UW-Whitewater won five weight classes on the way to winning the team title at the Ursinus Homecoming Invitational in Collegeville, Pennsylvania Saturday.  

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Team scores were UW-Whitewater 126.5, Rhode Island College 83.5, Ursinus College 80.5, Centenary College (NJ) 68, New York-Oneonta 62, Apprentice School 36.5, Blair College 16.5, and West Chester University 13.

Warhawk wrestlers capturing titles included Max Oldenburg (Burbank, IL/Reavis) at 125, Kyle Wachholder (Salem/Westosha Central) at 133, Austin Bautista (Des Plaines, IL/Maine East) at 141, Jake D'Acquisto at 165, and heavyweight Jon Schmidt (Menomonee Falls/Hartford).  Oldenburg, now 4-2, went 3-0 in the tourney, winning by medical forfeit in his championship bout versus Zach Cogen of Oneonta.  Wachholder, also 3-0 on the day, defeated Alex Blank of Ursinus 9-2 in the final to raise his record to 12-7.  Bautista, ranked number one in Division III at 141 pounds, won all four of his matches, including an 8-5 win over Mike Trasso of Rhode Island in the championship.  Bautista is 21-2.  D'Acquisto, 10-7, won three times without a loss.  He defeated Matt Regan of Centenary 7-4 in the championship.  Schmidt, 4-2 on the season, picked up three of those wins Saturday.  He topped teammate James Zarate (Waukesha/North) in the final, 3-1.

In addition to Zarate, David Casper (Westby/Westby) at 184 and Adam Latella (Rockton, IL/Hononegah) at 197 also earned second place finishes.

UW-Whitewater is ranked twenty-second in the National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III poll. 
UW-W will host its annual Border Brawl Saturday, January 23.  Last year's meet featured three Wisconsin schools and three from Illinois, with each wrestling a round-robin against the other state.  The matches will be held in the Kachel Gym of Williams Center, with the first matches at 11:30.

For additional information:  Tim Fader, UW-W coach