He won both his opening round matches to surpass Gary Cooper, who won 113 matches from 1998-2003. Cerminara is the lone Buffalo wrestler to reach the quarterfinals at the 52-team event, but is one of five who is still wrestling, along with junior Mark Budd (Orrville, OH/Orrville) (133 pounds), junior Pat Lloyd (Middletown, NY/Valley Central) (149 pounds), sophomore Mickey Moran (Pittsburgh, PA/Shaler Area) and senior Harold Sherrell (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool) (285 pounds).
Cerminara, seeded second in the field of 48 wrestlers, started his run towards the quarterfinals with a 5-3 win against WrestlingReport.com's 29 th -ranked Mark Thompson of The Citadel, the fourth ranked-wrestler that Cerminara has beaten this year. He followed his record-tying win with a dominating performance against Chambers to earn the record.
Cerminara is now just eight wins shy of John Stutzman's school-record of 24 straight wins, set in 1996-97.
Budd, Moran and Sherrell each advanced to the round of 16 before losing their first match and will continue to look to score team points in the consolation bracket. Before the round of 16, Buffalo was fourth in the field of 52 teams, as only USA Today/Intermat/NWCA 11th -ranked Cornell, third-ranked Michigan and 15th -ranked Missouri were ahead of the Bulls. Six ranked teams, including second-ranked Illinois and eighth-ranked Wisconsin were looking up in the standings at Buffalo .
The action continues as Buffalo will look to stay near the top of the tournament standings, with the quarterfinals and wrestleback rounds three and four slated to start at 10:00 pm (EST).
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