PLYMOUTH, Wis. – Saint John’s wrestling went 2-1 at the Lakeland Duals on Saturday, Jan. 9, in Plymouth, Wis.
SJU (3-11 dual record) started the day with a 30-9 loss to Wisconsin-Eau Claire, but bounced back with wins over the Milwaukee School of Engineering (40-7) and the University of Chicago (33-20).
SJU was originally scheduled to wrestle Dubuque (Iowa) in its second dual of the day, but the opponent was switched to MSOE Saturday morning.
Senior Mike Pleski (Stacy, Minn./Forest Lake) and junior Teddy Erickson (Annandale, Minn.) each went 3-0 at 133 and 165 pounds, respectively.
Sophomore Nick Pegelow (Eagan, Minn./Eastview) collected a 2-0 record at 197 pounds and senior Ben Henle (Spicer, Minn./New London-Spicer), who is ranked sixth nationally at 141 pounds by D3wrestle.com, registered a 2-1 record with a pair of forfeit wins.
The Johnnies return to action with a dual at Division II MSU-Mankato on Thursday, Jan. 21.
Wisconsin-Eau Claire (UWEC) 30, Saint John’s (SJU) 9
125: Zack Sirny (UWEC) tech. fall Ben Kollaja, 16-0 [0-5]
133: Mike Pleski (SJU) dec. Scott Worlund, 7-3 [3-5]
141: Nathaniel Behnke (No. 8, UWEC) major dec. Ben Henle (No. 6), 13-4 [3-9]
149: Roy Munroe (UWEC) pinned Branden Schorr, 4:34 [3-15]
157: Carter Focht (UWEC) dec. T.J. Fulton, 12-5 [3-18]
165: Ryan Behnke (UWEC) dec. Jack Barsody, 8-2 [3-21]
174: Teddy Erickson (SJU) dec. Matthew Laugen, 10-3 [6-21]
184: Jeremy Amundson (UWEC) pinned Glenn Castro, 1:36 [6-27]
197: Nick Pegelow (SJU) dec. Cecil Philson, 9-5 [9-27]
285: Justin Karkula (No. 8, UWEC) dec. Colin Fisher, 7-1 [9-30]
Saint John’s (SJU) 40, Milwaukee School of Eng. (MSOE) 7
125: Ben Kollaja (SJU) won by forfeit [6-0]
133: Mike Pleski (SJU) dec. Bryce Fitzgerald, 5-2 [9-0]
141: Ben Henle (No. 6, SJU) won by forfeit [15-0]
149: Branden Schorr (SJU) pinned TreJon House, 4:20 [21-0]
157: T.J. Fulton (SJU) major dec. Sam Rathburn, 20-12 [25-0]
165: Muqkadeen Poole (SJU) pinned Ryan Snyder, 0:57 [31-0]
174: Teddy Erickson (SJU) won by forfeit [37-0]
184: Devon McCune (MSOE) dec. Luke Dodd, 6-3 [37-3]
197: Nick Pegelow (SJU) dec. Brett Raymond, 8-1 [40-3]
285: Austin Bellile (MSOE) major dec. Colin Fisher, 10-2 [40-7]
Saint John’s (SJU) 33, Chicago (UC) 20
125: Devan Richter (UC) pinned Ben Kollaja, 0:47 [0-6]
133: Mike Pleski (SJU) won by forfeit [6-6]
141: Ben Henle (No. 6, SJU) won by forfeit [12-6]
149: Branden Schorr (SJU) pinned Mason Williams, 1:10 [18-6]
157: Luke Iida (UC) pinned T.J. Fulton, 3:48 [18-12]
165: Nick Ferraro (UC) tech. fall Muqkadeen Poole, 19-4 [18-17]
174: Teddy Erickson (SJU) major dec. Jason Lynch, 11-3 [22-17]
184: Robert Tait (SJU) tech. fall Duncan Payne, 15-0 [27-17]
197: Ryan Walsh (UC) dec. Glenn Castro, 4-1 [27-20]
285: Colin Fisher (SJU) pinned Joseph Scheidt, 0:22 [33-20]