Buffalo Sports Calendar – March 11-17, 2024

This weekend, Bulls wrestling visited Kent State for the 2024 MAC Championships and made a respectable showing, including a 2nd-place finish by Sam Mitchell. Here are the results by weight class:

125: Max Elton was knocked out after two rounds.

133: Tommy Maddox made it to the semifinal round before losing Lock Haven’s Gabe Strickland, who went on to win the bracket.

141: Caleb Brooks lost his first match but won his next one in the 3rd-place bracket and finished 7th.

149: Kaleb Burgess had a first-round bye and lost in the second round.

157: Nick Stampoulos made it to the semifinals before losing to eventual champ Peyten Keller (Ohio)

165: Hunter Shaut won his opening match, but lost to bracket winner Evan Maag (George Mason) and finished 7th.

174: Jay Nivison had a first-round bye and lost in the second round, but fought his way back to 5th place.

184: Chase Kranitz made it to the semifinal round before losing to Clarion’s #1-ranked Cameron Pine.

197: Sam Mitchell was seeded #1 in the bracket, and lost only one round until the finals, before fallling to the #2 seed, Cleveland State’s Benjamin Smith.

285: Lonnell Owens-Pabon lost his opening round to #1 seed Daniel Bucknavich (Cleveland State), but fought his way back to a 5th-place finish.

Elsewhere, the women’s swimming & diving team are sending six divers to the NCAA Zone Diving Championships in Princeton this week — Marialis Kwak and Victoria Franz, who both qualified last year as well; MAC Freshman Diver of the Year Sophie Meuwissen; as well as Presley Dorsett, Kaylee Donovan, and Mallory Hanna. The team will then immediately travel to Ocala, FL for the National Invitational Championships.

Women’s basketball advances to the MAC Tournament this week, seeded #4 and facing #5 Bowling Green.

Standings:
Women’s basketball: 17-12
Men’s basketball: 4-27
Women’s tennis: 13-4
Men’s tennis: 4-6
Wrestling: 10-12
Softball: 8-11
Sabres: 30-30
Bandits: 6-6

Here’s who’s competing this week:

Monday 3/11:
Swimming & Diving @ NCAA Zone Diving Championships (Princeton, NJ)

Tuesday 3/12:
Swimming & Diving @ NCAA Zone Diving Championships (Princeton, NJ)
Sabres vs. Red Wings

Wednesday 3/13:
Women’s Basketball vs. Bowling Green (MAC Tournament, Cleveland, OH)

Thursday 3/14:
Swimming & Diving @ National Invitational Championships (Ocala, FL)
Sabres vs. Islanders

Friday 3/15:
Swimming & Diving @ National Invitational Championships (Ocala, FL)
Women’s Basketball @ MAC Tournament (Cleveland, OH)
Women’s Tennis @ Bowling Green
Men’s Tennis vs. Western Michigan
Softball @ Bowling Green

Saturday 3/16:
Swimming & Diving @ National Invitational Championships (Ocala, FL)
Women’s Basketball @ MAC Tournament (Cleveland, OH)
Softball @ Bowling Green (doubleheader)
Sabres @ Red Wings
Bandits vs. Toronto

Sunday 3/17:
Men’s Tennis vs. Ball State