UW-La Crosse tops UW-Eau Claire in #3 vs #4 battle
UW-La Crosse won 30-12 over UW-Eau Claire in the sole DIII match last night, giving the Eagles their 37th straight victory over the Blugolds in a match between two tough teams.
Coming into the match, #3 UW-Eau Claire sat half a point ahead of #4 UW-La Crosse in the latest NWCA Divison III tournament rankings. Each team featured multiple wrestlers in the d3wrestle.com Rankings (wrestlers in bold competed last night).
| UW-Eau Claire | UW-La Crosse |
| 133 #2 Fleetwood 149 #10 Sato 165 #10 Massie 174 #2 Stricker 184 #4 Schoenfelder 285 Contender Schichel | 125 Contender Bontreger 133 H.M. Weiler 141 Contender Lorenz 149 #5 Goebel 157 #1 Hertel 165 Contender Flege 174 Contender Draveling 184 #8 Orlandoni 197 #5 Kawczynski 285 #3 Douglas |
Dual Meet Results – UW-La Crosse 30, UW-Eau Claire 12
125 Remington Bontreger (La Crosse) over Travis Moelter (Eau Claire) (Dec 6-1)
133 Tyler Fleetwood (Eau Claire) over Zachary Weiler (La Crosse) (Fall 4:31)
141 Sam Lorenz (La Crosse) over Bo Niewiadomski (Eau Claire) (Fall 0:49)
149 Tyler Goebel (La Crosse) over Zach Sato (Eau Claire) (Dec 2-1)
157 Nolan Hertel (La Crosse) over Jan Hernandez-Soto (Eau Claire) (Inj. 0:00)
165 Tristan Massie (Eau Claire) over Noah Leisgang (La Crosse) (Dec 9-2)
174 Jared Stricker (Eau Claire) over Eddie Simes (La Crosse) (Dec 8-1)
184 Marcus Orlandoni (La Crosse) over Connor Collins (Eau Claire) (MD 11-3)
197 Ben Kawczynski (La Crosse) over Cole Matulenko (Eau Claire) (MD 16-3)
285 Michael Douglas (La Crosse) over Jackson Schichel (Eau Claire) (MD 17-4)