UW-Whitewater won five weight classes on the way to winning the team title at the Ursinus Homecoming Invitational in Collegeville, Pennsylvania Saturday.
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Team scores were UW-Whitewater 126.5, Rhode Island College 83.5, Ursinus College 80.5, Centenary College (NJ) 68, New York-Oneonta 62, Apprentice School 36.5, Blair College 16.5, and West Chester University 13.
Warhawk wrestlers capturing titles included Max Oldenburg at 125, Kyle Wachholder at 133, Austin Bautista at 141, Jake D'Acquisto at 165, and heavyweight Jon Schmidt. Oldenburg, now 4-2, went 3-0 in the tourney, winning by medical forfeit in his championship bout versus Zach Cogen of Oneonta. Wachholder, also 3-0 on the day, defeated Alex Blank of Ursinus 9-2 in the final to raise his record to 12-7. Bautista, ranked number one in Division III at 141 pounds, won all four of his matches, including an 8-5 win over Mike Trasso of Rhode Island in the championship. Bautista is 21-2. D'Acquisto, 10-7, won three times without a loss. He defeated Matt Regan of Centenary 7-4 in the championship. Schmidt, 4-2 on the season, picked up three of those wins Saturday. He topped teammate James Zarate in the final, 3-1.
In addition to Zarate, David Casper at 184 and Adam Latella at 197 also earned second place finishes.
UW-Whitewater is ranked twenty-second in the National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III poll.
UW-W will host its annual Border Brawl Saturday, January 23. Last year's meet featured three Wisconsin schools and three from Illinois, with each wrestling a round-robin against the other state. The matches will be held in the Kachel Gym of Williams Center, with the first matches at 11:30.
For additional information: Tim Fader, UW-W coach