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Clarke wins two additional awards

Senior forward Andrae Clarke of the men's soccer team picked up additional accolades from his performance in last Friday's 1-0 upset victory over the then 19th nationally ranked Northern Illinois Huskies.

Clarke was named the Mid-American Conference Player of the Week and selected to the Soccer America Team of the Week. This was the second time this season that he was chosen as MAC Player of the Week.

Wrestlers receive preseason honors

The Mid-American Conference has announced its preseason wrestling ranks, which includes a number of Buffalo grapplers.

Most notable is senior 133-pound captain Mark Budd of the wrestling team, who has been picked to repeat as MAC Champion. Budd is also within the top 15 wrestlers in his weight class nationally in a number of different publications, with wrestlingreport.com ranking him the highest at seventh.

Four other Buffalo wrestlers are ranked within the conference. Junior 141-pounder Ryan Needle and junior 149-pounder Dana Gingerich have been ranked to finish in second-place in the MAC. Two other Bulls wrestlers, junior Mike Ragusa and freshman Ricky Scott, each have been picked to place third in the conference at the 165 and 184-pound weight classes, respectively.

Kohout wins conference award

Senior cross-country runner Katie Kohout was named Mid-American Conference Runner of the Week. Kohout was named for her 10th place finish of a field of 40 runners at the Reif Memorial Invitational at Cornell University last Friday. She tied her season-high in a 5K run with a 19:12 finish.

Kohout was the first Buffalo runner to earn this conference honor this season.