UW-Whitewater and UW-Stevens Point tied 20-20 Wednesday night in Kachel Gym of Williams Center in Whitewater, Wisconsin. Whitewater, ranked fifth in the poll of NCAA Division III teams, and the Pointers, ranked tenth, will have to wait until the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament February 22 in Oshkosh for a final decision on the mat.
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UW-Stevens Point jumped out to an early lead, starting with major decisions by Jake Wozniak at 165 and Dennis Reckelberg at 174. The Pointers bumped their lead to 14-0 when Ben Engelland, ranked sixth in Division III, pinned David Casper (Westby/Westby).
The Warhawk comeback began with third-ranked Karl Voeck (Madison/Memorial) got UW-W on the board with a decision at 197. UW-SP got those points back in the next match with Chad Gregory scoring two takedowns in the third period to win 6-4 and put Point ahead 17-3,
A decision by Max Oldenburg (Burbank, IL/Reavis) at 125 brought the Warhawks three points closer, 17-6, and when UW-SP forfeited at 133 the gap narrowed to 17-12. UW-W's Austin Bautista (Des Plaines, IL/Maine East), ranked number one in D3, raised his record to 32-1 with a 13-5 win at 141 pounds. Point's lead dwindled to 17-16.
Chris Magruder won by decision at 149 for the Pointers, putting the score at 20-16 with just 157 pounds left. Whitewater's Tom Trieloff (Janesville/Craig) won the match 14-6, with the major decision knotting the team score at 20-20.
The criteria for breaking a tie is number of matches won, and both teams won five so the tie stands.
A similar senario occured the last time Whitewater defeated Point, January 23, 2003 in Williams Center. The match ended in a 19-19 tie, but the Warhawks won six matches that evening to earn the victory, their most recent against the Pointers.
UW-Whitewater is 14-3-1 in dual meets, 3-0-1 in the WIAC. UW-Stevens Point is 15-3-1, and 3-1-1 in league competition.
UW-Whitewater will host Lawrence University, a WIAC member for the sport of wrestling, Friday at 7:00 in Williams Center.
For additional information: Tim Fader, UW-W coach
Whitewater 20, Stevens Point 20
125 Max Oldenburg (Burbank, IL/Reavis), WW, def. Joe Mileski, SP, 7-2
133 Kyle Wachholder (Salem/Westosha Central), WW, won by forfeit
141 Austin Bautista (Des Plaines, IL/Maine East), WW, def. Chase DeCleene, SP, 13-5
149 Chris Magruder, SP, def. Matt Schuck (Burlington/Burlington Catholic Central), WW, 11-4
157 Tom Trieloff (Janesville/Craig), WW, def. Andrew Dilworth, SP, 14-6
165 Jake Wozniak, SP, def. Cedric Gibson (Plainfield, IL/Plainfield North), WW, 15-5
174 Dennis Reckelberg, SP, def. Sean Pietrzyk (Salina, KS/Salina South), WW, 10-0
184 Ben Engelland, SP, pinned David Casper (Westby/Westby), WW, 5:43
197 Karl Voeck (Madison/Memorial), WW, def. Jeremy Fulk, SP, 9-2
285 Chad Gregory, SP, def. Sean Evans (Richmond, IL/Richmond Burton), WW, 6-4
