Buffalo Upends Chippewa Wrestlers, 19-14, at McGuirk Arena

Sunday, February 1

Mount Pleasant, Mich.

2 p.m.

Central Michigan University

Buffalo

CMU's Wyatt Ferguson (left) nears a pin in his 184-pound bout with Buffalo's Connor Scuilla on Sunday at McGuirk Arena.

Photo by: Lauren Verellen '26 - @laurenverellen_photography

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Chippewas make late surge with bonus-point victories, but Bulls capture decisive final bout

By: Andy Sneddon

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – Buffalo won six of 10 matches, including the decisive final bout of the day, in handing Central Michigan a 19-14 Mid-American Conference dual meet loss at McGuirk Arena.

The loss wrapped up a 1-1 weekend for the Chippewas, who defeated Ohio, 23-10, on Friday. CMU is 7-5, 1-2 and goes to SIU Edwardsville on Friday, Feb. 6, for a MAC dual. Buffalo improved to 3-9, 2-3. It was Buffalo's second victory in 31 all-time meetings with the Chippewas and first since 2019.

Buffalo won four of the first five matches on Sunday, including at 157 where No. 25/29 Kaleb Burgess posted an 11-3 major decision victory over No. 22/26 Mason Shrader, extending the Bulls' lead to 13-3.

CMU then went to work, winning three of the next four matches and scoring bonus points in two of those wins to draw the Chippewas within two points, 16-14, and set the stage for the dramatic final bout of the meet at 285.

Buffalo's Magnus Bibla upset No. 30/unranked Bryan Caves, 4-2, to clinch the dual.

The Chippewas got decision wins from Andrew Austin (133) and Chandler Amaker (165) and major decision wins from Wyatt Ferguson (184) and Luke Cochran (197).

Buffalo 19, Central Michigan 14
Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026
At McGuirk Arena, Mount Pleasant, Mich.
125: Zachary Belverio (B) dec. Colton Camacho, 14-9, UB 3, CMU 0
133: Andrew Austin (C) dec. Max Elton, 10-5, CMU 3, UB 3
141: Tyler Roark (B) dec. Nick Blackburn, 5-2, UB 6, CMU 3
149: Sam Ewing (B) dec. Jimmy Nugent, 4-2, UB 9, CMU 3
157: No. 25/29 Kaleb Burgess (B) major dec. No. 22/26 Mason Shrader, 11-3, UB 13, CMU 3
165: Chandler Amaker (C) dec. Kelin Laffey, 4-2, UB 13, CMU 6
174: Rafael Knapp (B) dec. Cody Brenner, 4-1 SV, UB 16, CMU 6
184: Wyatt Ferguson (C) major dec. Connor Scuilla, 14-2, UB 16, CMU 10
197: Luke Cochran (C) major dec. Connor Jacobs, 19-6, UB 16, CMU 14
285: Magnus Bibla (B) dec. No. 30/UR Bryan Caves, 4-2, UB 19, CMU 14
*National rankings by InterMat/FloWrestling