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Some of America's top young wrestlers will be showcased when the United States Olympic Education Center's men's Greco-Roman wrestling team battles Japan in an international dual meet on Tuesday (March 16) in UW-Oshkosh's Albee Hall.

The event begins at 6 p.m. with a motivational speech by Dennis Hall, head Greco-Roman wrestling coach for the United States Olympic Education Center in Marquette, Mich. Hall, a graduate of Hartford Union High School, won a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Ga. The three-time Pan American Games champion also represented the United States at the 1992 and 2004 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling takes center stage with the opening ceremony at 6:30 p.m. Among the wrestlers on the United States Olympic Education Center squad are 2008 Olympian Spensor Mango of St. Louis, Mo., and 2009 World Team member Charles (Chas) Betts of St. Michael, Minn. The team is coming off a sweep of Norway on Feb. 22.

There will be a local flavor to the event as Japan is coached by former Fond du Lac Goodrich High School wrestler Yoshimaro Yanagawa. Yanagawa, who also serves as the head wrestling coach at Gunma University in Maebashi, Gunma, Japan, represented Fond du Lac Goodrich High School at the 1994 Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association State Wrestling Tournament in Madison. He was a high school wrestler for current UW-Oshkosh assistant coach Larry Marchionda.

In addition to wrestling in Oshkosh, Yanagawa will also take his Japanese squad to youth wrestling organizations in Fond du Lac, Freedom and Sheboygan Falls.

Tickets to the UW-Oshkosh event, which serves as a fundraiser for the school's NCAA Division III wrestling program, will be available at 5 p.m. in Albee Hall. Admission is $7 for adults, $6 for senior citizens and $4 for students (K-12).

The United States Olympic Education Center, located on the campus of Northern Michigan University, is one of four Olympic training centers in the country and the only one located on a college campus. The United States Olympic Education Center is dedicated to providing educational opportunities for its resident athletes while offering world-class training.

With more than 100 resident athletes and coaches, the United States Olympic Education Center is the second-largest Olympic training center in the United States, in terms of residents, behind the one in Colorado Springs, Colo. In fact, the United States Olympic Education Center has more athletes than the Lake Placid, N.Y., and Chula Vista, Calif., sites combined. Over the years, it has grown into a major contributor to the U.S. Olympic movement.

Current resident training programs include boxing, Greco-Roman wrestling, short track speedskating, weightlifting, and women’s freestyle wrestling. Athletes must be approved by the United States Olympic Education Center, their national governing body and Northern Michigan University to be admitted into the program.

United States Olympic Education Center athletes attend Northern Michigan University or Marquette Senior High School while training in their respective sports. The student athletes receive free or reduced room and board, access to world-class training facilities as well as sports medicine and sports science services, academic tutoring, and a waiver of out-of-state tuition fees by Northern Michigan University. Although athletes are responsible for tuition at the in-state rate, they may receive the B.J. Stupak Scholarship to help cover expenses.

On-campus United States Olympic Education Center athletes live in Northern Michigan University’s Meyland Hall, eat in campus dining halls, and train at the university’s Berry Events Center and Superior Dome, the world's largest wooden dome.

UW-Oshkosh's Sam Engelland (So. • Neenah) and Zachary Mueller (So. • Jackson) go after their first All-America award when they scuffle at this weekend's NCAA Division III Wrestling Championship in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

The two-day tournament begins at 11 a.m. on Friday (March 5) at the U.S. Cellular Center. Action continues on Saturday (March 6) at 10 a.m. On the line in the 37th edition of the national event are one team title, 10 individual championships and eight All-America awards in each of the 10 weight classes.

Engelland (32-12, 9 pins) is one of 17 competitors in the 174-pound weight division. He qualified for the meet after finishing second at the WIAC Championship held Feb. 21 in Stevens Point. Engelland posted a 1-2 record in the same category at last year's NCAA Division III Championship.

Mueller (24-14, 6 pins) is one of 17 participants in the 125-pound weight class. He earned his first appearance in the national meet by placing third at the WIAC Championship.

The unseeded Engelland begins his activity at this year's NCAA Division III Championship against fourth-seeded Kyle Kwiat (38-4) of Ohio Northern University. It will be the second meeting of the season between the two wrestlers, with Kwiat posting an 8-1 victory over Engelland on Jan. 29.

Engelland's second bout, regardless of his opening result, will be against either fifth-seeded Frank Heffernan (30-7) of Wilkes University (Pa.) or Christopher Karl (17-9) of UW-Stevens Point. Engelland owns a 2-2 record against Karl this season, including a 6-3 triumph at the WIAC Championship.

