The UW Oshkosh men’s wrestling team was swept 57-0 to UW-La Crosse, the No. 3 team in the nation, at Kolf Sports Center Nov. 21.
In the first match of the men’s meet, Oshkosh sophomore JP Culver fell to Ino Garcia by fall in 53 seconds in the 125-lb match. That was followed up by the 133-lb match which was the longest of the night between UWO junior Andrew Schad and Teague Holzer, where Holzer won by technical fall 21-5 in 6:36.
UWO junior Logan Harel took part in the 141-lb match against Talan Schutte, he lost by pinfall in 52 seconds, while in the 149-lb contest, UWO freshman Logan Andrews was pinned by Kaiden Schrandt.
The struggles continued for the Titans as La Crosse’s Cole Hansen defeated Oshkosh freshman Jacob Hibbard in the 157-lb contest by technical fall 20-3 in five minutes. Tyler Goebel kept momentum on the Eagles’ side picking up a win in the 165-lb match against Oshkosh freshman Ryan Bergman pinning him in one minute and five seconds.
In the 174-lb match, Oshkosh sophomore Kyler Rasper lost in 2:31 by technical fall 21-6 to UWL’s Eddie Simes.
The Titans went on to lose their final three matches of the meet by fall in less than three minutes. UWL dominated in every match, winning seven by fall and three by technical fall.
UWO will be back in action Friday, Dec. 6 when they travel to Shirley Egner Court at Berg Gym in Stevens Point to face UW-Stevens Point in a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference match at 7 p.m.
