Wrestling � Wednesday, January 17, 2001

Pointers Defeat UW-Oshkosh in WIAC Dual

     The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point wrestling team dropped its opening match, but won the final eight decisions of the night to defeat UW-Oshkosh 33-12 Wednesday in a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference dual match at the Berg Gymnasium in Stevens Point.

     After the Titans' Joel Dziedzic won by pin at 149 pounds to open the night, the Pointers' received a major decision from Nathan Preslaski at 157 pounds and a pin from Nathan Ugoretz at 165 pounds to take a 10-6 lead. Wes Kapping recorded a technical fall at 174 pounds and Ben Kureck won at 184 pounds to increase the lead to 18-6.

     Mitch Gehring added a pin at heavyweight and, following a forfeit at 125 pounds, Brady Holtz and Chet Zdanczewicz both had wins at 133 and 141, respectively to give the Pointers a 30-12 lead. Yan White finished the night with a 4-1 victory at 197 pounds in the Quandt Fieldhouse at halftime of the UW-Stevens Point men's basketball game.

     The Pointers, who are ranked 14^th in the NCAA Division III, are now 5-3 overall and travel to fourth-ranked Wartburg (Iowa) Saturday at 7 p.m.

UW-Stevens Point (4-3) 33, UW-Oshkosh (2-6-1) 12

149 � Joel Dziedzic (O) pinned Jason Kleinschmidt 0:57

157 � Nathan Preslaski (SP) dec. Mike Uyeda (O) 11-3

165 � Nathan Ugoretz (SP) pinned Matt Fritschel 5:29

174 � Wes Kapping (SP) technical fall over Nick Jasurda 15-0

184 � Ben Kureck (SP) dec. Mike Farchione 11-5

275 � Mitch Gehring (SP) pinned Adam Pearson 6:39

125 � Tim DeMars (O) won by forfeit

133 � Brady Holtz (SP) dec. Jeff Baker 4-2

141 � Chet Zdanczewicz (SP) dec. Ron Klein 7-0

197 � Yan White (SP) dec. Eric Maloney 5-1