The unseeded Mueller makes his NCAA postseason debut against seventh-seeded Joshua Roberts (24-8) of Augsburg College (Minn.).

Mueller's second match, regardless of his first decision, will be against either second-seeded Mark Kist (18-3) of Wartburg College (Iowa) or unseeded Lloyd McKinney (22-8) of UW-La Crosse. Mueller has a 1-2 record against McKinney this season, including a 10-8 setback at the WIAC Championship.

Engelland owns a 58-26 career record with 12 pins, while Mueller possesses a 40-27 career mark with six pins.

Expected to battle for this year's team title are Augsburg College, Coe College (Iowa), Delaware Valley College (Pa.), UW-La Crosse and two-time defending champion Wartburg College.

It is the first time in over a decade that multiple wrestlers have represented the Titans at the NCAA Division III Championship. UW-Oshkosh, which is making its 13th overall appearance at the NCAA Division III Championship, finished sixth in the team standings in 1982 and 21st in both 1983 and 1986.

Results of the 2010 NCAA Division III Wrestling Championship can be found at NCAA.com.

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.

Championship Program

UW-La Crosse will aim for a 13th straight title at the 55th Annual WIAC Wrestling Championship on Saturday (Feb. 21) in Stevens Point.

The Eagles earned last year’s crown with 146 points to nip UW-Stevens Point’s second-place sum of 144. The margin of victory represented the closest since UW-Stout outdistanced UW-River Falls by a score of 53-52 in 1970.

The remainder of last season’s standings showed UW-Whitewater in third place with 126 points, UW-Oshkosh in fourth with 74, UW-Eau Claire in fifth with 73, UW-Platteville in sixth with 61 and Lawrence University in seventh with 20.

This year’s championship features six wrestlers who have combined to win 10 WIAC titles. UW-La Crosse's Dan Laurent will strive for his fourth straight championship at 285 pounds. If successful, he would become the fourth individual in WIAC history to claim four consecutive titles in the weight class. UW-Whitewater’s Tim Carmin (1979-1982), UW-Stevens Point’s Perry Miller (1995-98) and UW-La Crosse’s Ryan Allen (2003-06) are the other individuals to accomplish the feat.

UW-La Crosse's Matt Mauseth was named the WIAC Wrestler of the Year a season ago. He has won back-to-back first-place trophies at 149 pounds and will attempt to become the first three-time winner in the division.

UW-Platteville's Jesse Milks has won consecutive first-place medals at 157 pounds after finishing second in 2007. He would join UW-La Crosse’s Ross Needham (2004-07) as the only other individual to win three straight crowns in the weight class.

UW-Whitewater's Austin Bautista has captured back-to-back championships at 141 pounds after placing second in 2007. He could become the first three-time 141-pound title winner in WIAC archives.

UW-La Crosse's Albie McKinney earned the 125-pound crown in 2009, while the 2008 title was claimed by UW-La Crosse's Brandon Music.

At 174 pounds, UW-La Crosse's Mike Schmitz is the defending champion.

Returning second-place finishers from a year ago are UW-Whitewater's Max Oldenburg at 125 pounds, UW-La Crosse's Bebeto Yewah at 133, UW-Eau Claire's Andy Johnston at 149 pounds, UW-La Crosse's Cory Ferguson at 165, UW-Oshkosh's Sam Engelland (So. • Neenah at 174, UW-La Crosse's Andy Moore at 197 and UW-Stevens Point's Bret Oswald at 285. UW-Stevens Point's Ben Engelland has fashioned back-to-back second-place finishes at 184 pounds.

All of this year’s league champions, along with nine at-large qualifiers, advance to the NCAA Division III Championship on March 5-6 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Andy Casper, Jesse Milks and Brad Zellner each pinned their opponent in the opening period as the UW-Platteville wrestling team defeated UW-Oshkosh, 37-10, on Friday (Feb. 12) in Platteville.

UW-Platteville (9-5/2-3 WIAC) won seven of the contest’s 10 bouts, including four by a pin, one by a forfeit and one by a major decision.

The 141-pound Casper gave the Pioneers a 13-0 lead when he pinned Justin Schienebeck (Fr. • Butternut) in 2:34. Milks extended UW-Platteville’s advantage to 19-4 when he stuck Dan Schiferl (Fr. • Stoughton) to the mat in 2:35 at 157 pounds. The Pioneers went ahead 31-10 on Zellner’s pin in 1:43 of Ryan Heath (So. • Merrill) at 197 pounds.

