#2 UW-La Crosse 24, #20 Luther College (Iowa) 21

La Crosse, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse wrestling team improved to 9-1 on the season with a 24-21 victory over Luther College (Iowa) Wednesday night in the Mitchell Hall Field House. The Eagles, ranked second in NCAA Division III, earned their sixth straight win over the Norse, ranked 20th in Division III. Luther drops to 1-1 on the season.

The Norse took a 5-0 lead as second-ranked Daniel Mendoza won by technical fall (18-3) over the Eagles' Joey Nelson at 125-pounds. Mendoza is now 7-0 on the year. UW-L took the next two matches to lead 10-5. Adam Sheley, ranked second in NCAA Division III at 133-pounds, won by major decision (11-1) over Luther's Evan Obert and Bebeto Yewah, top-ranked at 141, earned a win by fall (1:20) over Kyle Windquist to give UW-L a 10-5 lead.

Sheley is now 11-3 on the year while Yewah improved to 10-0.

Luther's Stephan De La Cruz won by injury default over UW-L's Brady Schrupp at 149 to give the Norse an 11-10 advantage, but the Eagles captured the next four matches to take a 24-11 lead.

JR Lewis won by major decision (14-4) over Eric Moreno at 157-pounds; Kevin O'Brien defeated Dale Lewis by decision (6-3) at 165; Mike Schmitz won by decision (10-4) over Jarid Groth at 174 and Grant Miller beat Nick Pearch by major decision (14-5) at 184. Schmitz is currently ranked first in the country at 174-pounds.

The Norse' Trent Flegel won by fall (1:52) over the Eagles' Evan Sinram to cut UW-L's lead to 24-17. Luther's Jacob Johnson finshed the dual with a win by major decision (13-1) over Zach Tooley at 285-pounds.

UW-L returns to action Friday, December 9 with two matches at the Wisconsin Dells Center at Chula Vista. The Eagles face third-ranked Coe College (Iowa) at 6:30 p.m. and sixth-ranked Saint John's University (Minn.) at 8 p.m.