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Bath's Pin Sparks Pointers
Past Warhawks
Eric Bath�s first period pin sparked
the UW-Stevens Point wrestling team to a 28-12 victory over
UW-Whitewater in a matchup of nationally-ranked opponents on Thursday at
UW-Whitewater.
Bath, a junior 174-pounder, got the
Pointers� night off to a great start in the opening match with a pin of
UW-Whitewater senior Adam Moe, who entered the match with a 24-7 season
record. Bath recorded the pin in just 1:34.
The Pointers, ranked 21st in the NCAA Division
III, improved to 11-7-1 overall and 3-1 in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference by downing the Warhawks, who are ranked 15th
nationally and dropped to 12-5 overall and 1-3 in the WIAC. The loss
snapped UW-Whitewater�s six-match winning streak.
The Warhawks recorded an upset of their own at
184 pounds as David Casper posted a 4-2 win over UW-Stevens Point�s
Craig Bollig, who was ranked fifth nationally. However, the Pointers
bounced back with a major decision win from Tyler Wozniak, who improved
to 8-0 at 197 pounds and 26-4 overall. After the Warhawks took the
heavyweight bout in overtime, Jake Calhoun added a forfeit win at 125 pounds and Jered Kern followed with a pin at 133 pounds for a 22-6 lead.
UW-Whitewater pulled within 22-9 with a win at
141 pounds, but Mo Malone clinched the victory with an overtime win at
149 pounds and Chris Karl later added a victory at 165 pounds.
UW-Stevens Point 28, UW-Whitewater 12
174 - Eric Bath (SP) pinned Adam Moe 1:34
184 - David Casper (WW) dec. Craig Bollig 4-2
197 - Tyler Wozniak (SP) major dec. Sean Pietrzyk 11-0
285 - Derrik Johnson (WW) dec. Bret Oswald 2-1 (OT)
125 - Jake Calhoun (SP) won by forfeit
133 - Jered Kern (SP) pinned Greg Kuchan 4:01
141 - Austin Bautista (WW) dec. Kyle Mueller 6-4
149 - Mo Malone (SP) dec. Gary Reid 6-4 (OT)
157 - Pat Nagel (WW) dec. Chris Brown 7-4
165 - Chris Karl (SP) dec. Jake D'Aquisto 4-2
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