The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater wrestling team picked up wins in six of nine matches Tuesday night to secure a season-opening, 27-11 triumph over UW-Oshkosh in a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference dual at Kachel Gymnasium.
 
Senior Jordan Newman (Blaine, MN/St. John's Military Academy) and sophomore Hazen Rice (Schaumburg, Ill./Schaumburg) led the Warhawks (1-0 overall, 1-0 WIAC) with pins at their respective weight classes.
 
Newman, the No. 1 ranked wrestler in the nation at 184 pounds, moved up to 197 on Tuesday night and pinned Jordan Lemcke of the Titans (0-1, 0-1) in 58 seconds.
 
Rice picked up a pair of near falls at 133 pounds en route to a pin at the 6:20 mark of his bout against Anthony Senthavisouk.
 
Junior Nicholas Bonomo (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove North) picked up five points with a technical fall at 174 pounds, defeating AJ Stengel 16-0 at the 6:43 mark. Senior Austin Quartullo (Muskego, Wis./Muskego) earned a four-point major decision at 157 pounds with a 14-6 victory over Nate Arquinego.
 
Sophomore Ryder Sigler (Fredonia, Wis./Cedarburg) collected a 10-3 decision at 165 over Hasam Alabed and, in his UW-Whitewater debut, freshman Dylan Uzumecki came through with a 3-0 decision over Tory Jandrin at 285 pounds.
 
The Warhawks return to action this Saturday at the Luther Open, which begins at 9 a.m. in Decorah, Iowa.
 
UW-Whitewater 27, UW-Oshkosh 11
125: Open
133: Hazen Rice (Schaumburg, Ill./Schaumburg) d. Anthony Senthavisouk (UW-Oshkosh) by fall, 6:20
141: Wesam Alabed (UW-Oshkosh) d. Jaime Valdez by decision, 6-3
149: Corey Knudsen (UW-Oshkosh) d. Tommy George by technical fall, 17-1 (6:09)
157: Austin Quartullo (Muskego, Wis./Muskego) d. Nate Arquinego (UW-Oshkosh) by major decision, 14-6
165: Ryder Sigler (Fredonia, Wis./Cedarburg) d. Hasam Alabed (UW-Oshkosh) by decision, 10-3
174: Nicholas Bonomo (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove North) d. AJ Stengel (UW-Oshkosh) by technical fall, 16-0 (6:43)
184: Colten Cashmore (UW-Oshkosh) d. Christian Dischler (Pewaukee, Wis./Pewaukee) by decision, 3-2
197: Jordan Newman (Blaine, MN/St. John's Military Academy) d. Jordan Lemcke (UW-Oshkosh) by fall, 0:58
285: Dylan Uzumecki d. Tory Jandrin (UW-Oshkosh) by decision, 3-0