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Dan Schiferl pinned all three of his opponents at the West Regional
Dan Schiferl pinned all three of his opponents at the West Regional

Titans Qualify Two Wrestlers For NCAA Championship

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Nazar Kulchytskyy (Jr. • Sosnivka, Ukraine) and Dan Schiferl (Jr. • Stoughton) will represent UW-Oshkosh at the NCAA Division III Wrestling Championship for the second straight year following their first-place finishes at the West Regional Tournament held Saturday (March 2) in Minneapolis, Minn.

Schiferl was named the meet's Most Outstanding Wrestler after pinning all three of his 174-pound opponents. Kulchytskyy easily went unbeaten in three contests to capture the 165-pound title.

Schiferl won his weight class with a pin of St. Olaf College's (Minn.) James Roach in 54 seconds. He previously stuck Wes Colton of Lakeland College to the mat in 4:02 and Josh Kohler of Augsburg College (Minn.) in 1:52. Schiferl (20-4) finished ninth at last year's NCAA Division III Championship.

Kulchytskyy captured his weight division with a 20-5 victory over Nicholas Schuler of St. John's University (Minn.). He earlier pinned Alex Evan of St. Olaf College in 1:41 and defeated Justin Bowland of Augsburg College, 22-8. Kulchytskyy (40-1) won the 157-pound title at last year's NCAA Division III Championship.

UW-Oshkosh had three other place winners as Tyler Wetenkamp (So. • Manitowoc) finished fourth at 197 pounds, Brandon Clapper (So. • Plainfield) fifth at 285 and Jay Howarth (So. • Coleman) sixth at 184.

Wetenkamp went 3-2 in the tournament, including pins in 3:36 of UW-Platteville's Abe Graziano and 4:11 of Concordia University Wisconsin's Jake Reuteler. Wetenkamp lost an 8-3 decision to Ryan Michaelis of St. John's University in the third-place match.

Clapper posted a 2-2 record, including a pin in 1:16 of Lakeland College's Andy Crivellone. Clapper took fifth place with a 3-1 victory over UW-Platteville's Josh Dust.

Howarth tallied a 2-3 record, including pins in 6:24 of UW-Platteville's LaQuan Hightower and 6:38 of Lakeland College's Eddie Terres. Howarth suffered a 16-1 loss to Conordia College's (Minn.) Christian Harrison in the fifth-place contest.

The Titans also had Parker Peterson (Jr. • Eden) go 0-2 at 125 pounds, David Rosenau (Sr.  • Van Dyne) 0-2 at 133, Justin Schienebeck (Sr. • Butternut) 1-2 at 141, Mason McMullen (Jr. • Milwaukee) 1-2 at 149 and Tom Dahlke (So. • Shiocton) 1-2 at 157. Dahlke had the lone pin in the group as he glued Milwaukee School of Engineering's Cory Miklas to the surface in 1:35.  

Augsburg College scored 143.5 points to claim the team title. Concordia College finished second in the 12-team meet with 133 points, while St. John's University placed third with 127, UW-Oshkosh fourth with 79 and St. Olaf College fifth with 72.

The 2013 NCAA Division III Championship will be held March 15-16 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.