STEVENS POINT - The UW-Stevens Point wrestling team tallied 26 team points on Saturday afternoon, notching a 26-15 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) victory against the Blugolds of UW-Eau Claire. The match was the final regular-season dual for the Pointers.
The Pointers began the day with three straight victories as
Jake Wozniak (Stanley/Stanley-Boyd) (Stanley),
Dennis Reckelberg (New Franken/Luxemburg-Casco) (Luxemburg) and
Ben Engelland (Neenah/Neenah) (Neenah) tallied victories for UWSP. UW-Eau Claire got on the board at 197 as Josh Holforty tallied an 8-4 victory and earned another victory at 285 by Joe Pitsch.
After an Eau Claire forfeit at 125 and a Stevens Point victory at 133,
Chase DeCleene (Ashwaubenon/Ashwaubenon) (Ashwaubenon) notched a 5-0 victory at 141 and
Andrew Dilworth (Greendale/Greendale) (Greendale) added another last-second victory at 157 to help the Pointers pull away for the 11-point victory.
The Pointers finish the regular season with a record of 16-4-1, 4-1-1 in the WIAC. The team will be in action next weekend at the WIAC Championships, hosted by UW-Oshkosh.
UW-Stevens Point vs. UW-Eau Claire
125
Joe Mileski (Gladstone, MI/Gladstone) (Gladstone, Mich.) wins by forfeit
133 Andy Miller wins by forfeit
141
Chase DeCleene (Ashwaubenon/Ashwaubenon) (Ashwaubenon) def Zach Weisenberger 5-0
149 Andy Johnston def
Kris Magruder (Racine/Case) (Racine) 3-1
157
Andrew Dilworth (Greendale/Greendale) (Greendale) def Jon Ames 4-3
165
Jake Wozniak (Stanley/Stanley-Boyd) (Stanley) def Will Christ by pin at 1:58
174
Dennis Reckelberg (New Franken/Luxemburg-Casco) (Luxemburg) def Jake Jones 12-2
184
Ben Engelland (Neenah/Neenah) (Neenah) def Jordan Davis 15-4
197 Josh Holforty def
Brandon Jochem (Hustisford/Hustisford) (Hustisford) 8-4
285 Joe Pitsch def Brett Oswald (Antigo) 6-4
UW-Stevens Point 26
UW-Eau Claire 15
Match started at 165 pounds.