STEVENS POINT, Wis. – The UW-Stevens Point men's wrestling team got a come-from-behind 36-8 win in dual action over visiting UW-Oshkosh on Friday night in Berg Gym.
The Pointers fell behind 8-0 after a decision loss at 125 and tech fall loss at 133.
Riese Thornberry (Germantown, Wis./Germantown) got UWSP on the board with a 19-6 major decision win at 141.
Maddox Rye (Wausau, Wis./Wausau East) pulled the Pointers even with a 14-0 major decision victory at 149.
Nico Pelusi (Birnamwood, Wis./Witt-Birn) and
Josh Heuss (Antigo, Wis./Antigo) got back-to-back decision wins. Pelusi won 11-8 at 157 and Heuss got a 7-4 victory at 165.
Carson Trotzer (Weston, Wis./D.C. Everest) and
Easton Hull (Waupun, Wis./Waupun) got consecutive wins by tech fall. Trotzer was victorious at 174 by a 16-0 score. Hull won by a 19-2 score at 184.
Logan Nietzel pinned his opponent at 197 as did
Blake Flach (Shell Lake, Wis./Shell Lake) at 285 to seal the win.
The Pointers head to UW-Platteville on Wednesday (Dec. 11) for a 7:00 p.m. dual with the Pioneers.
UWSP UWO
125- JP Culver- UWO Dec.
Austin Gray (Tomah, Wis./Tomah)- UWSP—14-12 0 3
133- Andrew Schad- UWO Tech. fall
Aiden Fonder (Kimberly, Wis./Kimberly)- UWSP—17-0 0 8
141-
Riese Thornberry (Germantown, Wis./Germantown)- UWSP Maj. dec. Logan Harel- UWO—19-6 3 8
149-
Maddox Rye (Wausau, Wis./Wausau East)- UWSP Maj. dec. Leonardo Ruggiero—14-0 8 8
157-
Nico Pelusi (Birnamwood, Wis./Witt-Birn)- UWSP Dec. Jacob Hibbard—11-8 11 8
165-
Josh Heuss (Antigo, Wis./Antigo)- UWSP Dec. Ryan Bergman—7-4 14 8
174-
Carson Trotzer (Weston, Wis./D.C. Everest)- UWSP Tech fall Kyle Rasper—16-0 19 8
184-
Easton Hull (Waupun, Wis./Waupun)- UWSP Tech fall Vincent Bird—19-2 24 8
197- Logan Nietzel- UWSP Fall Desmond Walker—1:23 30 8
285-
Blake Flach (Shell Lake, Wis./Shell Lake)- UWSP Fall Garth Martell—4:15 36 8