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UW Oshkosh Titans' 2007-08 Schedule; Includes First Appearance at National Duals

Dan Gable “Commitment to Excellence” Open UW-Oshkosh Saturday, January 13, 2007

Letter From Dan Gable

UW Oshkosh Chosen for National Duals

UW La Crosse 32 UW Oshkosh 10
Oshkosh, Wis. - The UW-La Crosse wrestling team improved to 5-1 and 1-1 in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) with a 32-10 victory at UW-Oshkosh Wednesday night in the Kolf Sports Center.

UW-L won eight of 10 matches to record the victory. Patt Parrillo defeated Kyle Kleuskens 11-7 in the 125-pound match before Dan Akright gave the Titans a 6-3 lead with a win by fall (2:29) over Mark Girgis at 133-pounds.

The Eagles then won the next six matches. Ben Kreuzer defeated Morgan Sickinger 4-3 at 141; Jay Milz defeated Paul Gretzinger 10-0 at 149 and Ross Needham beat Dallas Moe 13-5 at 157 for a 14-6 UW-L lead.

Scott Dorn defeated Kevin Luedtke 9-1 at 165-pounds while Josh Chelf defeated Adam Dorner 11-2 at 174 and Jason Lulloff beat Pat Detmer 14-3 at 184. UW-Oshkosh's Justin Schmalfeldt defeated Andy Moore 10-2 at 197 to cut the Eagles' lead to 26-10, but Dan Laurent pinned Kyle Coleman (2:07) at 285 for the final scoring margin of 32-10

The Titans have had three competitions since the last update when we competed against Dubuque and UW at the WWCA Clinic. On Saturday November 11th we traveled to the Pointer Open and faced some great competition. There were a number of different schools in attendance ranging from Division I through NJCAA. In total, we had six place winners in the event, which is a decent showing based on our team's experience level.

Placing Top 6 were
Dan Akright-133-5th
Paul Gretzinger-149-4th
Dallas Moe-157-5th
Eli Felts-165-2nd
Adam Dorner-174-5th
Justin Schmalfeldt-HWT-2nd

On November 15th, we hosted UW-Platteville who came into the dual meet ranked #25 nationally. It was a back and forth dual that provided a lot of excitement for the home fans. The Titans prevailed and pulled the upset 26-19. This was a great early season win and gives the team some confidence to compete against national level competition. One of the biggest wins came from our super tough freshman Justin Schmalfeldt. He beat up on Ryan Rozek who came into the dual ranked #5 in the country. Justin is working his way down to 197 and is routinely giving up 50-75 pounds. However, he competes like an animal and is making great progress early on. Here is a link to the dual results. http://www.titans.uwosh.edu /Wrestling/

Following the big win over Platteville, we headed over to Iowa for the Coe Invite. Again we faced some great competition including #2 ranked/defending NCAA Champions Wartburg College, #12 Coe College, and #16 Cornell College. Similar to the Pointer Open, we totaled six place winners. In contrast we put four into the championship finals. however it turned out to be bitter sweet as each of the Titans fell in their finals bout. Earning second place finishes for the Titans were Paul Gretzinger-149, Adam Dorner-174, Pat Detmer-184, and continuing his fine freshman season, Justin Schmalfeldt-HWT. Earning 5th was Kyle Coleman-197 and in 6th was Derek Koenig-133.

To cap off the big news before a short break for Thanksgiving, the UW-Oshkosh Titans broke into the National Rankings this week at #30. This is on ly the second time in the history of the program that UW-Oshkosh has been nationally ranked. This is a great sign that people are taking notice of the progress we're making and we plan to continue climbing until we're at the top.
http://www.oswego.edu/athletics /teams/wrestling/coaches_poll .html

See you on the mats,
Mike DeRoehn
Head Wrestling Coach UW-Oshkosh

Titans Continue to Progress at Coe Tournament

The UW-Oshkosh Wrestling team had another strong performance this weekend at the Coe College Invitational. The meet featured some outstanding national level competition that included #2 ranked/defending NCAA Champion Wartburg College, #12 Coe College, and #16 Cornell College. The Titans had six place-winners including four in the championships finals, a fifth place, and a sixth place. Earning a spot in the finals were Paul Gretzinger-149, Adam Dorner-174, Pat Detmer-184, and Justin Schmalfeldt-Hwt.

Taking fifth was Kyle Coleman-197 with Derek Koenig-133 finishing in sixth place.

Gretzinger earned three straight wins before falling 12-2 in the finals. Dorner continued his strong season beating two opponents, before dropping a 3-2 decision to his opponent from Wartburg. Detmer prevailed in a close semi-final bout before dropping a 2-0 decision. Finally, Justin Schmalfeldt earned two falls before dropping his championship bout to 3x NCAA Finalist Blake Gillis of Wartburg.

The Titans next competition will be against #15 UW-Stevens Point on November 29th.

