WHEATON, Ill. – Logan Hermsen (Amherst Junction, WI/Amherst) finished second at 165 pounds to highlight the No. 24 UW-Stevens Point wrestling team's performances at the 2016 "Pete Willson" Wheaton Invitational as the Pointers finished fifth of 32 teams on Friday and Saturday.

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Hermsen recorded four pins to advance to the championship match, where he fell in a 6-3 decision to Nick Fishback, a Division-II All-American from UW-Parkside. Three of the junior's four pins en route to the final came in less than two minutes and he pinned sixth-seeded Frank Aiello of Wheaton and seventh-seeded Derek Weinmann of UW-La Crosse.

Jared Kust (Shawano, WI/Shawano) went 6-1 to claim third place in the 141-pound bracket after being seeded sixth. The senior won his first two matches by tech fall before falling to third-seeded Jimmy Nehls of Elmhurst. In the wrestlebacks, Kust won four consecutive matches, including wins over top-seeded Matt Adcock of UW-Whitewater and second-seeded Layten Binion of North Central.

At 125 pounds, Ben Vosters (Hatley, WI/Wittenberg-Birnamwood) finished fourth after a 4-2 showing. The sophomore lost his first match after a bye but worked his way through the wrestlebacks to the third-place match. The second seed beat two seeds on his way to the third-place match but fell 10-2 to top-seeded Lucas Malmberg of Messiah.

Dan Squires (Muskego, WI/Wisconsin Lutheran) placed fifth as the No. 6 seed at 174 pounds after going 4-2. The sophomore won his first three matches before going down in an 11-5 decision to No. 2 seed Ben Swarr of Messiah. Squires lost first match in the wrestlebacks before pinning Wheaton's Stephen Aiello at 3:54 in the fifth-place match.

Cody Nielsen (Oconto Falls, WI/Oconto Falls) and Bo Seibel (Cambellsport, WI/Kewaskum) each posted seventh-place finishes in their respective weight classes. Nielsen went 5-2 at 184 pounds, while Seibel was 3-2 at 197 pounds. Nielsen earned the Jack Schwartz Award for most falls at the tournament, recording four in 9:14.

UW-Stevens Point finished fifth as a team with 98.0 points. UW-Whitewater won the tournament with 131.0, followed by UW-Parkside (127.5), Messiah (123.0) and UW-La Crosse (109.5).

UW-Stevens Point hosts UW-La Crosse in a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) dual on Friday, Feb. 5 at 7 p.m.