UW-Platteville’s fourth pin belonged to Vinny Alber at 165 pounds. Alber increased the Pioneers’ lead to 25-4 by pinning James Dederich (Jr. • Menomonee Falls) in 3:53.

UW-Oshkosh (6-7/1-4 WIAC) collected wins from Jose Quintana (So. • Burnsville, Minn.) at 149 pounds, Sam Engelland (So. • Neenah) at 174 and Aaron Erickson (So. • Merrill) at 184. Quintana defeated Spencer Peterson, 16-4, while Engelland edged Cory Zuberbier, 6-1. Erickson posted an 8-2 victory over Abe Graziano.

Two of UW-Platteville’s remaining three wins came on the mat as Alan Fish topped Zachary Mueller (So. • Jackson), 11-2, at 125 pounds and Ross George tripped Carl DeLuca (So. • Wisconsin Rapids), 10-6, at 133.

The Pioneers’ Tyler Manning won on a forfeit at 285 pounds.

UW-Oshkosh competes at the WIAC Championship on Feb. 21 in Stevens Point.

A trio of top-three finishes included Sam Engelland’s (So. • Neenah) second-place result as the UW-Oshkosh wrestling team earned fifth place at the UW-Eau Claire Invitational on Saturday (Feb. 6) in Eau Claire.

Augsburg College (Minn.) compiled 221 points to win the 13-team event, while UW-La Crosse took second with 149.5 and UW-Parkside third with 126. St. John’s University (Minn.) came in the fourth position with 109 points, followed by the Titans with 93.

Engelland prevailed in his first three bouts to reach the championship match at 174 pounds. He topped Bruce Babcock, 20-6, Grant Goettl, 5-0, and Ryan Woods by a 3-1 count in overtime. Luke Rynish then earned a 3-1 overtime decision against Engelland for the title.

UW-Oshkosh received third-place listings from both Carl DeLuca (So. • Wisconsin Rapids) and Aaron Erickson (So. • Merrill). DeLuca went 2-1 at 125 pounds, including an 8-5 decision over Sean Blumhardt and a 7-4 triumph against Sean Tomac in the third-place bout.

Erickson’s 3-1 record featured a pin in 2:17 against James Carlson to take third place. Before that he bested Martin Hagen, 8-7, and Nic Barclay, 10-7. Lucas Haag won the 184-pound division as he dealt Erickson his only loss on a pin in 3:59.

Fifth-place performances came from both Zachary Mueller (So. • Jackson) and Aaron Geiger (So. • Mishicot). Mueller fell to Jamie Rocha, 3-2, before rattling off three consecutive victories. He topped Matt Oliva, 10-0, Louis Mazzetta, 5-3, and won by injury default against Sean Blumhardt for fifth place at 125 pounds.

Geiger rallied with wins in his last five contests at 165 pounds. Three of those came via pin, including one in 1:46 against Craig Eckelberg, another in 2:58 against Quincy Voris and the final in just 48 seconds against Jeff Erkel. His other success came on a 9-0 decision over Levi Polus before taking fifth place against teammate James Dederich (Jr. • Menomonee Falls) on an injury default.

Dederich tallied a 4-2 record, as did Jose Quintana (So. • Burnsville, Minn.). Other Titans earning a victory were Trevor Dyreson (So. • Deerfield) with a 3-2 mark, Kyle Kleuskens (Jr. • Freedom) with a 2-2 tally and Justin Schienebeck (Fr. • Butternut) with a 1-2 posting.

UW-Oshkosh travels to UW-Platteville on Friday (Feb. 12) for its final WIAC dual match of the season.

Aaron Erickson (So. • Merrill) and Ryan Heath (So. • Merrill) recorded back-to-back pins as the UW-Oshkosh wrestling team earned a 36-12 victory over UW-Eau Claire on Friday (Feb. 5) in Eau Claire.

Erickson gave UW-Oshkosh (6-6/1-3 WIAC) a 30-6 lead with his pin in 4:33 over Will Christ at 184 pounds. Heath then stuck Andy Meyer to the mat in 2:04 at 197 pounds to increase the Titans' advantage to 36-6.

UW-Oshkosh won three bouts by technical fall, including 16-0 triumphs by Zachary Mueller (So. • Jackson) over JT Bernstein at 125 pounds and James Dederich (Jr. • Menomonee Falls) over Levi Polus at 165. The Titans' Sam Engelland (So. • Neenah) added a 23-8 victory over Keith Dawson at 174 pounds.

