UW-Whitewater, ranked tenth in the National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III poll, fell to eighth ranked UW-Stevens Point 31-12 at Quandt Fieldhouse in Stevens Point Friday night.

125   Jeremy Johnson (Romeoville, IL/Romeoville), WW, won by forfeit
133   Jered Kern, SP, def. Kyle Wachholder (Salem/Westosha Central), WW, 14-4
141   Austin Bautista (Des Plaines, IL/Maine East), WW, def. Chase DeCleene, SP, 14-9
149   Kyle Mueller, SP, tech fall Tim Walsh (Channahon, IL/Providence Catholic), WW, 19-4 (6:45)
157   Chris Brown, SO, def. Tom Trieloff (Janesville/Craig), WW, 10-6
165   Pat Nagel (Algonquin, IL/Dundee-Crown), WW, def. Jake Wozniak, SP, 5-2
174   Eric Bath, SP, pinned Roib Schoner, WW, 0:53
184   Ben Engelland, SP, def. Mike Schmidt (Menominee Falls/Hartford Union), WW, 5-2
197   Craig Bollig, SP, def. Jason Johnson (Oregon/Oregon), WW, 9-0
285   Chad Gregory, SP, pinned Sean Evans (Richmond, IL/Richmond Burton), WW, 2:45

Bautista, ranked fourth in the latest NWCA III individuals, improved his record to 24-7.   Nagel, now 25-14 and ranked seventh at 165, picked up a win over sixth ranked Jake Wozniak.  Bath is ranked second, Engelland fourth, and Bollig fourth by the NWCA for Division III.

UW-Whitewater is 9-9 in dual meets this season. 

UW-W will move on to Eau Claire to face the Blugolds Saturday night.  The next home match, and the final home match of the season, will be Friday, February 15 at 7:00 against UW-Platteville.

For additional information:
Tim Fader, UW-W coach
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference wrestling