College Wrestling 2/9/01 -- Augsburg 33, Wisconsin-Stevens Point 6

STEVENS POINT, Wis. (2/9/01) -- Brady Holtz and Yan White each recorded victories for the hosts, but it wasn't enough for the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point wrestling team in a 33-6 loss to Augsburg College Friday night at Berg Gymnasium.

The Pointers fell to 7-6 overall with the loss to the Auggies, who are ranked No. 1 in the latest NCAA Division III rankings and improved to 15-1 overall. UW-Stevens Point is ranked 20th in the nation.

Holtz picked up a 9-2 decision at 133 pounds with a victory over Troy Peterson, while White improved to 21-6 for the season with a 4-2 overtime victory over Augsburg's Kevin Rasmussen, who fell to 25-8 with the loss.

Wes Kapping, who is ranked fourth in the country at 174 pounds was tied 2-2 after two periods with Augsburg's Joe Moon, but lost 7-4. Mitch Gehring battled Ben Bauer, the nation's top-ranked heavyweight, to a 4-0 loss.

Augsburg won eight of the 10 matches in the dual, including a technical-fall victory from Brad Fisher at 141 pounds and a major decision from Tony Quance at 149. Drew Gau notched the only pin of the night with a first-period match-ender at 174.

The Pointers will host UW-River Falls Saturday at noon and UW-Eau Claire Saturday at 4 p.m. at Berg Gym. Augsburg hosts South Dakota State, the No. 4-ranked team in Division II, on Sunday (2/11) at 2 p.m. at Si Melby Hall.

Augsburg (15-1 dual meets) 33, Wisconsin-Stevens Point (7-6) 6
Action begins at Heavyweight
HWT -- Ben Bauer (AUG, 29-3) dec. Mitch Gehring (UWSP, 11-9) 4-0 (Augsburg 3-0)
125 -- Darin Bertram (AUG, 33-2) won by forfeit (Augsburg 9-0)
133 -- Brady Holtz (UWSP, 14-12) dec. Troy Peterson (AUG, 22-13) 9-2 (Augsburg 9-3)
141 -- Brad Fisher (AUG, 21-3) tech. fall over Jeremiah Curtis (UWSP, 1-12) 15-0 (Augsburg 14-3)
149 -- Tony Quance (AUG, 19-6) major dec. Jeremy Stapelford (UWSP, 2-12) 14-4 (Augsburg 18-3)
157 -- Drew Gau (AUG, 27-9) pinned Nathan Preslaski (UWSP, 15-7) 1:23 (Augsburg 24-3)
165 -- Tony Abbott (AUG, 28-4) dec. Joe Bavlnka (UWSP, 12-14) 7-2 (Augsburg 27-3)
174 -- Joe Moon (AUG, 27-5) dec. Wes Kapping (UWSP, 20-7) 7-4 (Augsburg 30-3)
184 -- Nik Lewandowski (AUG, 25-5) dec. Ben Kureck (UWSP, 13-9) 5-4 (Augsburg 33-3)
197 -- Yan White (UWSP, 21-6) dec. Kevin Rasmussen (AUG, 25-8) 4-2 (OT) (Augsburg 33-6)