UW-Oshkosh's list of winners ended with Kyle Kleuskens (Jr.• Freedom) at 133 pounds and Jose Quintana (So. • Burnsville, Minn.) at 149. Kleuskens won on a forfeit, while Quintana marked a 9-4 victory over Josh Baier.

UW-Eau Claire (1-16/0-3 WIAC) owned the winner in three weight classes, including Zach Weisenberger and Jon Ames who won by decisions at 141 and 157 pounds, respectively. Weisenberger defeated Chris Barnett (Fr. • Oshkosh), 8-7, while ousted Dan Schiferl (Fr. • Stoughton), 6-5.

The Blugolds' other win was a forfeit acquired by Joe Pitsch at 285 pounds.

UW-Oshkosh remains in Eau Claire to compete at Saturday's (Feb. 6) UW-Eau Claire Invitational.

Sam Engelland (So. • Neenah) and Zachary Mueller (So. • Jackson) were place winners as the UW-Oshkosh wrestling team finished 18th at the Pete Willson-Wheaton College Invitational held Friday and Saturday (Jan. 29-30) in Wheaton, Ill.

NCAA Division II UW-Parkside captured the team title with 175.5 points, while Heidelberg University (Ohio) placed second with 108.5, UW-La Crosse third with 92, North Central College (Ill.) fourth with 89 and Elmhurst College (Ill.) fifth with 86.5. UW-Oshkosh finished 18th among the 30 competing teams with 36 points.

Engelland placed fourth in the 174-pound weight division with a 3-2 record. He defeated David Jones of Messiah College (Pa.), 5-2, and Cowan Brown of North Central College, 3-2, before suffering a 3-1 setback to top-seeded Luke Rynish of UW-Parkside.

Engelland then won a 9-3 decision over Greg Rhoads of Wabash College (Ind.) and lost an 8-1 verdict to Kyle Kwiat of Ohio Northern University.

Mueller took sixth place in the 125-pound weight class with a 3-3 record. He won his first three bouts, including pins in 1:39 over Rolland Wimberley of Truman State University (Mo.) and 35 seconds over Shawn Feistamel of Muskingum College (Ohio).

Following a 8-6 triumph over Riki Reynolds of Mount Union College (Ohio), Mueller lost decisions of 4-0 to top-seeded Cody Zimmerman of UW-Parkside, 9-6 to Albie McKinney of UW-La Crosse and 7-4 to Reynolds.

UW-Oshkosh's James Dederich (Jr. • Menomonee Falls) and Jose Quintana (So. • Burnsville, Minn.) both posted 2-2 records.

Dederich, competing at 165 pounds, lost on a pin in 2:35 to Vinny Alber of UW-Platteville. Dederich bounced back with pins in 2:33 over Jake D'Acquisto of UW-Whitewater and 1:25 over Graham Youngs of Wabash College before losing on a pin in 1:37 to George Markou of Trine University (Ind.).

Quintana, participating at 149 pounds, dropped a 16-1 result to Charlie Curran of Elmhurst College in his opening match, He then recorded wins of 12-6 over Donovan Sarno of the University of Chicago (Ill.) and 10-1 over Isaac Roberson of Lakeland College before dropping a 6-4 verdict to David Lopez of the University of Indianapolis (Ind.).

Jason LaPlante (So. • New Berlin) added a 1-2 record for the Titans at 285 pounds. His lone victory was a pin in 3:41 over Justin Southwick of Ohio Northern University.

UW-Oshkosh wrestlers going 0-2 in the tournament were Kyle Kleuskens (Jr. • Freedom) at 133 pounds, Carl DeLuca (So. • Wisconsin Rapids) at 141, Dan Schiferl (Fr. • Stoughton) at 157, Aaron Erickson (So. • Merrill) at 184 and Ryan Heath (So. • Merrill) at 197.

UW-Oshkosh returns to WIAC action at UW-Eau Claire on Friday (Feb. 5).

Nationally ranked UW-La Crosse won the first nine bouts and rolled to a 39-3 victory over the UW-Oshkosh wrestling team on Tuesday (Jan. 19) in La Crosse.

UW-Oshkosh (5-6/0-3 WIAC) earned all of its team points on Zachary Mueller's (So. • Jackson) 10-8 win over Albie McKinney at 125 pounds.

