UW-Whitewater, ranked thirteenth in the National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III poll, upped its record to 4-0 in Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference duals with a 44-0 win over UW-Eau Claire Friday night in Kachel Gym of Williams Center in Whitewater, Wisconsin.  The shutout is first for UW-W since the Warhawks topped UW-Platteville 39-0 February 11, 2010.

Matt Adcock (Bloomingdale, IL/Lake Park) feature photo courtesy of Tom Ganser

Photo Gallery courtesy of Jenny DuPuis (available for purchase)

In the first match of the night, the first to actually wrestle, Whitewater's Matt Adcock (Bloomingdale, IL/Lake Park) went ahead on a takedown in the first period and led 4-1 after one.  Behnke picked up a point with an escape in the second, and the duo traded points in the third to give Adcock a 5-3 decision and Whitewater a 15-0 lead.

Garrett Whitehead upped the Whitewater lead to 19-0 with a 14-6 major decision over Steve Fisher at 149 pounds.  Whitewater led 4-2 after the first period and extended it to 7-3 after five minutes.  In the third period Whitewater scored three takedowns, and Fisher got a point each time for escaping.

Cedric Gibson (Plainfield, IL/Plainfield North) added four more team points for Whitewater with another major decision, 17-4, over Eau Claire's Brandon Stradel at 157 pounds.  Gibson outscored Stradel 8-1 in the second period, including a pair of two point nearfalls.  All four of Stradel's points came on escapes.

At 165 pounds Warhawk Willie Anaya (Downers Grove, IL/Downers Grove) scored on three takedowns and a three point nearfall in the first period to lead 9-2, then continued adding on and closing out the match with a pair of three point nearfalls in the second period to record an 18-2 technical fall at 4:04 and increase Whitewater's lead to 28-0.

Ryan Aprahamian (Mukwonago/Mukwonago) pushed the lead to 34-0 with a pin in 4:15 over Alex Kleinschmidt at 174.  Aprahamian led 5-2 at the time of the pin.

Roland Dunlap (Muskego/Muskego ) made his first appearance of the season at 184 for Whitewater, defeating Jacob Hoffstatter 20-6.  Dunlap led 11-3 after the first period and 15-4 after two.  Dunlap recorded eight takedowns in the match, and all of Hoffstatter's points came on escapes and Whitewater's lead climbed to 38-0.

Shane Siefert (Mundelein, IL/Carmel) completed the shutout with a pin in 6:23 of Eau Claire's Luke Ortscheid. Siefert's 6-1 lead after one period included two, two point nearfalls, and that score held through a scoreless second period.  Siefert led 11-2 at the time of the pin.

UW-Whitewater will host the annual Border Brawls Saturday beginning at 11:00 in Williams Center. 

in order of competition
285   Anthony Edgren (New Lisbon/New Lisbon), WW, won by forfeit
125   Joe Meylor (Darlington/Darlington), WW, won by forfeit
133   no match
141   Matt Adcock (Bloomingdale, IL/Lake Park), WW, defeated Nathanial Behnke, EC, 5-3
149   Garrett Whitehead, WW, defeated Steve Fisher, EC, 14-6
157   Cedric Gibson (Plainfield, IL/Plainfield North), WW, defeated Brandon Stradel, EC, 17-4
165   Willie Anaya (Downers Grove, IL/Downers Grove), WW, defeated Matt Koch, EC, 18-2 in 4:04
174   Ryan Aprahamian (Mukwonago/Mukwonago), WW, pinned Alex Kleinschmidt, EC, in 4:15
184   Roland Dunlap (Muskego/Muskego ), WW, defeated Jacob Hoffstatter, EC, 20-6
197   Shane Seifert, WW, pinned Luke Ortscheid, EC, in 6:23




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