UW-Platteville 26 vs. UW-Oshkosh 19
Wednesday, November 15 , 2006 • Kolf Sports Center • Oshkosh, Wis.
Attendance: 185
Bout Opponent UWP UWO
149 Ryan Higgins (UWP) Defeated Paul Gretzinger (UWO), 12-3 04/04 00/00
157 Jesse Milks (UWP) Pinned Dallas Moe (UWO), 2:47 06/10 00/00
165 Kevin Luedtke (UWO) Defeated Cory Zuberbeir (UWP), 7-3 00/10 03/03
174 Adam Dorner (UWO) Defeated Brad Zellner (UWP), 17-4 00/10 04/07
184 Pat Detmer (UWO) Pinned Matt Beschta (UWP), 3:24 00/10 06/13
197 Scott Nicholas (UWP) Defeated Kyle Coleman (UWO), 8-1 03/13 00/13
285 Justin Schmalfeldt (UWO) Defeated Ryan Rozek (UWP), 10-5 00/13 03/16
125 Chris Stratton (UWO) Defeated Spencer Peterson (UWP), 14-4 00/13 04/20
133 Derek Koenig (UWO) Pinned Jeff Gale (UWP), 4:05 00/13 06/26
141 Zach Chambers (UWP) Pinned Morgan Sickinger (UWO), 2:46 06/19 00/26
Final Score: UW-Oshkosh 26, UW-Platteville 19
UW-Platteville Dual Meet Record: 4-2 (0-1 WIAC)
UW-Oshkosh Dual Meet Record: 2-1 (1-0 WIAC)

Titans Open Season With Mixed Results

Justin Schmalfeldt (Fr. • Burlington) conquered both of his opponents as the UW-Oshkosh wrestling team opened its 2006-07 season with a victory over the University of Dubuque (Iowa) and a loss to NCAA Division I University of Wisconsin on Friday (Nov. 3) at the KI Convention Center in Green Bay.

The University of Wisconsin went unbeaten in the round-robin event by defeating the University of Dubuque, 49-0, and UW-Oshkosh, 40-3. Prior to its loss to the University of Wisconsin, UW-Oshkosh defeated the University of Dubuque, 29-10.

In its victory over the University of Dubuque, UW-Oshkosh scored the last 29 points of the match to gain revenge for last year's 31-12 loss to the Spartans. The Titans had the winner in seven of the 10 weight classes, including Pat Detmer (Jr. • Lodi) and Kyle Coleman (Sr. • Poplar) who won on forfeits at 184 and 197 pounds, respectively.

On the mat, UW-Oshkosh received victories from Paul Gretzinger (Fr. • Pulaski) at 149 pounds, Dallas Moe (Fr. • Seymour) at 157, Kevin Luedtke (Jr. • Two Rivers) at 165, Adam Dorner (Sr. • Casco) at 174 and Schmalfeldt at 285.

Dorner recorded the largest triumph for the Titans as he ousted the University of Dubuque's Joe Depew, 13-3. The Titans also had Gretzinger trip Hakeem Mahdi, 9-6, Moe edge Evan Brown, 2-1, Luedtke trim Bobby Larson, 3-2, and Schmalfeldt handle Eric Daughtee, 12-4.

Winners for the University of Dubuque were Jason Francis at 125 pounds, Adam Shumaker at 133 and Dan Ruter at 141.

Francis shutout UW-Oshkosh's Chris Stratton (Sr. • Appleton), 5-0, while Shumaker posted an 11-2 win over Derek Koenig (So. • Cleveland) and Ruter a 6-2 victory over Justin Talbot (Fr. • Appleton).

As expected, the University of Wisconsin had little difficulty defeating UW-Oshkosh. The lone victory for the Titans came at 285 pounds, where Schmalfeldt pulled out a 7-4 victory over the Badgers' Jordan Hein. Schmalfeldt's victory came in the contest of the match.

The University of Wisconsin won two contests against UW-Oshkosh on pins and another on a technical fall. Collin Cudd of the Badgers pinned Stratton in 3:30 at 125 pounds, while Dallas Herbst pinned Coleman in 1:52 at 197. The Badgers' Zach Tanelli won by a technical fall in 4:06 over Koenig.

Other University of Wisconsin victors were Kyle Ruschell at 141 pounds, Tyler Turner at 149, Mike Metzger at 157, Jake Donar at 165, Matt Maciag at 174 and Justin Peterson at 184.

Ruschell tallied a 17-6 win over Talbot, while Turner defeated Gretzinger, 13-3, and Metzger dropped Moe, 8-2. The Badgers also had Donar defeat Luedtke, 11-1, Maciag down Dorner, 11-1, and Peterson oust Detmer, 14-2.
Titans To Wrestle Division I Badgers In Season Opener

The UW-Oshkosh wrestling team opens its 2006-07 season with dual meets against the University of Dubuque (Iowa) and NCAA Division I University of Wisconsin on Friday (Nov. 3) at the KI Convention Center in Green Bay.

Competition starts at 8 a.m. as the University of Dubuque battles the University of Wisconsin. The opening match is followed by a 10 a.m. contest involving UW-Oshkosh and the University of Dubuque. The final match of the round-robin format begins at noon as UW-Oshkosh squares off against the University of Wisconsin.

UW-Oshkosh returns nine lettermen from last year's team that posted a 2-13 dual meet record and finished sixth at the WIAC Championship.

It will be the fifth meeting between UW-Oshkosh and the University of Wisconsin, with the Badgers winning last year's match in Green Bay, 51-0. The University of Wisconsin also defeated UW-Oshkosh by scores of 23-12 in 1969-70, 24-8 in 1970-71 and 46-6 in 2004-05.

UW-Oshkosh dropped a 31-12 decision to the University of Dubuque last year.