UW-La Crosse, which entered the match ranked sixth in the NCAA Division III by the National Wrestling Coaches Association, received pins from Cory Ferguson at 165 pounds, Mitch Artist at 184 and John Poppie at 197.

Ferguson stuck James Dederich (Jr. • Menomonee Falls) to the mat in 4:10, while Artist glued Aaron Erickson (So. • Merrill) to the surface in 59 seconds. Poppie won by a fall over Ryan Heath (So. • Merrill) in 2:26.

The dual meet began at 133 pounds as the Eagles' Adam Sheley won by a 9-2 decision over the Titans' Kyle Kleuskens (Jr. • Freedom). UW-La Crosse (13-2/4-0 WIAC) then extended its lead to 15-0 on wins by Alex Dahl at 141 pounds, Matt Mauseth at 149 and Ryan Farwell at 157. Dahl defeated Carl DeLuca (So. • Wisconsin Rapids), 12-3, while Mauseth ousted Jose Quintana (So. • Burnsville, Minn.), 18-6. Farwell topped Trevor Dyreson (So. • Deerfield), 11-2.

Mike Schmitz and Dan Laurent concluded UW-La Crosse's list of winners. Both wrestlers posted 5-2 victories, with Schmitz edging Sam Engelland (So. • Neenah) and Laurent trimming Jason LaPlante (So. • New Berlin).

UW-Oshkosh is off until it competes at the Wheaton College (Ill.) Invitational on Jan. 29-30.

The UW-Oshkosh wrestling team will host the Seventh Annual Dan Gable Open on January 17 in Kolf Sports Center.

Nearly 125 wrestlers are expected to take part in this year's event, including competitors from Northern Illinois University, Northwestern University (Ill.), Purdue University (Ind.), University of Wisconsin, UW-Eau Claire, UW-La Crosse, UW-Oshkosh, UW-Stevens Point, and UW-Parkside.

The tournament, named after American wrestling legend Dan Gable, begins at 9 a.m. Proceeds from the event go to the endowment fund that supports the UW-Oshkosh wrestling program.

Participant information can be found at www.titans.uwosh.edu/Wrestling/2010/DanGableOpen.pdf.

Meet results can be found at www.titans.uwosh.edu/Wrestling/Schedule.html.

Fueled by four consecutive pins and six overall, the nationally ranked UW-Parkside wrestling team defeated UW-Oshkosh, 46-3, on Wednesday (Jan. 13) in Kolf Sports Center.

UW-Parkside (4-2), ranked sixth in the NCAA Division II by the National Wrestling Coaches Association, recorded pins by Mike Migawa at 141 pounds, Craig Becker at 149, Dillon Bera at 157 and Matt Gille at 165 to take a 31-0 advantage.

UW-Parkside got pins from Migawa in 4:00 against Carl DeLuca (So. • Wisconsin Rapids), Becker in 55 seconds over Jose Quintana (So. • Burnsville, Minn.), Bera in 1:55 over Aaron Geiger (So. • Two Rivers) and Gille in 2:21 against James Dederich (Jr. • Menomonee Falls).

Two other UW-Parkside victories came via pins by Lucas Haag over Aaron Erickson (So. • Merrill) in 3:50 at 184 pounds and Jon Treml over Ryan Heath (So. • Merrill) in 45 seconds at 197 pounds.

Jason LaPlante (So. • New Berlin) achieved UW-Oshkosh’s lone victory by defeating James Malechek, 9-6, at 285 pounds.

The Rangers started the match with a 10-2 triumph at 125 pounds by Cody Zimmerman over Zachary Mueller (So. • Jackson) and a narrow 3-2 win at 133 pounds by Brandon Kircher over Kyle Kleuskens (Jr. • Appleton).

Luke Rynish rounded out the results by inching past Sam Engelland (So. • Neenah), 6-2, at 174 pounds.

UW-Oshkosh hosts the Seventh Annual Dan Gable Open on Sunday (Jan. 17) in Kolf Sports Center.

Seven UW-Oshkosh wrestlers went unbeaten as the Titans won three of four matches at the Lakeland College Duals held Saturday (Jan. 9) in Sheboygan.

UW-Oshkosh (5-4) tallied wins of 27-10 over the Milwaukee School of Engineering, 40-6 over Wheaton College (Ill.) and 60-0 over Maranatha Baptist Bible College before dropping a 25-19 decision to Lakeland College.

Kyle Kleuskens (Jr. • Freedom), Zachary Mueller (So. • Jackson) and Jose Quintana (So. • Burnsville, Minn.) led UW-Oshkosh with four victories each.

