LA CROSSE, Wis. – The UW-Stevens Point men's wrestling team came up short in a 32-9 dual defeat at No. 5 UW-La Crosse on Friday.
 
Senior Matt Berlin (Oak Creek, Wis./Oak Creek) continued his unbeaten streak and maintained his top ranking at 133 with a 5-1 decision win over fourth-ranked Tristan Jenny.
 
UWSP's only other win was freshman Shamus McLain (Florence, Wis./Coleman) with a win by fall at the 4:58 mark in the 184 match.
 
The Pointers will host the WIAC Championships (presented by Culver's) on Sunday, Feb. 28. Action is set to begin at 1:00 p.m.
 
UW-Stevens Point vs. #5 UW-La Crosse
125      Josh Stenger (UWL) over Blaze Thurber (Nekoosa, Wis./Nekoosa) (UWSP) (MD 9-0)
133      #1 Matt Berlin (Oak Creek, Wis./Oak Creek) (UWSP) over #4 Tristan Jenny (UWL) (Dec 5-1)
141      Tyler Shackle (UWL) over  Colin Barker (Davis, Ill./Dakota) (UWSP) (MD 10-2)
149      #10 Sam Wenzel (UWL) over Mason Wheeler (Germantown, Wis./Germantown) (UWSP) (MD 8-0)
157      Nick Fetzner (UWL) over Luke Smiley (Plainfield, Ill./North) (UWSP) (Dec 4-3)
165      #2 Grant Zamin (UWL) over Brandon Peckham (Plainfield, Wis./Tri-County) (UWSP) (TF 23-7 5:38)
174      Nolan Paar (UWL) over Ben Kasten (Reedsville, Wis./Brillion) (UWSP) (Dec 16-9)    
184      Shamus McLain (Florence, Wis./Coleman) (UWSP) over Connor Williams (UWL) (Fall 4:58)
197      Kalyn Jahn (UWL) over Jerry Lipke (Milton, Wis./Milton) (UWSP) (MD 8-0)
285      #1 Konrad Ernst (UWL) over Noah Wieczorek (Clear Lake, Wis./Clear Lake) (UWSP) (TF 17-0 3:28)
Team Score: #5 UW-La Crosse 32, UW-Stevens Point 9
 
Extra Matches
125      Griffin Chmiel (Albany, Ohio/Alexander) (UWSP) over Dhruv Patel (UWL) (Fall 4:25)
141      Zachary Weiler (UWL) over Cooper Peterson (Cannon Falls, Minn./Cannon Falls) (UWSP) (TF 17-2 6:20)
141      Zachary Weiler (UWL) over Drew Willeman (Osceola, Wis./Osceola) (UWSP) (Fall 1:12)
141      Brandon Murphy (UWL) over Mohammed Abbosov (UWSP) (Dec 8-2)
141      Brandon Murphy (UWL) over Trent Francois (De Pere, Wis./West) (UWSP) (Dec 8-5)
149      Leo Draveling (UWL) over Kyle Smith (Madison, Wis./LaFollette) (UWSP) (Fall 6:19)
149      Tyler Zeman (UWL) over Sam Johnson (Ettrick, Wis./Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau) (UWSP) (TF 16-1 3:15)
149      Dawson Dembroski (UWL) over Alex Gundrum (Lomira, Wis./Lomira) (UWSP) (Fall 1:30)
157      Jake Mandt (UWL) over Isaiah Baker (White Bear Lake, Minn./White Bear Lake) (UWSP) (Fall 5:40)
174      Kaleb O'Reilly (UWL) over Trystan Altensey (Port Byron, Ill./Riverdale) (UWSP) (Dec 5-3)
184     Marcus Orlandoni (UWL) over Taran Holland (Princeton, Wis./Princeton) (UWSP) (Dec 5-3)
197      Marcus Orlandoni (UWL) over Keith Tourtillott (Keshena, Wis./Shawano Community) (UWSP) (Fall 5:45)
285      Ben Gunderson (Shiocton, Wis./Shiocton) (UWSP) over Pedro Castillo (UWL) (Dec 5-1)