Wrestling � Saturday, February 10, 2001

Pointers Record Five Pins in Win over UW-River Falls

     The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point wrestling team had five pins and three shutout victories in a 45-6 dual match victory over UW-River Falls Saturday at Berg Gym.

     Three of the Pointers� pins came in the third period as heavyweight Mitch Gehring, 184-pounder Ben Kureck and 197-pounder Yan White all had pins in the final minute of their respective matches.

     Jeremiah Curtis at 141 pounds and Wes Kapping at 174 pounds also had pins for the Pointers, who improved to 8-6 overall and 3-2 in the WIAC.

    Brady Holtz had a technical fall at 133 pounds and Jeremy Stapelford had a major decision at 149 pounds for the Pointers. Other winners were Nathan Preslaski at 157 pounds and Joe Bavlnka at 165 pounds as UW-River Falls� only victory came by forfeit at 125 pounds.

UW-Stevens Point (8-6) 45, UW-River Falls (7-11) 6

285 � Mitch Gehring (SP) pinned Nate Demulling 6:27

125 � Dana Johnson (RF) won by forfeit

133 � Brady Holtz (SP) tech. fall over Chris Henning 17-0  

141 � Jeremiah Curtis (SP) pinned Joel Esala 4:37

149 � Jeremy Stapelford (SP) major dec. Matt Hansen 11-0

157 � Nathan Preslaski (SP) dec. Gary Hackel 6-0

165 � Joe Bavlnka (SP) dec. Chad Flanagan 5-3

184 � Ben Kureck (SP) pinned Paul Hughes 6:27

197 � Yan White (SP) pinned Neil Happel 6:17