Saturday Recap: Whitewater dual and UNI Open

Saturday, December 9

Whitewater, WI

1 p.m.

Wisconsin Badgers

Wisconsin-Whitewater

Photo by: Cal Larsen

Saturday Recap: Whitewater dual and UNI Open

December 09, 2017 | Wrestling

Badgers ground Warhawks, five place at UNI Open

UNI Open results

WHITEWATER, Wis.- On Saturday, Wisconsin Wrestling split up, heading to Whitewater to take on the Warhawks in a dual and to Cedar Falls for the UNI Open. At the day's conclusion, the Badgers grounded the Hawks 38-3, and won 70 percent of their matches in Iowa.

Cole Martin was Wisconsin's lone champion at the UNI Open, going 4-0, recording a fall, tech fall and a 5-1 decision over Parker Filius en route to his title.

Trent Hillger took second at heavyweight while wrestling unattached, recording a 3-1 slate and tallying three decisions before falling to Iowa State's starter Gannon Gremmel in a 4-2 decision.

Freshman Paul Konrath took third wrestling unattached in the second open of his young career, going 5-1 and recording a pin in just 43 seconds.

Johnny Jimenez took fourth wrestling unattached, amassing a 2-2 record, including a win over UNI's Tanner Rowhweder.

Freshman Jacob Covaciu rounded out the UW wrestlers who placed, taking fifth at 174 pounds from Jesse Shearer of North Dakota St.

Wisconsin vs. Whitewater
The Badgers faced the Warhawks for the seventh time in team history, and for the seventh time UW walked out victorious, claiming nine of 10 matches in a dominating fashion against Whitewater.

Freshman Ethan Rotondo was in one of the most thrilling matches of the afternoon, taking Mike Torttorice to overtime and scoring a takedown to claim the sudden-death victory.

Eli Stickley was down 4-1 during the first period in his match against Devin Tortorice, but he was able to tire his opponent out and defeat him in an 11-4 decision.

Junior Jared Scharenbrock was also in trouble at one point, as Whitewater's Vela had Jared on his back, but Scharenbrock was able to manage a giant reversal to get both of Vela's shoulders on the mat and pinned him in 5:54.

Freshman Brady Wetter went up one weight class to 197 for the dual and battled against Nick Sundberg, where he dominated the Warhawk in a 16-0 tech fall.

Final: Wis.-38, UWW-3

125- Ethan Rotondo (Wisconsin) def. Mike Tortorice (UW-Whitewater) by decision, 4-2 (SV-1) (3-0 Wis.)
133-Jens Lantz (Wis.) def. Hazen Rice (UWW) by decision, 8-2 (6-0 Wis.)
141-Eli Stickley (Wis.) def. Devin Tortorice (UWW) by decision, 11-4 (9-0 Wis.)
149-Wilder Wichman (UWW) def. Patrick Spray (Wis.) by decsion, 7-2 (9-3 Wis.)
157-Jared Scharenbrock (Wis.) def. Isiah Vela (UWW) by fall, 5:54 (15-3 Wis.)
165-Evan Wick def. Ryder Sigler (UWW) by fall, 2:58 (21-3 Wis.)
174-Ryan Christensen def. Nicholas Bonomo (UWW) by decision, 7-1 (24-3 Wis.)
184-Ricky Robertson (Wis.) def. Nick Stencel (UWW) by major decision, 12-4 (28-3 Wis.)
197-Brady Wetter (Wis.) def. Nick Sundberg (UWW) by tech fall, 16-0 (4:41) (33-3 Wis.)
285-Ben Stone (Wis.) def. Dylan Uzumecki (UWW) by tech fall, 15-0 (6:07) (38-3 Wis.)