Three Ranked Pointers Prevail, UWSP Falls in Dual to UWW

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Three Ranked Pointers Prevail, UWSP Falls in Dual to UWW

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1/21/2022 11:21:00 PM

STEVENS POINT, Wis. – The UW-Stevens Point men's wrestling team (8-3, 0-3) fell to visiting UW-Whitewater (9-1, 4-1) in dual action, 27-15, on Friday night.

Second-ranked Matt Berlin (Oak Creek, Wis./Oak Creek) won a battle of ranked wrestlers at 133.  He earned a 5-2 decision.

At 157, 12th-ranked Luke Smiley (Plainfield, Ill./North) shutout his opponent for a 4-0 decision victory.  Tenth-ranked Brandon Peckham (Plainfield, Wis./Tri-County) also won by decision, 8-2, at 165.

The Pointers other win came with Alex Mischka (Kimberly, Wis./Kimberly) winning by fall at 197.

UWSP will head to Illinois for the Pete Willson Invitational on Jan. 28 and 29.  Action starts at 11:00 a.m.

UW-Whitewater at UW-Stevens Point
125 – Alex Barbarise (UWW) over Luca Paladino (Oak Creek, Wis./Oak Creek) (UWSP) by decision, 5-0
133 – #2 Matt Berlin (Oak Creek, Wis./Oak Creek) (UWSP) over #15 Ethan Pogorzelski (UWW) by decision, 5-2
141 – Dakarai Clay (UWW) over Drew Willeman (Osceola, Wis./Osceola) (UWSP) by major decision, 13-5
149 – #6 Jake Burford (UWW) over Derek Marten (Stratford, Wis./Stratford) (UWSP) by tech fall, 22-6 (5:08)
157 – #12 Luke Smiley (Plainfield, Ill./North) (UWSP) over Ty Miller (UWW) by decision, 4-0
165 – #10 Brandon Peckham (Plainfield, Wis./Tri-County) (UWSP) over Buddy Evangelista (UWW) by decision, 8-2
174 – Ryan Riser (UWW) over Trystan Altensey (Port Byron, Ill./Riverdale) (UWSP) by fall (6:07)
184 – #5 Jaritt Shinhoster (UWW) over Jerry Lipke (Milton, Wis./Milton) (UWSP) by tech fall, 16-0 (4:44)
197 – Alex Mischka (Kimberly, Wis./Kimberly) (UWSP) over Chad Richards (UWW) by fall (4:43)
285 – Cadin Koeppel (UWW) over Ben Gunderson (Shiocton, Wis./Shiocton) (UWSP) by major decision, 12-0
Team Scores: UWW 27, UWSP 15

Extra matches
125 – Tyler Klein (UWW) over Griffin Chmiel (Albany, Ohio/Alexander) (UWSP) by major decision, 14-3
141 – Drew Nash (UWW) over Mohammed Abbasov (Waukesha, Wis./South) (UWSP) by major decision, 21-6
141 – Luke Hill (Cashe, Okla./Cashe) (UWSP) over Nick Valenzona (UWW) by fall
141 – Josiah Lynden (UWW) over Matt Feia (Hudson, Wis./Hudson) (UWSP) by major decision, 16-1
149 – Sam Johnson (Ettrick, Wis./Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau) (UWSP) over Alex Valenzona (UWW) by major decision, 12-4
157 – Simon Rillie (UWW) over Isaiah Baker (White Bear Lake, Minn./White Bear Lake) by decision, 7-5
165 – Nick Klug (UWW) over Justin Sanchez (Milton, Wis./Milton) (UWSP) by decision, 5-2
133 – John Fortunga (UWW) over Kaden Rosas (Franklin, Wis./Franklin) (UWSP) by major decision, 13-3
174 – Caleb Smith (UWW) over Darren Liebsle (UWSP) by major decision, 13-4
184 – Ben Kasten (Reedsville, Wis./Brillion) (UWSP) over Jerred Grell (UWW) by decision, 11-6
197 – Jakob Maciorowski (UWW) over Blake Flach (Shell Lake, Wis./Shell Lake) (UWSP) by decision, 6-5
125 – Griffin McEnroe (UWW) over Griffin Chmiel (Albany, Ohio/Alexander) (UWSP) by major decision, 14-5
141 – Drew Nash (UWW) over Cooper Peterson (Cannon Falls, Minn./Cannon Falls) (UWSP) by decision, 6-4
141 – Josiah Lynden (UWW) over Luke Hill (Cashe, Okla./Cashe) (UWSP) by fall (1:15)
149 – Alex Valenzona (UWW) over Bryce Status (UWSP) by decision, 7-3
157 – Simon Rillie (UWW) over Mason Wheeler (Germantown, Wis./Germantown) (UWSP) by decision, 7-3
165 – Josh Heuss (Antigo, Wis./Antigo) (UWSP) over Nick Klug (UWW) by major decision, 15-6