The 133-pound Kleuskens pinned Jon Rhine of Maranatha Baptist Bible College in 2:41 and defeated Matt Brady of the Milwaukee School of Engineering and Caleb Cardenas of Wheaton College by 6-0 scores. He picked up a win on a forfeit against Lakeland College.

Zachary Mueller, competing at 125 pounds, defeated Austin Binish of the Milwaukee School of Engineering, 6-2, and received wins on a forfeit against Wheaton College, Maranatha Baptist Bible College and Lakeland College.

Quintana recorded two pins as he stuck Jake Narveson of the Milwaukee School of Engineering and Stephen Takashima of Wheaton College to the mat in 48 seconds and 2:28, respectively. The 149-pound Quintana also trounced Isaac Roberson of Lakeland College, 14-3, and acquired a win on a forfeit against Maranatha Baptist Bible College.

Going unbeaten in three bouts for the Titans were Sam Engelland (So. • Neenah) and Alex Mueller (Jr. • Jackson).

Engelland topped 184-pound Matt Olsen of the Milwaukee School of Engineering, 6-1, and 174-pound Ryan Renon of Lakeland College, 7-2. Wheaton College gave Engelland a victory on a forfeit at 174 pounds.

Alex Mueller was perfect at 141 pounds, including shutout wins of 3-0 over Joshua Wenderter of the Milwaukee School of Engineering and 9-0 over Casey Krahn of Wheaton College. Alex Mueller then pinned Doug Peterson of Maranatha Baptist Bible College in 2:45.

Winning twice in as many bouts for UW-Oshkosh were Alec Hakes (Jr. • Menomonee Falls) at 174 pounds and Ian Sauer (Sr. • Brodhead) at 197.

Hakes won on a forfeit against the Milwaukee School of Engineering and pinned Peter Thompson of Maranatha Baptist Bible College in 1:28. Sauer received wins on a forfeit against Wheaton College and Maranatha Baptist Bible College.

Accounting for UW-Oshkosh's sixth and final pin of the day was 285-pounder Ryan Heath (So. • Merrill). Heath glued Chris Kehoe of Maranatha Baptist Bible College to the surface in 55 seconds.

UW-Oshkosh wrestles NCAA Division II UW-Parkside on Wednesday (Jan. 13) in Kolf Sports Center.

UW-Oshkosh's Sam Engelland (So. • Neenah) earned three victories, including two over NCAA Division I wrestlers, at the 47th Annual Midlands Championships held Tuesday and Wednesday (Dec. 29-30) in Evanston, Ill.

The 174-pound Engelland compiled a 3-2 record after going 1-2 at the event a year ago. He was the lone UW-Oshkosh participant at this year's meet.

Engelland opened his activity with a 4-0 loss to Brad Darrington of NCAA Division I Utah Valley University. He then posted a 10-1 victory over Jordan Bakley of Harper College (Ill.).

Faced with a tough road, Engelland then pinned Spence Patrick of NCAA Division I Stanford University (Calif.) in 5:14 and tallied an 8-2 win over Derrick Yant of NCAA Division I Northern Illinois University. Engelland was ousted from the competition with a 16-5 loss to Ethen Lofthouse of NCAA Division I University of Iowa.

The University of Iowa captured the team title with 168.5 points. Iowa State University finished second with 144.5 points, Central Michigan University third with 118, University of Missouri fourth with 103 and University of Wisconsin fifth with 90.5. The University of Iowa entered the meet ranked first in the NCAA Division I by the National Wrestling Coaches Association, Iowa State University second, Central Michigan University fifth, University of Missouri 17th and University of Wisconsin 18th.

Engelland helped UW-Oshkosh place 36th out of the 47 teams that scored with 4.5 points.

Winning individual titles at the meet were Matt McDonough (125), Brent Metcalf (149) and Jay Borschel (174) of the University of Iowa, Tyler Graff (133) and Andrew Howe (165) of the University of Wisconsin, Alex Krom (141) of the University of Maryland, Steve Fittery (157) of American University (Washington, D.C.), John Dergo (184) of the University of Illinois, Jake Varner (197) of Iowa State University and Jarod Trice (285) of Central Michigan University.

UW-Oshkosh is back in action at the Lakeland College Duals on Jan. 9.

UW-Whitewater posted the final nine points of the battle to overtake the UW-Oshkosh wrestling team, 22-17, in a WIAC dual meet on Thursday (Dec. 10) in Whitewater.

