The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater wrestling team competed in their first invite of the season in UW-Stevens Point at the Pointer Open. The invite feature wrestlers from NCAA Division II & III, NAIA, & the NJCAA.

The Warhawks had two champions in the brackets, with James Brouilette (Mount Prospect, Ill./Mount Prospect) winning the 285 Silver bracket. Brouilette went 3-0 on the day with three decisions. In the 197 pound silver bracket, Josh Darwin (Oconomowoc, Wis./Oconomowoc) went 4-0 with a decision & tech in the first two rounds. Darwin recorded two falls in the semifinal & champion, including a 1:57 minute pin in the championship match. 

Including the two champions, the Warhawks had five total wrestlers place on the podium: Landon VanAcker (Belvidere, Ill./Belvidere) (149-Silver, 5th place), Patrick Skrundz (Burlington, Wis./Burlington) (149- Silver, 6th Place), & Chase Heimerman (Cedar Grove, Wis./Cedar Grove-Belgium) (125-Silver, 6th place). 

In addition to the wrestlers at the Pointer Open Brayden Peet (Sycamore, Ill./Sycamore) competed in the Collide: All-Star Showcase in Iowa Saturday. The inaugural competition features wrestlers from NCAA Division II and III, NAIA and the NJCAA. Wrestlers competing in the 18 individual bouts represent 25 different colleges and universities. Peet dominated the 174-pound bout against Dylan Block of North Idaho College (NJCAA). He took control from the opening whistle accumulating over five minutes in riding time en route to a 9-0 win. 

Pointer Open Results

125- Silver
Chase Heimerman (Cedar Grove, Wis./Cedar Grove-Belgium) - 6th place
def. Treziok (MNI) | TF (18-0, 5:50)
def. Duffield (AUR) | DEC, 4-3
lost to Rivera (CNMH) | DEC, 6-12
lost to Burke (UWO) | DEC, 4-8
lost to Phelps (Unattached) | DEC, 2-4

141 - Gold
Grant Braskamp (Fox Lake, Wis./Waupun)
lost Maldonado (NCC) | TF (2-18, 5:42)
def. Braskamp (ELM) | Fall (0:59)
lost to Anderson (MSOE) | TF (6-22, 6:41)

141 - Silver
Nicholas Fortugno (Armonk, NY/Byram Hills)
lost to Woods (UNA) | DEC, 5-11
def. Iron Eyes (CNMH) | MD, 16-4
def. Freed (MNI) | MD, 16-5
lost to Legg (NCC) | Fall (6:36)

149 - Silver
Landon VanAcker (Belvidere, Ill./Belvidere) - 5th place
def. Chiarelli (NCC) | DEC, 3-0
def. Cervantes (AUR) | TF, (16-0, 5:00)
lost to Mayo (CNMH) | DEC, 6-7
lost to Strezo (NCC) | DEC, 2-8
def. Skrundz (UWW) | FOR

Patrick Skrundz (Burlington, Wis./Burlington)
def. Pekny (MAN) | Fall (2:32)
def. Lucansky (AUG) | MD, 12-0
lost to Boerner (UWSP) | M FOR
lost to Bush (AUG) | M FOR
lost to VanAcker (UWW) | FOR

157 - Silver
Brayden Loehr (Kewaskum, Wis./Kewaskum)
lost to Cook (UWSP) | TF (0-15, 4:00)
def. Trottier (UWSP) | Fall (2:17)
def. Depa (CNMH) | DEC, 6-2
lost to Slack (AUG) | MD, 4-17

165 - Silver
Diego Ramirez (El Paso, Tex./Pebble Hills)
lost to Vogel (ELM) | Fall (3:24)
lost to Jinojosa (ELM) | Fall (1:28)

174 - Gold
Ben Vazquez (Antioch, Ill./Antioch) - 6th-place
def. Vanderlinden (UNA) | Fall (4:50)
lost to Kienbaum (Parkside) | DEC, 6-7
def. Terrell (Parkside) | M FOR
lost to Schlosser (CAC) | DEC, 4-6
lost to Kienbaum (Parkside)| DEC, 1-8

Logan Defilippo
lost to Skebba (Parkside) | MD, 4-12
def. Hendri (UNA) | DEC, 7-1
lost to Miller (AUG) | DEC, 4-3

174 - Silver
Seth Race (Cedar Grove, Wis./Cedar Grove-Belgium)
def. Gilbert (MAN) | TF (17-2, 3:41)
def. Thompson (MAN) | TF (21-3, 3:59)
lost to Halverson (CNMH) | DEC, 6-8

184 - Silver
Brody Seese (Pewaukee, Wis./Pewaukee)
def. Goree (MAN) | Fall (4:16)
lost to Champagne (CNMH) | MD, 6-15
lost to Godby (MAN) | DEC-SV, 5-8

Melvin Hunter (Madison, Wis./Madison East)
def. Duarte (MNI) | Fall (1:25)
lost to Ritter (CNMH) | Fall (2:09)
lost to Smith (UWO) | MD, 13-22

197 - Silver
Josh Darwin (Oconomowoc, Wis./Oconomowoc) - Champion
def. Suarez (MARY) | 13-7
def. Novembre (CNMH) | TF (16-1, 5:49)
def. Harcey (CNMH) | Fall (3:35)
def. Fox (CNMH) | Fall (1:57)

285 - Silver
James Brouilette (Mount Prospect, Ill./Mount Prospect) - Champion
def. Carnes (CNMH) | DEC-TB, 3-2
def. Turner (MARY) | DEC, 5-1
def. Otto (UWSP) | DEC, 7-2