Wrestling Competes at Luther Open; Defeats Cornell At Wisconsin Showcase

Cole Hansen won his only match on Saturday with a pin.

La Crosse, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse wrestling team competed at two different events on Saturday as they had wrestlers compete at both the Luther College Open and the Wisconsin Showcase.

The Basics
Wisconsin Showcase Results: UWL 40, Cornell College (Iowa) 6
Location: Jim Koch Wrestling Center, UW-Parkside, Kenosha, Wis.
Luther College Open: No Team Score
Location: Luther College Decorah, Iowa

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse 40, Cornell College (Iowa) 6

The Eagle won the first three matches of the day with Remington Bontreger (125 pounds), Zachary Weiler (133 pounds) and Sam Lorenz (141 pounds) each winning. Rontreger won by a 6-2 decision over Jase Van Pelt while Weiler earned a major decision (11-2) over Eli Sneed and Lorenz won by fall (6:02) over Andrew Parrish.
Landon Card of Cornell (Iowa) defeated Josh Cherba by fall (6:02) for Cornel's only win of the match.
Cole Hansen (165 pounds)won by fall over Scotty Scheidecker in 2:23.
Nolan Hertel (157 pounds), Ben Kawczynski (197 pounds) and Michael Douglas (285 pounds) each won by major decision. Hertel defeated Gabriel Smith 11-0 while Kawczynski won 12-4 over Treyten Steffen and Douglas defeated Quinn Wilcoxen 14-3.
Leo Draveling (174 pounds) and Tyler Dormanen (184 pounds) each won by technical fall. Draveling earned a technical fall over Brian Petry 19-2 (4:57) and Dormanen recorded the technical fall over Drew Deer 16-0 (5:28).

Luther College Open

Elite Bracket

133 pounds, Elite Bracket - Cael Weinzweig went 0-2.
157 pounds, Elite Bracket - Cooper Larson went 4-2 including a win by fall over Easton Norris (Quincy) in 6:27 while Cameron Jacob finished 0-2.
165 pounds, Elite Bracket - Tate Flege went 2-2 while Elijah Lucio finished 1-2.
174 pounds, Elite Bracket - Eddie Simes finished seventh by going 5-2.
184 pounds, Elite Bracket - Sam Schwabe went 2-2 while Gabe Carter went 0-2.

Silver Bracket

125 pounds, Silver Bracket - Thomas Giere went 1-2 advancing to the consolation third round.
133 pounds, Silver Bracket - Matt Haldiman went 2-2 on the day losing in the third place match to Lucas Ryan of Minnesota State Mankato 13-9.
149 pounds, Silver Bracket - Talan Schutte went 5-2 overall, winning the seventh place match by decision over Emmanuel Celstin (North Iowa Community College) 15-11.
157 pounds, Silver Bracket - Owen Foster went 2-2 including a win by fall over Brett Wilke (Nebraska Wesleyan) in 2:42.
165 pounds, Silver Bracket - Brett Skaug finished second by 3-1 losing to Derek Johnson of St. Cloud State in the championship match.
174 pounds, Silver Bracket - Camren Dennee finished fourth going 4-2 and losing 8-7 in third place match to Landry Barker of Loras College (Iowa).
197 pounds, Silver Bracket - Kasey Gish finished third going 4-1 including a 9-4 decision over Zach Weidler of Wartburg College (Iowa). Jackson Ormond finished seventh by going 3-2 including a decision by fall (1:18) over Aiden Rice of Loras College (Iowa). Ben Draveling went 1-2.