Wrestling � Tuesday, December 12, 2000

UW-Stevens Point Falls Short in Dual Meet Loss to UW-La Crosse

    The UW-Stevens Point wrestling team jumped out to a 16-3 lead, but three-time defending Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference champion UW-La Crosse rallied for a 25-19 victory in a WIAC dual meet Tuesday in La Crosse.

     The Pointers, ranked 14^th in the NCAA Division III rankings, grabbed the big lead after victories by Joe Bavlnka at 165 pounds and Wes Kapping at 174 pounds. Ben Kureck added a major decision victory at 184 pounds and Yan White followed with a victory by injury default at 197 pounds for a 16-3 lead.

     However, third-ranked UW-La Crosse quickly took the lead back as Jason Ott pinned the Pointers' Mark Burger at heavyweight, the Eagles won by forfeit at 125 pounds and Josh Habeck pinned UW-Stevens Point's Brady Holtz at 133 pounds.

     UW-Stevens Point cut the lead to 21-19 at 141 pounds with a 2-1 victory by Chet Zdanczewicz, but UW-La Crosse's Troy Fabry beat the Pointers' Jason Kleinschmidt 14-4 at 149 pounds to seal the Eagles' victory.

     The Pointers are now 1-1 overall and will compete at the Florida Duals in Orlando on December 29-30.

UW-La Crosse (5-1) 25, UW-Stevens Point (1-1) 19

157 � Josh Ernst (LC) dec. Nathan Preslaski 7-5

165 � Joe Bavlnka (SP) dec. Tade Kemnitz 3-2

174 � Wes Kapping (SP) dec. Ben Bly 10-6

184 � Ben Kureck (SP) dec. Tyler Jahn 18-8

197 � Yan White (SP) won by injury default over Bart Bly

275 � Jason Ott (LC) pinned Mark Burger 3:31

125 � Nick Mueller (LC) won by forfeit

133 � Josh Habeck (LC) pinned Brady Holtz 5:23

141 � Chet Zdanczewicz (SP) dec. Jim Carlson 2-1

149 � Troy Fabry (LC) dec. Jason Kleinschmidt 15-5