EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - SIUE cruised to a 31-3 victory in Mid-American Conference wrestling Saturday at First Community Arena.
Bryson Buhk closed out the match for the Cougars with a technical fall at heavyweight over Kent State's Corey Boerio.
SIUE, now 9-1 overall and 3-0 in the MAC, lead the MAC West Division after winning eight consecutive matches against the Golden Flashes. Kent State fell to 5-6 overall and 1-4 in the MAC.
Caleb Tyus (149) and
Deron Pulliam (184) also picked up bonus points for the Cougars.
SIUE celebrated senior day, honoring
Eric Almarinez,
Davian Guanajuato,
Ben Lunn,
Deron Pulliam,
Hayden Shepherd,
Hayden Trezek and
Caleb Tyus.
SIUE's match scheduled for Sunday has been postponed due to the weather. It has been rescheduled at First Community Arena for Feb. 6 at 6 p.m.
SIUE 31 Kent State 3
125
Drew Davis (SIUE) over Nico Calello (Kent State) (TB-1 3-2)
133
Marcel Lopez (SIUE) over Nick Molchak (Kent State) (Dec 8-3)
141
Alec Peralta (SIUE) over Mason Tieffel (Kent State) (Dec 10-4)
149
Caleb Tyus (SIUE) over Silas Stits (Kent State) (MD 18-6)
157
Hayden Whidden (SIUE) over Reese Stephen (Kent State) (Dec 5-1)
165
Brock Woodcock (SIUE) over Chris Earnest (Kent State) (Dec 10-8)
174
Dominic Lopez (SIUE) over Ethan Barr (Kent State) (SV-1 7-4)
184
Deron Pulliam (SIUE) over Ronald Dimmerling (Kent State) (MD 13-4)
197 Blake Schaffer (Kent State) over
Nick Nosler (SIUE) (Dec 4-2)
285
Bryson Buhk (SIUE) over Corey Boerio (Kent State) (TF 18-3 6:58)
