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Titans Finish Fourth At WIAC Championship

A second-place effort by Sam Engelland (Jr. • Neenah) at 184 pounds and a third-place finish by Carl DeLuca (Jr. • Wisconsin Rapids) at 125 helped UW-Oshkosh finish fourth at the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Wrestling Championship held Sunday (Feb. 27) in Platteville.

UW-La Crosse, which owned the winner in seven of the 10 weight classes, scored 148.5 points to seize its 14th straight WIAC title and 15th overall.

UW-Stevens Point finished second in the six-team meet with 123 points, while UW-Whitewater placed third with 121.5, UW-Oshkosh fourth with 93, UW-Platteville fifth with 82 and UW-Eau Claire sixth with 55.5. UW-Oshkosh finished fifth at last year's meet and fourth in 2009.

Engelland went 1-1 in the tournament after receiving an opening round bye, Engelland pinned Mitch Artist of UW-La Crosse in 3:20 before losing a 4-2 decision to his brother, Sam, of UW-Stevens Point in the championship bout.

DeLuca went 1-2 in the tournament after receiving an opening round bye. DeLuca defeated Joe Mileski of UW-Stevens Point, 7-4, before losing an 11-2 result to Albie McKinney of UW-La Crosse in the final. DeLuca then lost a 3-2 decison to Mack Drees of UW-Platteville in the bout for a true second-place finish.

The Titans' Aaron Erickson (Jr. • Merrill) finished third with a 2-1 record at 197 pounds. Erickson followed an opening round bye with 13-6 loss to Adam Latella of UW-Whitewater. He then came back to edge Luke Ortscheid of UW-Eau Claire, 2-0, and pin Matt Scott of UW-Platteville in 2:41.

UW-Oshkosh had three fourth-place finishers as Kyle Kleuskens (Sr. • Freedom) went 2-2 with two pins at 141 pounds, Jose Quintana (Jr. • Burnsville, Minn.) 2-2 with one pin at 157 and Aaron Konitzer (Jr. • Abrams) 2-2 at 165.

UW-Oshkosh was also represented at the meet by Zachary Mueller (Jr. • Jackson) at 133 pounds, Nick Hite (Fr. • Stoughton) at 149, Aaron Geiger (Jr. • Mishicot) at 174 and Ryan Heath (Jr. • Merrill) at 285. Mueller and Heath both went 1-2 with one pin, while Hite and Geiger both went 0-3.

 In addition to McKinney and Sam Engelland, other winners of their weight class were Adam Sheley of UW-La Crosse at 133 pounds, Bebeto Yewah of UW-La Crosse at 141, Matt Mauseth of UW-La Crosse at 149, Cade Sarbacker of UW-Whitewater at 157, Cory Ferguson of UW-La Crosse at 165, Mike Schmitz of UW-La Crosse at 174, Latella at 197 and Billy Mayer of UW-La Crosse at 285.

UW-La Crosse swept the three major individual awards as Yewah was named the Meet's Outstanding Wrestler, Mauseth the Max Sparger Scholar-Athlete of the Year and Dave Malecek the Mertz Mortorelli Coach of the Year.

 Named to the WIAC's All-Sportsmanship Team were Will Christ of UW-Eau Claire, Sheley of UW-La Crosse, Alec Hakes (Jr. • Menomonee Falls) of UW-Oshkosh, Mack Drees of UW-Platteville, Coulter Nyenhuis of UW-Stevens Point and Reid Dickerson of UW-Whitewater.

All 10 individual champions, along with eight at-large qualifiers, will represent the WIAC at the NCAA Division III Championship on March 11-12 in La Crosse. Individuals securing at-large spots were Artist (184 pounds) of UW-La Crosse, Engelland (184 pounds) of UW-Oshkosh, Drees (125 pounds) of UW-Platteville, Kris Magruder (149 pounds), Chad Gregory (197 pounds) and Jordan Schulte (165 pounds) of UW-Stevens Point and Jake Fredrickson (133 pounds) and James Zarate (285 pounds) of UW-Whitewater.