Jake Fredrickson and Corey Anderson (Rockton, IL/Hononegah) won titles to lead UW-Whitewater at the Indiana Little States Invitational in Wabash, Indiana Saturday.  Tyler Becker (Fox Lake, IL/Grant Community) led the Warhawks with a title at the Wisconsin Open hosted by UW-Parkside as the UW-Whitewater wrestlers split the team for the weekend of competition.

Fredrickson captured the 133 pound championship with three consecutive wins.  The top seed, he opened with a 7-2 win over Jordan Bosman of Indiana Tech, and followed with an 8-1 win over Brett Yarbrough of Manchester College.  In the championship match he defeated Travis Barroquillo of Indiana Tech, 8-4.  Fredrickson is 8-1 this season.

Anderson, also a one seed, had a first round bye.  In his first match he pinned Chris Hurst of Wabash in 4:59, and continued advancing with a 12-0 decision over Mack Green of Trine.  Round three was a 5-1 win over West Cathcart (school affiliation unknown), and Anderson blanked Andre Dunn of Indiana Tech 4-0 in the 285 championship match.  Anderson is 11-1.

Reid Dickerson (Indianapolis, IN/North Central) went 3-1 for a second place finish at 174, and Justin Birschbach (Fond du Lac/Fond du Lac) also was 3-1 in the tourney, finishing third. 

Becker went 4-0 through the 165 class in Kenosha.  He opened with a narrow 12-10 victory over Frank Abitua of Harper College, and edged Tim Gilbert of McKendree 6-4 in round two.  He prevailed in another close one, 6-5 over Montrail Johnson of host Parkside in a semifinal to set up his only one-sided match of the day, a 12-3 victory over Lenny Ksupa of Triton College in the championship match. Becker is 8-4 this season.

David Dwyer (Rockton, IL/Hononegah) went 2-1 at 184 to finish second for the Warhawks.

There were no team scores kept in either tournament.

UW-Whitewater will participate in the Duals in the Dells December 9, facing Coe College and Saint John's University.  The next home competition will be January 20 at 7:00, with UW-Oshkosh in Williams Center.


For additional information:  Tim Fader, UW-W coach