UW-Whitewater, ranked tenth in the national poll of National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III teams, defeated UW-Oshkosh 37-6 Wednesday evening in Kachel Gym in Williams Center.

matches in order they were competed
141   Austin Bautista (Des Plaines, IL/Maine East), WW, pinned Alex Mueller, OSH, 5:54
149   Derek Koening, OSH, pinned Matt Schuck (Elgin, IL/Burlington Central), WW, 0:52
157   Tom Trieloff (Janesville/Craig), WW, def. Brandon Welter, OSH, technical fall at 5:41 (21-6)
165   Pat Nagel (Algonquin, IL/Dundee-Crown), WW, def. Kevin Luedtke, OSH, 8-6
174   Rob Schoner (Sussex/Hamilton), WW, def. Eli Felts, OSH, 4-3
184   David Casper (Westby/Westby), WW, def. Eric Kuchan, OSH, 15-5
197   Jason Johnson (Oregon/Oregon), WW, def. Eric Coughlin, OSH, 7-3
285   Jon Schmidt (Menomonee Falls/Hartford Union), WW, def. Mike Kratz, OSH< 2-1
125   Jeremy Johnson (Romeoville, IL/Romeoville), WW, pinned Chad Leviner, OSH, 2:40
133   Kyle Wachholder (Salem/Westosha Central), WW, def. Jared Jaminski, OSH, 12-3

Bautista raised his record to a team best 15-5, and Jeremy Johnson (Romeoville, IL/Romeoville), now 15-8, also registered his fifteenth win, tying Bautista for the team lead in victories.  David Casper (Westby/Westby), 14-9, won his match despite dislocating a finger in the first period.

UW-W is 6-7 in dual meets, 5-2 against NCAA III teams, and 2-1 in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.  UW-Oshkosh is 3-9 overall and 0-3 in the WIAC.

UW-Whitewater's next competition will be at home, hosting the first ever Border Brawl Saturday, January 26.  The Border Brawl will match four Wisconsin schools and four from Illinois, with all teams wrestling the four from the other state.  The competition will use four mats in the Kachel Gym of Williams Center, with competition beginning at 9:00 a.m.

official:  Jim Keller
attendance:  114