride return to action next Saturday, November 21 when they compete in the North Carolina State Wolfpack Open in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Results:
149 - No. 16 Desi Green (UB) dec. Justin Accordino (HU), 3-2
157 - No. 9 Jonny Bonilla-Bowman (HU) dec. Andrew Stella (UB), 10-5
165 - P.J. Gillespie (HU) dec. John Martin Cannon (UB), 5-2
174 - No. 10 Ryan Patrovich (HU) dec. Matt Bogardus (UB), 10-3
184 - Ben Clymer (HU) dec. Josh Peters (UB), 8-0
197 - No. 20 Jimmy Hamel UB) dec. Anthony Tortora (HU), 8-6
285 - Brett Correll (UB) dec. Paul Snyder (HU), 5-3
125 - Jamie Franco (HU) dec. Dylan Dabolt (UB), 1-0
133 - Kevin Smith (UB) tech fall Jeff Rotella (HU), 27-12 (6:56)
141 - Andrew Schutt (UB) dec. Tyler Banks (HU), 5-4
