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Engelland Second, Mueller Third At WIAC Championship

Sam Engelland (So. • Neenah) placed second in the 174-pound weight class for the second consecutive year to lead all UW-Oshkosh performances at the WIAC Wrestling Championship held Sunday (Feb. 21) in Stevens Point.

Engelland posted a 2-1 record in the tournament, with his lone loss being an 8-0 setback to Mike Schmitz of UW-La Crosse in the title contest. Engelland advanced to the championship bout by recording wins of 16-0 over Keith Dawson of UW-Eau Claire and 6-3 over Chris Karl of UW-Stevens Point.

UW-Oshkosh's Zachary Mueller (So. • Jackson) placed third in the 125-pound weight division after finishing fourth in the same category a year ago. Mueller tallied a 2-2 record, including an 11-8 loss to Joe Mileski of UW-Stevens Point in the true second-place match. Mueller followed an 10-8 loss to eventual champion Albie McKinney of UW-La Crosse with wins of 18-0 over Jonathan Bernstein of UW-Eau Claire and 11-7 over Allen Fish of UW-Platteville.

Earning fourth-place finishes for the Titans were Jose Quintana (So. • Burnsville, Minn.) at 149 pounds, Dan Schiferl (Fr. • Stoughton) at 157 and Aaron Erickson (So. • Merrill) at 184.

Quintana compiled a 2-2 record, highlighted by a pin in 2:20 over Spencer Peterson of UW-Platteville. He also registered a 14-11 victory over Andy Johnston of UW-Eau Claire. Quintana lost 8-0 to Kris Magruder of UW-Stevens Point and on a pin in 42 seconds to Johnston.

Schiferl marked a 1-2 record, with his lone victory being a pin in 4:52 over Jon Ames of UW-Eau Claire. He lost 9-3 to Ryan Farwell of UW-La Crosse and on a pin in 4:56 to Corey Schmidt of UW-Whitewater.

Erickson notched a 1-2 record, including a pair of losses to David Casper of UW-Whitewater. Casper defeated Erickson, 12-4, and on a pin in 1:24. Erickson's only victory was a 13-10 triumph over Matt Scott of UW-Platteville.

UW-Oshkosh received fifth-place efforts from Kyle Kleuskens (Jr. • Freedom) at 133 pounds, Carl DeLuca (So. • Wisconsin Rapids) at 141, James Dederich (Jr. • Menomonee Falls) at 165 and Ryan Heath (So. • Merrill) at 197. All three wrestlers went 1-2 in the tournament.

The Titans' Ian Sauer (Sr. • Brodhead) lost all three of his matches and finished sixth at 285 pounds.

UW-La Crosse scored 154 points to capture its 13th consecutive WIAC title and 14th overall. UW-Whitewater finished second in the six-team meet with 118 points, while UW-Stevens Point placed third with 117, UW-Platteville fourth with 105.5, UW-Oshkosh fifth with 90.5 and UW-Eau Claire sixth with 63.

Other winners in their weight class were Bebeto Yewah of UW-La Crosse at 133 pounds, Austin Bautista of UW-Whitewater at 141, Matt Mauseth of UW-La Crosse at 149, Jesse Milks of UW-Platteville at 157, Cory Ferguson of UW-La Crosse at 165, Ben Engelland of UW-Stevens Point at 184, Andy Moore of UW-La Crosse at 197 and Dan Laurent of UW-La Crosse at 285. Wozniak was named the meet's outstanding wrestler.

UW-La Crosse swept three additional awards as Dave Malecek was named the Mertz Mortorelli Coach of the Year, Laurent the Max Sparger Scholar-Athlete of the Year and McKinney the meet's outstanding wrestler.

Named to the WIAC's All-Sportsmanship Team were Joe Pitsch of UW-Eau Claire, Farwell of UW-La Crosse, DeLuca of UW-Oshkosh, Andy Casper of UW-Platteville, Nick Estep of UW-Stevens Point and Matt Schuck of UW-Whitewater.

Each of the 10 individual champions, along with nine at-large selections, will represent the WIAC at the NCAA Division III Championship on March 5-6 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The nine at-large selections were Johnston of UW-Eau Claire, Engelland and Mueller of UW-Oshkosh, Vinny Alber (165 pounds) of UW-Platteville, Karl, Mileski and Jordan Schulte (165 pounds) of UW-Stevens Point and Adam Latella (197 pounds) and Jon Schmidt (285 pounds) of UW-Whitewater.