STEVENS POINT – Tied 15-15 with just two weight classes remaining, Chad Gregory (Lawton, OK/Lawton) and Steve Wozniak (Neillsville/Greenwood) earned two crucial victories on Tuesday evening to help earn UW-Stevens Point head coach Johnny Johnson his 126^th career victory at UWSP, surpassing Marty Loy as the school's all-time winningest wrestling coach.

The eighth-ranked Pointers took an early 6-0 lead on the visiting Rangers thanks to a pin by Brad Kuehn (Hugo, MN/) at 125 pounds. Back-to-back victories by Parkside pulled the Rangers back even with the host Pointers at 6-6. 

Kris Magruder (Racine/Case)'s forfeit victory at 149 pounds put the Pointers back in front 12-6 and Ben Strobel (Neenah, WI/Neenah) picked up another three points with his 14-12 come-from-behind victory at 157 pounds. 

Parkside began to chip away at the lead again and once more tied the score at 15-15 after 184 pounds leaving just two weight classes for the Pointers to earn valuable points. 

Senior Chad Gregory (Lawton, OK/Lawton) stepped up and did his part, recording a 9-3 victory at 197 and 10^th-ranked Steve Wozniak (Neillsville/Greenwood) pinned his opponent at the 5:20 mark of the heavyweight contest go seal the victory. 

UW-Stevens Point (9-7, 2-1 WIAC) returns to the mat on Feb. 4 when they travel to UW-Whitewater for a 7 p.m. showdown with the Warhawks. 

#8 UW-Stevens Point vs. #16 UW-Parkside
Jan. 25, 2011
Stevens Point, Wis. – Berg Gym

125         Brad Kuehn (Hugo, MN/) (SP) pins Martino Balsiger (UWP) 4:43 – UWSP 6 – UWP 0
133         #4 Cody Zimmerman (UWP) def Jordan Kust (Clintonville, WI/Shawano) (UWSP) 7-3 – UWSP 6 – UWP 3
141         Arik Yde (UWP) def Shane Sweeney (Madison, WI/Edgewood) (UWSP) 5-3 – UWSP 6 – UWP 6
149         Kris Magruder (Racine/Case) (UWSP) wins by forfeit – UWSP 12 – UWP 6
157         Ben Strobel (Neenah, WI/Neenah) (UWSP) def Dave Edwards (UWP) 14-12 – UWSP 15 – UWP 6
165         Matt Gille (UWP) def #7 Jordan Schulte (Mosinee, WI/Mosinee) (UWSP) 2-0 – UWSP 15 – UWP 9
174         #1 Luke Rynish (UWP) def Ryan Conat (New London, WI/New London) (UWSP) 9-4 – UWSP 15 – UWP 12
184         Ryan Woods (UWP) def. Coulter Nyenhuis (Gladstone, MI/Gladstone) (UWSP) 12-5 – UWSP 15 – UWP 15
197         Chad Gregory (Lawton, OK/Lawton) (UWSP) def Curtis Hines (UWP) 9-3 – UWSP 18 – UWP 15
285         #10 Steve Wozniak (Neillsville/Greenwood) pins Vince Depp (UWP) 5:20 – UWSP 24 – UWP 15

Attendance: 208
Time: 1:18
Match started at 125 pounds
126^th career victory for UWSP's Johnny Johnson; Most all-time in UWSP Wrestling History