UW-La Crosse 34, UW-Eau Claire 6

Eau Claire, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse wrestling team earned a 34-6 dual victory over UW-Eau Claire at the McPhee Physical Education Center Wednesday in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) opener for both teams.  The Eagles, ranked 17th in this week's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III poll, move to 1-0 on the season while the Blugolds fall to 0-1.

UWL now leads the all-time series, 46-7, with UW-Eau Claire.  The Eagles have won the last 32 meetings.

The victory is the 14th straight in duals matches for UWL.  The Eagles last defeat in a dual match was Thursday, January 21 to UW-Whitewater in the 2015-16 season.  UWL was a perfect 9-0 in duals during the 2016-17 campaign.  

Th Eagles took a 6-0 lead Wednesday as Nelson Baker opened the dual with a win by fall (2:00) over the Bulgolds' Abe Dickenson at 125-pounds.  Quinn Miracle extended UWL's lead to 12-0 with a win by fall (:49) over Patrick Conrad at 133-pounds.  

UW-Eau Claire got on the board as Jordan Meyer earned a 11-4 decision over UWL's Danny Madonia at 141-pounds to make the score 12-3.  

 

The Eagles won the next thee matches by decision to lead 21-3.  Kal Gerber defeated Carter Focht at 149-pounds (6-4), followed by Michael Murnane over John Maki at 157 (6-2) and Logan Schlough beating Seth Vosters at 165-pounds (12-5).  

At 165-pounds, Sawyer Massie earned a win by technical fall (16-1) over Tyler Vogt to put UWL ahead 26-3, and Sean O'Neil won by major decison (14-4) over Cecil Philson at 184-pounds to give the Eagles a 30-3 lead.  

The Blugolds' Ramsey Bloy won by decision (14-7) over Wesley Schultz at 197-pounds to make it 30-6 before UWL's Conrad Ernst closed out the match with a 9-0 major decision over Tyler Burt at 285-pounds, making the final 34-6.  

UWL returns to action Saturday, November 18 at the Augsburg University (Minn.) Auggie Open starting at 9 a.m.