Titans Demolish Pioneers

UW-Oshkosh owned the winner in nine of the 10 weight classes as it rolled to a 38-3 victory over the UW-Platteville wrestling team on Friday (Feb. 4) in Kolf Sports Center.

UW-Oshkosh (8-5/3-2 WIAC) won the first eight bouts, including pins by Zachary Mueller (Jr. • Jackson) at 133 pounds and Nazar Kulchytskyy (Fr. • Sosnivka, Ukraine) at 149. Mueller stuck Rob Brink to the mat in 2:32, while Kulchytskyy stapled Ryan Bormann to the surface in 3:32.

UW-Oshkosh's Carl DeLuca (Jr. • Wisconsin Rapids) opened the contest with a 3-1 victory over Mack Drees at 125 pounds. Mueller then pinned Brink before Kyle Kleuskens (Sr. • Freedom) put the Titans ahead 12-0 with his 8-3 triumph over Mike Ferris at 141 pounds.

Following Kulchytskyy's pin of Bormann, UW-Oshkosh extended its lead to 34-0 on Jose Quintana's (Jr. • Burnsville, Minn.) 18-13 win over Peter Crocco at 157 pounds, Aaron Konitzer's (Jr. • Abrams) 8-0 victory over Jon Quamme at 165, Alec Hakes' (Jr. • Menomonee Falls) 13-5 triumph over Nathan Schmitz at 174 and Sam Engelland's (Jr. • Neenah) 15-0 defeat of Wes Mathieu at 184.

UW-Platteville (2-10/0-3 WIAC) then snapped UW-Oshkosh's string of victories with Matt Scott's 11-6 decision over Aaron Erickson (Jr. • Merrill) at 197 pounds.

UW-Oshkosh closed the match with Ryan Heath's (Jr. • Merrill) 18-4 win over Mike Harman at 285 pounds.

The Titans participate at the UW-Eau Claire Invitational next Saturday (Feb. 12).