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Wrestling – Saturday, February 3, 2001

Pointers Place Fourth at Luther College Invitational

Three wrestlers placed second at their respective weight classes as the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point wrestling team placed fourth at the six-team Luther College Classic Saturday in Decorah, Iowa.

The Pointers, ranked 13th in the NCAA Division III, had 69.5 team points as top-ranked Augsburg College (Minn.) won the invitational with 157.5 points. Fourth-ranked Wartburg (Iowa) was second with 147.5 points and eighth-ranked Luther was third with 87.5 points.

Brady Holtz recorded two victories at 133 pounds before losing to Augsburg's Bryan Miller 16-5 in the title match. Holtz pinned Wartburg's Nick Kilburg in 4:33 and beat UW-Platteville's John Schimming 9-0.

Wes Kapping reached the title match at 174 pounds with an 11-5 victory over St. Olaf's John Holm. Kapping lost to Augburg's Nick Slack 10-2 in the finals.

Yan White lost to Wartburg's Matt Buskohl 9-0 in the title match at 197 after claiming to victories to reach the finals. White beat Wartburg's Andy Fecht 7-2 and Augsburg's Kevin Rasmussen 5-3.

Mitch Gehring was fourth at heavyweight, pinning UW-Platteville's Zac Bowgren in 51 seconds before losing to Augsburg's Mark Anderson 9-0 in the third place match.

Nathan Ugoretz and Joe Bavlnka tied for fifth place at 165 pounds.

The Pointers will host Augsburg in their next dual match Friday at 7 p.m.