The Warhawks (4-1/2-1 WIAC), ranked 19th in the NCAA Division III, captured the last three matches with victories from Sean Pietrzyk, David Casper and James Zarate. Pietrzyk marked a 10-9 decision over Sam Laes (Sr. • Ashwaubenon) at 184 pounds, while Casper knocked off Aaron Erickson (So. • Merrill), 15-5, at 197 and Zarate topped Jason LaPlante (So. • New Berlin), 4-2, at 285.

UW-Oshkosh (1-2/0-2 WIAC) obtained a 17-13 lead after Sam Engelland (So. • Neenah) defeated Reid Dickerson, 10-4, in the 174-pound class. That bout ended a string of three consecutive wins for the Titans, who had Dan Schiferl (Fr. • Stoughton) beat Adam Spatchek, 15-2, at 157 pounds and James Dederich (Jr. • Menomonee Falls) pin Corey Schmidt in 2:34 at 165 pounds.

Kyle Wachholder and Matt Schuck each earned a decision to help the Warhawks go up, 13-4, early on. Wachholder tallied a 4-1 decision against Alex Mueller (Jr. • Jackson) at 133 pounds. In the 149-pound division, Schuck overcame Jose Quintana (So. • Burnsville, Minn.) by a 14-2 count.

In the remaining matches, the Titans’ Carl DeLuca took the 125-pound class against Matthew Oliva, 13-2, and UW-Whitewater’s Austin Bautista (141) won a forfeit.

UW-Oshkosh wrestles Loras College (Iowa) and 16th-ranked University of Dubuque (Iowa) on Saturday (Dec. 12) in Dubuque, Iowa.

UW-Stevens Point owned the winner in six straight bouts as it posted a 24-10 victory over the UW-Oshkosh wrestling team on Wednesday (Dec. 2) in Kolf Sports Center.

The match featured two of the top teams in the country, with UW-Stevens Point (2-0/1-0 WIAC) ranked 17th in the NCAA Division III by the National Wrestling Coaches Association and UW-Oshkosh (1-1/0-1 WIAC) 23rd.

UW-Oshkosh took a 4-0 lead in its WIAC opener on Zachary Mueller's (So. • Jackson) 18-7 win over Jordan Poirier at 125 pounds. Following Kyle Kleuskens' (Jr. • Freedom) 5-2 loss to Lucas McGann at 133 pounds, the Titans jumped to a 7-3 advantage on Alex Mueller's (Jr. • Jackson) 2-1 victory over Mark Puckhaber at 141.

UW-Stevens Point then used wins from Kris Magruder at 149 pounds and Andrew Dilworth at 157 to pull ahead of UW-Oshkosh, 9-7. Magruder tallied a 12-5 victory over Jose Quintana (So. • Burnsville, Minn.), while Dilworth marked a 7-6 triumph over Dan Schiferl (Fr. • Stoughton).

The Pointers kept the momentum going on wins by Dennis Reckelberg at 165 pounds, Chris Karl at 174, Ben Engelland at 184 and Brandon Jochem at 197. Reckelberg defeated James Dederich (Jr. • Menomonee Falls), 11-0, while Karl edged Sam Engelland (So. • Neenah), 3-1. Ben Engelland tallied a 15-1 victory over Aaron Erickson (So. • Merrill) and Jochem a 13-0 triumph over Ryan Heath (So. • Merrill) to increase UW-Stevens Point's lead to 24-7.

UW-Oshkosh closed the match on Jason LaPlante's (So. • New Berlin) 4-2 win over Bret Oswald at 285 pounds.

UW-Oshkosh participates at the Milwaukee School of Engineering Invitational on Saturday (Dec. 5).

Sam Engelland (So. • Neenah) was one of five UW-Oshkosh wrestlers to finish in the top three of their weight class at the Coe College (Iowa) Invitational held Saturday (Nov. 21) in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Engelland won all four of his contests to capture the 174-pound title. After pinning Gavilan Bland of Missouri Baptist College in 4:52, Robert Wilder of Bacone College (Okla.) in 2:58 and Scott King of Coe College in 2:51, Engelland received a victory over Jeremy Garvin of Coe College on an injury default in the title match.

Brothers Alex Mueller (Jr. • Jackson) and Zachary Mueller (So. • Jackson) tallied second-place finishes for the Titans at 141 pounds and 125 pounds, respectively.

