PLATTEVILLE – The 13th-ranked UW-Stevens Point wrestling team won four of the last five matches on its way to defeating UW-Platteville 22-13 tonight in a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) dual meet at Williams Fieldhouse.
The Pointers improve to a dual meet record of 6-2 overall and 2-0 in Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) duals. The Pioneers fall to a record of 3-4 overall and 1-2 in WIAC duals.
Jake Calhoun (Sr.-Stevens Point/SPASH) began the meet for the Pointers with a 6-0 victory in the 125-pound bout. Jered Kern (Jr.-Mosinee) followed that with an 18-5 major decision in the 133-pound match.
Then with the Pointers trailing 10-7, Jake Wozniak (Jr.-Stanley/Stanley-Boyd) won the 165-pound match by a 5-0 decision to tie it up 10-10. Wozniak is ranked fourth in NCAA Division III in the 165-pound weight class. Eric Bath (Sr.-Pulaski) then returned to mat for the first time since the Pointer Open and won by pin at 5:30 in the 174-pound match. At 184 pounds, Dennis Reckelberg (So.-Luxemburg/Luxemburg-Casco) won by a 6-0 decision. Third-ranked Craig Bollig (Sr.-Verona) followed that with a 4-2 decision at 197 pounds.
The Pointers will take some time off for the holidays and return to action January 5th when they travel down to Texas to compete in the Lone Star Duals.
Stevens Point 22, Platteville 13
125 - Jake Calhoun (UWSP) dec. Andrew Skog (UWP), 6-0
133 - Jered Kern (UWSP) maj. Spencer Peterson (UWP), 18-5
141 - Vinny Alber (UWP) dec. Kris Magruder (UWSP), 7-4
149 - Ryan Higgins (UWP) dec. Kyle Mueller (UWSP), 11-5
157 - Jesse Milks (UWP) maj. Fred Lane (UWSP), 18-6
165 - Jake Wozniak (UWSP) dec. Cory Zuberbier (UWP), 5-0
174 - Eric Bath (UWSP) pinned Aaron Konitzer (UWP), 5:30
184 - Dennis Reckelberg (UWSP) dec. Brad Zellner (UWP), 6-0
197 - Craig Bollig (UWSP) dec. Michael Jackowski (UWP), 4-2
285 - Cody Weber (UWP) dec. Mitch Szwet (UWSP), 8-5