UW-Whitewater, ranked sixteenth in the National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III poll, defeated number twenty-one UW-Stevens Point 20-13 in Point Friday night.

125    #8 Joe Mileski (UWSP) def Matt Oliva (UWW) 5-2                           
133    Kyle Wachholder (Salem/Westosha Central) (UWW) def Jordan Kust (UWSP) 9-3                   
141    #1 Austin Bautista (Des Plaines, IL/Maine East) (UWW) def Mark Puckhaber (UWSP) 13-4       
149    Matt Schuck (Burlington/Burlington Catholic Central) (UWW) def Kory Klueskens (UWSP) 7-0                     
157    Corey Schmidt (Homewood, IL/Homewood Flossmoor) (UWW) def Andrew Dilworth (UWSP) 7-5                              
165    Jordan Schulte (UWSP) def Jake D'Acquisto (Genessee/Waukesha Catholic Memorial) (UWW) 12-4            
174    Dennis Reckelberg (UWSP) def Reid Dickerson (Indianapolis, IN/North Central) (UWW) 6-0         
184    #2 Ben Engelland (UWSP) def David Casper (Westby/Westby) (UWW) 7-1                              
197    Adam Latella (Rockton, IL/Rockton) (UWW) def Steve Wozniak (UWSP) 20-8                  
HWT Jon Schmidt (Menomonee Falls/Hartford) (UWW) def Bret Oswald (UWSP) 4-2                            

Match started at 184 pounds

The team matchup featured three nationally ranked wrestlers and all three won.  Whitewater's Austin Bautista (Des Plaines, IL/Maine East), number one in Division III at 141 pounds, raised his record to 30-2 with a win.  Bautista is just three wins away from tying Rob Llorca's school record of 133 career wins.  Point's Joe Mileski, ranked eighth at 125, and second ranked Ben Engelland at 184 also won.

UW-W also picked up points from Kyle Wachholder (Salem/Westosha Central) at 133 (19-10 this season), Matt Schuck (Burlington/Burlington Catholic Central) at 149 (13-14), Corey Schmidt (Homewood, IL/Homewood Flossmoor) at 157 (7-9), Adam Latella (Rockton, IL/Hononegah) at 197 (19-9) and heavyweight Jon Schmidt (Menomonee Falls/Hartford) (8-3).

The Warhawks are 7-4-1 in dual meets, 3-1 versus Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference competition.  

UW-W will compete in the Blugold Invite hosted by UW-Eau Claire Saturday, February 6.  The Warhawks' final home appearance of the season will be Thursday, February 11 at 7:00 in Williams Center versus UW-Platteville.

For additional information:  Tim Fader, UW-W coach