UW-Whitewater, ranked eleventh in the National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III, defeated UW-Platteville 30-8 Friday evening in Kachel Gym of Williams Center.
UW-Whitewater 30, UW-Platteville 8
125 Max Oldenburg (Burbank, IL/Reavis), WW, def. Andrew Skog, PV, 10-2
133 Kyle Wachholder (Salem/Westosha Central), WW, def. Spencer Peterson, PV, 6-1
141 Austin Bautista (Des Plaines, IL/Maine East), WW, def. Jeff Gale, PV, 10-6
149 Matt Schuck (Elgin, IL/Burlington Central), WW, pinned Matt McGill, PV, 4:19
157 Jesse Milks, PV, def. Gary Reid (Juneau, AK/Southwestern Orgen CC), WW, 20-6
165 Pat Nagel (Algonquin, IL/Dundee-Crown), WW, def. Carsten Carlsen, PV, 11-3
174 Cory Zuberbier, PV, def. Kyle Geary (Mokena, IL/Lincoln-Way East), WW, 15-2
184 David Casper (Westby/Westby), WW, def. Brad Zellner, PV, 5-1
197 Jason Johnson (Oregon/Oregon), WW, def. Michael Jackowski, PV, 9-4
285 Sean Evans (Richmond, IL/Richmond Burton), WW, def. Cody Weber, PV, 12-4
Nagel, 26-14, leads UW-W in victories. Bautista, 25-7, upped his team best winning percentage to .781. Oldenburg is 10-7, Wachholder 15-10, Schuck 17-16, Casper 22-12, Johnson 11-11, and Evans 20-9.
Reid and Johnson, both seniors, were making their final appearance on the mat in Williams Center.
UW-Whitewater is 11-9 overall in duals, 4-2 versus Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference competition. The Warhawks' record against non-scholarship teams is 11-6.
The Warhawks' next competition will be the WIAC Tournament Sunday, February 24 at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. (Note: Lawrence is a member of the WIAC in the sport of wrestling.)
