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Issued: January 25, 2007

WRESTLING REMAINS UNBEATEN IN CONFERENCE

OSHKOSH – The UW-Eau Claire wrestling team improved its Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) dual meet record to 4-0 tonight with a 25-12 victory over UW-Oshkosh at the Kolf Sports Center.

The meet was originally supposed to take place Luxemburg-Casco High School, but was moved back to Oshkosh. The Blugolds are the only undefeated team in the WIAC and have an overall dual meet record of 11-4 and an overall record of 16-12. The Titans fall to a conference record of 1-4 and an overall dual meet record of 4-7.

The Blugolds won seven of the nine matches that they competed in. Andy Miller (So.-Appleton, WI/North) at 133 pounds pinned Chris Stratton in 5:42. Dave Vanevenhoven (Sr.-Appleton, WI/Kaukauna) at 149 pounds won by major decision over Morgan Sickinger by a score of 12-2. Patrick Sensig (So.-Lyndon Station, WI/Mauston) at 157 pounds and Josh Holforty (So.-Bloomington, MN/Kennedy) at 197 each won their matches convincingly with Sensing defeating Dallas Moe by a score of 12-5 and Holforty defeating Pat Detmer, winning 7-1. Holforty has won his last eight matches.

Andy Johnston (Fr.-St. Cloud, MN/Tech) at 141 pounds narrowly defeated Derek Koenig by a score of 8-7. Johnson got pinned by Koenig earlier this season at the Cornell Matman Invitational. Nick Hoeft (Jr.-Merrill, WI) at 184 pounds also won by a narrow margin, defeating Eli Felts by a score of 2-1. Lance Valiquette (Sr.-Auburn, WA) at 165 pounds was the last Blugold winner as he defeated Kevin Luedtke by a score of 12-10.

Next, the Blugolds will travel to face nine-time defending conference champion and No.3-ranked UW-La Crosse next Tuesday. The Eagles are 4-1 in the WIAC. The action begins at 7 p.m.

Meet Results

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