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Issued: December 11, 2007

WRESTLING ROLLS AGAINST LAWRENCE

APPLETON, Wis. – The UW-Eau Claire wrestling team lost just one match today while winning 42-4 over Lawrence University.

There were two pins. Joey Miller (Sr.-Lake Tomahawk) took down his opponent in 2:29 in the 174-pound weight class and 184-pound Ted Sikowski (Sr.-Appleton/West) brought his man to the mat in 1:07.

At 133 pounds, Greg Sonnentag (Fr.-Cadott) won his match 13-6 while Andy Johnston (So.-St. Cloud, MN/St. Cloud Tech HS) prevailed 9-5 in the 149-pound class. Jon Ames (So.-Genoa/Viroqua) squeaked by his 157-pound opponent 4-3 and Nick Hoeft (Sr.-Merrill) won at 285 pounds on a 5-2 score.

There were three wins by forfeit tonight. Brandon Page (Jr.-Holmen) (125 pounds), Andy Miller (Jr.-Appleton/North) (141 pounds) and Josh Holforty (Jr.-Bloomington, MN/Kennedy) (197 pounds) took those wins.

The Blugolds are off until 2008, with their next event occurring on Jan. 4-5 in the Cornell Invitational.

UW-Eau Claire 42, Lawrence 4

125 - Brandon Page (EC) won by forfeit
133 - Greg Sonnentag (EC) defeated Chris Gallegos 13-6
141 - Andy Miller (EC) won by forfeit
149 - Andy Johnston (EC) defeated Tony Norton 9-5
157 - Jon Ames (EC) defeated Matt Meiselman 4-3
165 - Sam Laes (LU) defeated Seth Hendricks 12-2
174 - Joey Miller (EC) pinned Evan Neuens 2:29
184 - Ted Sikowski (EC) pinned Zach Farina 1:07
197 - Josh Holforty (EC) won by forfeit
285 - Nick Hoeft (EC) defeated Jack Peters 5-2

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