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Louisville, Ky. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse wrestling team, ranked ninth in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III, went 1-2 on Friday at the U.S. Marine Corps/National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Multi-Divisional National Duals at the Freedom Hall & Exhibition Hall in the Kentucky Expo Center.  The duals are presented by ARMS Software & Defense Soap, hosted by NUWAY.

UWL, now 5-4 on the season, opened the tournament with a 31-21 victory over Westminster College (Mo.) Friday before a 24-16 loss to eighth-ranked Johnson & Wales University (R.I.). The Eagles then fell 19-18 to Luther College (Iowa) in the consolation second round. The teams finished in an 18-18 tie, but Luther (Iowa) earned one team point by earning the tiebreaker with one win by fall. 

The Eagles went 15-15 in their 30 matches Friday. UWL's Grant Zamin (157-pounds) and Mitch Hertel (174) each went 3-0. Zamin, ranked fourth in the NWCA, earned one win by fall, one by major decision and one by decision while Hertel won one by fall. 
 

Tristan Jenny (125), Josh Stenger (133) and Hayden Schlough (141) each went 2-1 on Friday while Isaac Lahr (197) finished 1-1. Nick Fetzner (165) went 1-2.

Finishing at least fifth in six of its last 10 NWCA Multi-Divisional National Duals appearances, UWL placed second in 2011 and third in 2012.  The Eagles finished fifth in 2010, 2013, 2015 and 2016.

The NCAA Division III field features 24 programs, including defending champion Augsburg University (Minn.). The Auggies, ranked first this season, have won seven team titles at the NWCA National Duals. Wartburg College (Iowa), currently ranked second in the country, has won 11 national duals crowns.  Augsburg (Minn.) and Wartburg (Iowa) are only teams to win the Division III National Duals with Wartburg (Iowa) appearing in the finals 17 of 18 seasons.  UW-La Crosse (2008, 2011), Elmhurst College, Ill. (2013), Concordia College-Moorhead, Minn. (2014), UW-Whitewater (2015), Wabash College, Ind. (2016) and Johnson & Wales, R.I. (2019) are the only other schools to reach the Division III final. 

Of the 24 programs competing in this year's Division III national duals, 15 are ranked in the top-25, including all of the top-10.  Along with Augsburg (Minn.) and Wartburg (Iowa) in the top-two, Wabash College (Ind.) is ranked third, Loras College (Iowa) fourth and the University of Mount Union (Ohio) fifth. Coe College (Iowa) is ranked sixth followed by Baldwin-Wallace University (Ohio), Johnson & Wales (R.I.), UW-La Crosse and North Central College (Ill.) to round-out the top-10.  Ithaca College (N.Y.) is ranked 13th with New York University 14th, Rochester Institute of Technology (N.Y.) 15th, UW-Whitewater 19th and Millikin University (Ill.) 22nd. 

#9 UW-La Crosse 31, Westminster College (Mo.) 21
125 - Brock Davis (Westminister) over Tristan Jenny (UW-La Crosse) Dec 3-2
133 - Josh Stenger (UW-La Crosse) over Dalton Landreth (Westminister) Maj 15-5
141 - Hayden Schlough (UW-La Crosse) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
149 - Sean Sax (Westminister) over Sam Wenzel (UW-La Crosse) Fall 2:30
157 - #4 Grant Zamin (UW-La Crosse) over Cody Rachatellelle (Westminister) Fall 4:12
165 - Nick Fetzner (UW-La Crosse) over Jacob Warren (Westminister) Dec 6-2
174 - Mitch Hertel (UW-La Crosse) over Brandon Carbray (Westminister) Fall 4:30
184 - Connor Williams (UW-La Crosse) over Will Harper (Westminister) Fall 1:23
197 - Daryl VanNosrand (Westminister) over Adam Gusky (UW-La Crosse) Fall 4:00
285 - Kobe Kominski (Westminister) over Nolan Tewell (UW-La Crosse) Fall 1:35

#8 Johnson & Wales University (R.I.) 24, #9 UW-La Crosse 16 
125 - Tristan Jenny (UW-La Crosse) over Christopher Caban (Johnson & Wales) Maj 15-3
133 - Hayden Brown (Johnson & Wales) over Josh Stenger (UW-La Crosse) Dec 9-3
141 - Hayden Schlough (UW-La Crosse) over Gabriel McDaniel (Johnson & Wales) Dec 10-4
149 - #8 Da`Mani Burns (Johnson & Wales) over Tyler Shackle (UW-La Crosse) Fall 2:19
157 - #4 Grant Zamin (UW-La Crosse) over Darius Joyce (Johnson & Wales) Dec 9-2
165 - Christian Murphy (Johnson & Wales) over Nick Fetzner (UW-La Crosse) Fall 2:21
174 - Mitch Hertel (UW-La Crosse) over Cameron Altobelli (Johnson & Wales) Dec 9-3
184 - Nicholas Munsch (Johnson & Wales) over Connor Williams (UW-La Crosse) Dec 9-7
197 - Isaac Lahr (UW-La Crosse) over Tommy Wrzesien (Johnson & Wales) Dec 3-1
285 - #10 Michael DiNardo (Johnson & Wales) over Adam Gusky (UW-La Crosse) Fall 1:22

Luther College (Iowa) 19, #9 UW-La Crosse 18 (Luther advances with tiebreaker, one win by fall)
125 - Tristan Jenny (UW-La Crosse) over Sam Camacho (Luther) Maj 12-2
133 - Josh Stenger (UW-La Crosse) over Tyler Difiore (Luther) Dec 8-3
141 - Marcus Mandler (Luther) over Hayden Schlough (UW-La Crosse) Fall 1:02
149 - Teagen Miller (Luther) over Tyler Shackle (UW-La Crosse) Dec 11-9
157 - Grant Zamin (UW-La Crosse) over Michael Egan (Luther) Maj 16-2
165 - Tanner Weaver (Luther) over Nick Fetzner (UW-La Crosse) Dec 9-4
174 - Mitch Hertel (UW-La Crosse) over Skyler Shuman (Luther) Dec 10-6
184 - Ira Kuehn (Luther) over Connor Williams (UW-La Crosse) Dec 6-2
197 - Isaac Lahr (UW-La Crosse) over Donovan Corn (Luther) Maj 10-1
285 - Keenan Feldpausch (Luther) over Adam Gusky (UW-La Crosse) Dec 6-1

UWL returns to action Thursday, January 16 at UW-Whitewater at 7 p.m.