No. 12 Wisconsin-Whitewater edges No. 24 Wrestling 18-16 in semifinals of Lycoming (Pa.) Duals

January 14, 2012

By: Tim Glon

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — The No. 24-ranked Ohio Northern wrestling team was edged 18-16 by No. 12 Wisconsin-Whitewater in the semifinals of the Budd Whitehill wrestling tournament on Saturday morning.

The loss drops the Polar Bear's record to 7-4 on the year, while the Warhawks improve to 13-7 overall.

The match was tightly contested throughout, with each team winning five of the ten matches.

Wisconsin-Whitewater jumped to an 11-3 lead after four weight-classes.

The Polar Bears responded by winning the next three matches to take a 13-11 lead over the Warhawks.

Seniors Mick Letcher and No. 5-ranked Billy Painter won by decision at 157 and 165 pounds, respectively, and junior two-time All-American Kyle Kwiat won by major decision at 174 pounds.

After UWW won at 184 to regain a 14-13 lead, sophomore Michael Pawlitz won by decision at 197 to give the Polar Bears a 16-14 advantage heading into the final bout of the meet.

But the Warhawks won by major decision at heavyweight to claim the exciting dual.

The Bears will compete against No. 7 SUNY Cortland (N.Y.) at 3 pm on Saturday in the third place match.

No. 12 UW-Whitewater 18, No. 24 Ohio Northern 16

125 − Mike Schloegel (UWW) maj. dec. Jerome Pasquale, 9-0
133 − Jake Fredrickson (UWW) dec. Jeremy Jones, 6-4
141 − Rudolph Pataro (ONU) dec. Elroy Perkin, 5-3
149 − Brian Lewis (UWW) maj. dec. Kyle Brezovec, 12-4
157 − Michael Letcher (ONU) dec. Corey Schmidt, 3-0
165 − William Painter (ONU) dec. Cedric Gibson, 10-6
174 − Kyle Kwiat (ONU) maj. dec. Ryan Aprahamian, 14-1
184 − David Dwyer (UWW) dec. D.J. Recknagel, 15-8
197 − Michael Pawlitz (ONU) dec. Adam Latella, 5-0
285 − Corey Anderson (UWW) maj. dec. Cody Lovejoy, 10-2