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Mueller's Dramatics Lift
Pointers Past Blugolds
It�s hard to create a more dramatic moment
than the conclusion of Saturday�s wrestling dual between UW-Stevens
Point and UW-Eau Claire as the Pointers� Kyle Mueller recorded a
takedown with one second left to win his 141-pound match and give his
team a 24-18 victory at Berg Gym.
Mueller trailed 3-2 in the waning seconds and
spun around UW-Eau Claire�s Andy Johnston before putting him on the mat
moments before the final buzzer sounded for the 4-3 win. The team score
would have ended in a tie had Johnston prevailed.
UW-Stevens Point�s victory gives the Pointers
a share of first place in the final Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference dual meet standings with UW-La Crosse as they finished 5-1 in
the league and 12-8-1 overall. UW-Eau Claire ended the regular season
4-2 in the WIAC and 12-6 overall. The Pointers are ranked 21st in the
NCAA Division III and the Blugolds are ranked 28th.
After UW-Eau Claire�s Dave Vanevenhoven opened
the match with a pin at 149 pounds, the Pointers� 157-pounder Jake
Wozniak evened the match with a pin in 1:42.
The Blugolds won the next two matches by
decision with Lance Valiquette earning an 8-2 win at 165 pounds and Joey
Miller winning 9-8 on a takedown with five seconds left in the match at
174 pounds. UW-Stevens Point tied the match at 12-12 with a pin from
Craig Bollig in 4:23 at 184 pounds.
The Pointers took a three-point lead on an 8-5
win from 197-pound junior Dustin Robinson, who won both matches this
weekend in his first official varsity competition.
The Blugolds got wins from Justin McAuly at
heavyweight by a 3-2 score and Andy Miller at 133 pounds by an 8-4
count, but the Pointers benefited from a forfeit at 125 pounds to hold
their three-point cushion entering Mueller�s contest.
UW-Stevens Point 24, UW-Eau
Claire 18
149 � Dave Vanevenhoven (EC) pinned Fred Lane 1:21
157 � Jake Wozniak (SP) pinned Mike Walker 1:42
165 � Lance Valiquette (EC)
dec. Chris Karl 8-2
174 � Joey Miller
(EC) dec. Dennis Reckelberg 9-8
184 � Craig Bollig (SP) pinned Nick Hoeft 4:23
197 � Dustin Robinson (SP) dec. Ted Sikowski 8-5
285 � Justin McAuly (EC) dec. Chad Gregory 3-2
125 � Jake Calhoun (SP) won by forfeit
133 � Andy Miller (EC) dec. Jered Kern 8-4
141 � Kyle Mueller (SP) dec. Andy Johnston 4-3
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