Alex Mueller went 2-1 in the tournament, with his lone defeat coming on a pin in 4:10 to Chris LeClere of Coe College in the championship match. He advanced to the title bout by defeating Danny Bieshar of Coe College, 10-9, and pinning Alex Siegle of Bacone College in 4:00.

Zachary Mueller also posted a 2-1 record. He defeated Kirk Luzano of North Iowa Area Community College, 9-2, and pinned Joey Farnsworth of the University of North Carolina at Pembroke in 1:42 before losing a 6-2 decision to Zach Muery of Missouri Baptist College in the championship match.

Finishing third for UW-Oshkosh were Carl DeLuca (So. • Wisconsin Rapids) at 125 pounds and Aaron Erickson (So. • Merrill) at 197.

DeLuca compiled a 3-1 record, with all three of his victories coming on pins in 3:50 over Jared Steinbach of Bacone College, 2:12 over Luzano and 2:59 over Farnsworth. DeLuca lost an 8-2 decision to Muery in the semifinals.

Erickson registered a 2-1 record after suffering a pin in 5:11 to Clayton Olsson of Missouri Baptist College in his opening match. Erickson rebounded from his loss by pinning unattached Matt Pugh in 3:43 and defeating Taylor Knight of North Iowa Area Community College, 10-7.

Taking fourth place for the Titans were Ian Sauer (Sr. • Brodhead) at 184 pounds and Jason Schmalfeldt (Jr. • Burlington) at 285. Sauer lost both of his contests while Schmalfeldt posted a 3-2 record with two pins.

Fifth-place listings went to UW-Oshkosh's Jose Quintana (So. • Burnsville, Minn.) at 149 pounds, Dan Schiferl (Fr. • Stoughton) at 157 and Ryan Heath (So. • Merrill) at 197. Quintana compiled a 4-2 record with two pins, while Schiferl went 4-2 with one pin and Heath 2-2.

Also representing UW-Oshkosh at the meet were David Rosenau (Fr. • Van Dyne) at 125 pounds, Chris Barnett (Fr. • Oshkosh) and Kyle Kleuskens (Jr. • Freedom) at 133, Kaleb Stephens (So. • Barron) at 141, Matt Eisenzimmer (Fr. • Milwaukee) and Aaron Geiger (So. • Mishicot) at 157 and Spencer Van Buskirk (Fr. • St. Petersburg, Fla.).

Rosenau went 0-2 in the event, while Barnett went 1-2 (1 pin), Kleuskens 2-2 (1 pin), Stephens (0-2), Eisenzimmer 2-2 (1 pin), Geiger 1-2 and Van Buskirk 0-2.

No team scores were recorded at the meet.

UW-Oshkosh, ranked 23rd in the NCAA Division III by the National Wrestling Coaches Association, wrestles 17th-ranked UW-Stevens Point in its WIAC opener on Dec. 2 in Kolf Sports Center.

Pins by Kyle Kleuskens (Jr. • Appleton), Sam Engelland (So. • Neenah) and Justin Schmalfeldt (Jr. • Burlington) helped the UW-Oshkosh wrestling team open its 2009-10 season with a 40-6 victory over Harper College (Ill.) on Friday (Nov. 13) in Kolf Sports Center.

Kleuskens gave UW-Oshkosh (1-0) a 6-3 lead when he pinned Gerald Golsten at 133 pounds in 3:49. Engelland, competing at 174 pounds, extended the Titans advantage to 31-3 when he stuck Jordan Bakely to the mat in 4:15. Schmalfeldt ended the match with a pin of Josh Hill at 285 pounds in 5:30.

UW-Oshkosh's Jose Quintana (So. • Burnsville, Minn.) won on a major decision as he ousted Nate Stadeker, 18-4.

Other UW-Oshkosh winners were Aaron Konitzer (Jr. • Abrams) at 157 pounds and Sam Laes (Sr. • Ashwaubenon) at 184. Konitzer tipped Cameron Friend, 7-1, while Laes topped Huey Hudson, 7-2.

Winning by a forfeit were the Titans' Alex Mueller (Jr. • Jackson) at 141 pounds and James Dederich (Jr. • Menomonee Falls) at 165.

Harper College scored its team points on wins by Eduardo Dominguez at 125 pounds and Tony Patricelli at 197. Dominguez edged Zachary Mueller (So. • Jackson), 5-4, while Patricelli trimmed Aaron Erickson (So. • Merrill), 5-3.

UW-Oshkosh, ranked 23rd in the NCAA Division III by the National Wrestling Coaches Association, competes at the UW-Stevens Point Open on Saturday (Nov 14).