Wrestling | 11/1/2026 6:14:00 PM
Kenosha, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse wrestling team opened its 2026-27 season with a 34-12 victory over Cornell College (Iowa) Sunday afternoon in the Wisconsin Showcase held at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.
Cornell (Iowa) was also opening its season.
SERIES RECORD
* UWL leads the all-time series, 13-0, with Cornell (Iowa).
WISCONSIN SHOWCASE
The Wisconsin Showcase features teams from National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I, II, and III. Along with UWL and Cornell (Iowa) from NCAA Division III, host UW-Parkside took on Grand Valley State University (Mich.) in the NCAA II dual and the University of Wisconsin faced Bloomsburg University (Pa.) in the NCAA I dual.
TEAM RANKINGS
* UWL is ranked second in the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Preseason Poll for National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III.
INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS
* Five student-athletes are ranked in the NWCA Preseason Poll, including
Tanner Gerber first at 174-pounds.
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Marcus McIntyre at 141-pounds and
Tate Flege at 184-pounds, are both ranked second.
* Markos Mihalopolous is ranked third at 285-pounds with
Tyler Dormanen seventh at 197-pounds.
HOW IT HAPPENED
* UWL won seven of the 10 matches in Sunday's dual.
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Grant Madl opened the dual with a technical fall (24-6, 6:15) over Gannon Kuhn at 125-pounds to give UWL a 5-0 lead.
* The Rams' Jayson Stevens cut the lead to 5-3 with a decision (4-2) over
Wyatt Magolski at 133-pounds. McIntyre gave UWL an 11-3 lead with a fall (4:50) versus Liam Adlfindger at 141 and
Talan Schutte extended the Eagles' lead to 14-3 with a win by decision (9-3) over Owen Adlfinger at 149.
* Cornell (Iowa) took the next two matches to cut the deficit to 14-12. Andrew Parrish won by fall (6:19) over
Kellen Kelly at 157-pounds and Brian Petry won by decision (11-5) over
Caleb Cady at 165. Petry is ranked fifth in the NWCA.
* UWL took the final four duals to secure the team victory.
Eddie Simes won by decision (4-2) over Nolan Howell at 174-pounds and Flege won by fall (1:45) over Danny DeCristofaro at 184 to make it 23-12.
* Dormanen followed by a technical fall (18-0, 5:00) against Logan Van Duyne at 197-pounds and Mihalopoulos concluded the dual with a fall (4:12) over Braydon Hoffman 285.
UWL TEAM STATS
* The Eagles earned extra team points in five of the dual victories, including three by fall and two by technical fall.
DAVE MALECEK
* Malecek is in his 21st season as UWL's head coach in 2026-27. He has led the Eagles to nine top-four finishes at the NCAA Division III Championships, including a best second three times (2008, 2010, 2026).
* He has coached 15 NCAA III Champions and 77 All-Americas.
* Malecek has led UWL to 14 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) titles with 86 individual league championships.
* With Sunday's win, Malecek improves to 259-61-1 (.808) in duals. He is 93-9 (.912) in the WIAC.
UP NEXT:
* UWL opens its Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) dual schedule at UW-Oshkosh on Thursday, November 5 at 7 p.m.
