It works for Taco Bell, so why not Warhawk wrestling? Warhawk wrestling UW-Whitewater, ranked nineteenth in the National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III poll, traveled to Chicago Tuesday night and won twice, defeating host University of Chicago 26-16 and Calumet College-Saint Joseph 45-9.
UW-Whitewater 26, Chicago 16
125: Jimmy Schoettle, UC def. Matt Oliva (Mundelein, Illinois/Carmel Catholic High School), UWW 16-2
141: Austin Bautista (Des Plaines, IL/Maine East), UWW def. Joseph Ruettiger, UC 20-6
149: Andy Rutke (Menomonee Falls/Menomonee Falls), UWW def. Matt Hart, UC 4-2 (sv 2)
157: James Layton, UC def. Andy Dieringer (Port Washington/Port Washington), UWW 4-1
165: Corey Schmidt (Homewood, IL/Homewood Flossmoor), UWW def. Josh Hotta, UC 9-0
174: David Kneisel, UC def. Reid Dickerson (Indianapolis, IN/North Central), UWW 5-4
184: Sean Pietrzyk (Salina, KS/Salina South), UWW pinned Wes Rosamilia, UC 1:27
197: Troy Carlson, UC won by forfeit
285: James Zarate (Waukesha/North), UWW def. Ryan Hatten, UC 2-1 (tb 1)
UW-Whitewater 45, Calumet-St. Joseph 9
125: Chris Head, CSJ pinned Matt Oliva, UWW 2:55
141: Austin Bautista (Des Plaines, IL/Maine East), UWW pinned Chad Allen, CSJ 3:48
149: Derek Allen, CSJ def. Andy Rutke (Menomonee Falls/Menomonee Falls), UWW 5-2
157: Lance Surma, CSJ def. Andy Dieringer (Port Washington/Port Washington), UWW 8-6
165: Corey Schmidt (Homewood, IL/Homewood Flossmoor), UWW won by forfeit
174: Reid Dickerson (Indianapolis, IN/North Central), UWW won by forfeit
184: Sean Pietrzyk (Salina, KS/Salina South), UWW pinned Dustin Boyd, CSJ 1:45
285: James Zarate (Waukesha/North), UWW pinned Artie Grubba, CSJ 2:40
Sean Pietrzyk (Salina, KS/Salina South), 5-1 this season at 184, led the Warhawks, winning both of his matches by fall in a total of just of three minutes. Four of Pietrzyk's wins have been pins. He shares the team lead in that category with Zarate.
Kyle Wachholder (Salem/Westosha Central) won twice, including a pin, at 133 to up his record to 4-2;
Austin Bautista (Des Plaines, IL/Maine East), ranked second in Division III at 141 won his matches, adding a pin, to increase his record to 7-1;
Corey Schmidt (Homewood, IL/Homewood Flossmoor) won twice to improve to 6-3 at 165, and
James Zarate (Waukesha/North) won twice at 285. Zarate won a match in OT and once by pin. He leads the team in wins at 10-4.
Whitewater is 2-1 in dual meets this season. The Warhawks next competition will be December 2 at UW-Eau Claire. The next home meet will be Tuesday, December 10 with the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh visiting Williams Center for a 7:00 match.
For additional information:
Tim Fader, UW-W coach
