The UW Oshkosh wrestling team fell to UW-Stevens Point with a final score of 40-18 at the Kolf Sports Center Nov. 30 and placed 12th at the Milwaukee School of Engineering Invite Dec. 2 at the Kern Center in Milwaukee.
The Titans (0-3, 0-3 WIAC) collected three pins in the meet and dropped the remaining matches to the Pointers (1-0, 1-0 WIAC).
Andrew Schad earned the first six points for the Titans after pinning UWSP’s Mohammed Abbosov in the 141-pound contest. Sam Johnson from UWSP fell to Cody Welker in the 157-pound tilt to earn the Titans another six points, and Camden Harms pinned UWSP’s Ryan Dykes in the 285-pound match for the Titans final points.
UWO’s Ira Schlottke lost by a 16-5 major decision against Sammy Nelson in the 149-pound duel. UWSP’s Josh Heuss pinned Sophomore Joey Spizzirri in the 165-pound contest, Michael Loger fell to UWSP’s Trystan Altensey in the 184-pound bout and UWSP’s Logan Neitzel defeated Landon Saglin by fall in the 197-pound match.
The 125-, 133-, and 174-pound duals ended in Titan forfeits.
In the Milwaukee School of Engineering Invite Dec. 2, Loger placed fifth in the 184-pound competition after starting the first round with a bye. In the second round, he lost to Connor Collin of UW-Eau Claire by 6-2 decision.
In the 141-pound contest, Schad defeated Jesse Burg of Lakeland University by a 9-6 sudden victory but was pinned by Ashton Hayhurst of Triton College (Ill.) in the second round. In the first round of the 157-pound match, Welker defeated Gage Sweckard of Cornell College (Iowa) by pin. Welker moved on to defeat Cameron White of Triton College by 10-7 decision but was pinned next round by Tristan Drier of UW-Eau Claire.
In the 149-pound bout, Schlottke was defeated by pin in the first round to Lucio Morgan of UW-Whitewater. Spizzirri received a bye in the first round of the 165-pound competition but was defeated by a 16-7 major decision to Titobilo Akenroye of the University of Chicago (Ill.). Saglin received a bye in the first round of the 197-pound tilt and was pinned by Peyton Smith of Concordia University Wisconsin in the second round. In the 285-pound contest, Brodie Driessen was defeated in the first round by pin to Sloan Welch of UW-Eau Claire. Harms was also defeated in the first round by 7-4 decision to Seth Elliot of Concordia College.
The Titans are set to return to action on the road against UW-Whitewater on Saturday. The match will begin at 2 p.m. at Kachel Gymnasium in the Williams Center.
