Jan. 29, 2011

ATHENS, Ohio-Ohio heavyweight Jeremy Johnson defeated Buffalo's Brett Correll 4-2 to give the Bobcats a come-from-behind 16-15 victory over the Bulls Saturday evening at the Convocation Center.

With the victory, the Bobcats improved to 7-3 overall and 2-0 in the Mid-American Conference. Buffalo dropped to 7-6 and 0-1 in the league.

The two teams alternated victories in the first four bouts of the evening, with Ohio's Gabe Ramos and 20th-ranked Germane Lindsey winning at 125 and 141, respectively, while Buffalo's Kevin Smith and 16th-ranked Desi Green took the 133 and 149 matches. Lindsey's win was a 15-5 major decision over Buffalo's Chris Conti.

The Bulls then won three of the next four bouts to take a 15-10 lead with just the 197 and heavyweight classes remaining. However, Ohio's Erik Schuth, ranked 16th nationally, defeated Buffalo's Josh Peters 10-6 and 20th-ranked Jeremy Johnson followed with a 4-2 win to clinch the comeback win for the Bobcats.

Ohio will face 10th-ranked American Sunday at 1 p.m. ET in the Convo.

Results

125-Gabe Ramos (Ohio) dec. Sean Walton (UB), 10-9 (Ohio leads 3-0)

133-Kevin Smith (UB) dec. Gavin Moore (Ohio), 11-4 (Meet tied 3-3)

141-#20 Germane Lindsey (Ohio) maj. dec. Chris Conti (UB), 15-5 (Ohio leads 7-3)

149-#16 Desi Green (UB) dec. Darrin Boing (Ohio), 10-3 (Ohio leads 7-6)

157-Mark Lewandowski (UB) dec. Chris Kline (Ohio), 4-0 (UB leads 9-7)

165-John-Martin Cannon (UB) dec. Steve Wilson (Ohio), 3-2 (UB leads 12-7)

174-Nick Purdue (Ohio) dec. Ron Majerus (UB), 10-5 (UB leads 12-10)

184-Jimmy Hamel (UB) dec. Ryan Garringer (Ohio), 4-3 (UB leads 15-10)

197-#16 Erik Schuth (Ohio) dec. Josh Peters (UB), 10-6 (UB leads 15-13)

HWT-#20 Jeremy Johnson (Ohio) dec. Brett Correll (UB), 4-2 (Ohio wins 16-15)