STEVENS POINT, Wis. – The UW-Stevens Point wrestling team earned its first Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) victory of the season Friday evening with a 31-9 victory over UW-Platteville.
The Pointers earned a tech fall at 141-pounds by
Jared Kust (Shawano, WI/Shawano) and a pin by
Taylor Beaman (St. Paul Park, MN/Henry Sibley) at 184-pounds late to secure the 22-point victory.
UW-Stevens Point vs. UW-PlattevilleFriday, Dec. 12, 2014
Berg Gym – Stevens Point, Wis.
| Wt. | Dual | UWSP | UWP |
| 125 | Ben Vosters (Hatley, WI/Wittenberg-Birnamwood) (UWSP) won by forfeit | 6 | 0 |
| 133 | Zach Stenger (UWP) def. Michael Bannach (Wrightstown, WI/Wrightstown) (UWSP), 5-3 | 6 | 3 |
| 141 | Jared Kust (Shawano, WI/Shawano) (UWSP) tech. fall Jacob Somann (UWP) 18-2 (4:57) | 11 | 3 |
| 149 | Mason Bohm (UWP) dec. Austin Worachek (Casco, WI/Luxemburg-Casco) (UWSP), 10-6 | 11 | 6 |
| 157 | Chase Wiggins (UWP) dec. Anthony Friese (Hortonville, WI/Waupaca) (UWSP), 6-2 | 11 | 9 |
| 165 | Mitchell Lambrecht (Sheboygan Falls, WI/Sheboygan Falls) (UWSP) maj. dec, Randy Wade (UWP), 8-0 | 16 | 9 |
| 174 | Anthony Rottier (Little Suamico, WI/Pulaski) (UWSP) dec. Aaric Spencer (UWP), 12-3 | 19 | 9 |
| 184 | Taylor Beaman (St. Paul Park, MN/Henry Sibley) (UWSP) def. Dylan Deshane (UWP) by pin, 4:33 | 25 | 9 |
| 197 | Kane Seubert (Marshfield, WI/Marshfield) (UWSP) dec. Josh Cannon (UWP), 5-4 | 28 | 9 |
| HWT | Bo Seibel (Cambellsport, WI/Kewaskum) (UWSP) dec. Brandon Boyle (UWP), 7-4 | 31 | 9 |
Attendance: 184
Time: 1:20
Match started at 125-pounds.
133: Bannach scored the first points of the night with a takedown a minute in. Scoreless through the rest of the first, Platteville's Stenger evened the score at 2-2 in the opening minute of the second period. An escape with 40 seconds remaining in the third gave Bannach the 3-2 advantage. A stall point tied the match at 3-3 forcing sudden victory. 30 seconds into the overtime period, Stenger tallied the takedown to earn the 5-3 victory.
141: Kust took control early scoring takedown and a two-point near fall. Kust added another six points in the opening period to take a 10-2 edge into the second period. Kust went up 11-2 with an escape. Another takedown and near fall was enough to give Kust the 18-2 tech fall at 4:57.
149: After a scoreless first, Worachek took the 2-0 lead with a reversal midway through the second. Bohm earned an escape to cut his deficit in half, 2-1, and added a reversal and two-point near fall to take a 5-3 lead heading to the third. Another reversal by Bohm in the third made the score 7-3. An escape and quick takedown by Worachek late made the score 8-6, but a takedown by Bohm sealed the Pioneer victory, 10-6.
157: Wiggins notched a takedown midway through the opening period and took a 4-0 lead midway through the second with another takedown and took that lead into the third. In the final period, Friese forced a takedown with a minute remaining to cut the deficit to 4-2, but Wiggins earned the escape to take the 5-2 lead and with riding time earned the 6-2 victory.
165: Lambrecht scored the first points of the match with a takedown a minute in and tallied another midway through the second to take a 4-0 advantage. Another takedown with under a minute to go in the third gave Lambrecht a 6-0 advantage. A late stall point and over three minutes of riding time gave him the 8-0 victory.
174: Rottier notched an early takedown for the 2-0 edge and scored an escape point at the start of the second for the 3-0 advantage. Another quick takedown made the lead 5-0. A Pioneer escape and another quick takedown made the score 7-1. An escape just before the end of the second made the score 7-2, Rottier. In the third, another takedown-escape combo and another takedown gave Rottier the 11-3 edge with 30 seconds remaining. With riding time, Rottier coasted to the 12-3 decision.
184: Beaman's early takedown gave him the early edge, 2-0, and he added a three point near-fall as time expired for the 5-0 edge. Beaman dominated the second period and with 26 seconds remaining tallied the pin.
197: After a scoreless first, UWP's Cannon tallied the escape to start the second and take the early 1-0 edge. A takedown by Cannon and an escape after a Seubert takedown made the score 4-2 UWP heading to the third. An escape by Seubert made the score 4-3 with just six seconds remaining tallied the takedown to earn the 5-4 victory.
HWT: In his first college action, sophomore Seibel made short work of getting his first points, notching the takedown just under 30 seconds into the first. Seibel tallied a two-point near-fall as time expired in the first to take a 4-0 lead. In the second, UWP's Boyle tallied a takedown of his own, cutting Seibel's lead in half, 4-2. Seibel earned an escape midway through the third and another point with a technical violation on UWP, 6-2. A takedown by Boyle and an escape by Seibel with 15 seconds left made the score 7-4 and he would hold on for the victory.
