2013-14 UW-Platteville Wrestling News
For the 14th consecutive year, the UW-Platteville student-athletes had a higher grade point average than the student body as a whole. The Pioneer student-athletes compiled a 2.955 grade-point average for the 2013-14 academic year, above the general student body overall grade-point average of 2.89.
The UW-Platteville athletic director Mark Molesworth announced Mike DeRoehn as the Pioneers head wrestling and assistant strength and conditioning coach on Tuesday.
The UW-Platteville head wrestling coach Chris Walter announced his resignation after 17 years with the Pioneers.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – UW-Platteville sophomore 125-pound wrestler Cole Ferguson was eliminated after one day at the NCAA Wrestling National Championships.
Sophomore 125-pounder Cole Ferguson is looking to enter rarefied air Friday at the NCAA Division III Wrestling National Championships in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Sophomore Dylan DeShane finished fourth in last week's NCAA West Regional at 184 pounds. He ended is sophomore campaign with seven pins and an 18-14.
UW-Platteville sophomore 125-pound wrestler Cole Ferguson took third place at the West Regional, earning a berth to the NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships.
Sophomore Cole Ferguson was selected to the 2013-14 All-WIAC Wrestling Team, the league announced on Thursday afternoon.
Senior Trenton Larson has been a terror on the mat in last month and a half for the Pioneers. Larson is 8-2 since Jan. 18 and played a key role in the Pioneers earning fifth place at the WIAC Championships Feb. 15, as Larson won both of his matches on the day.
The UW-Platteville wrestling team earned fifth place at the 2014 WIAC Wrestling Championships, hosted by UW-La Crosse, on Saturday.
An experienced group of wrestlers will lead the fifth-seeded Pioneers to La Crosse Saturday for the 2014 WIAC Wrestling Championship.
The UW-Platteville wrestling team lost both of its duals at Loras College today, falling 29-14 to St. John’s and 36-3 to Loras.
The UW-Platteville wrestling team won two of its three duals at Williams Fieldhouse in the UW-Platteville Quad Friday, defeating Knox College (45-7) and MSOE (28-15), and falling to Lakeland College (22-18).
Seven UW-Platteville wrestlers placed in the top four of their brackets at the Will Abele Invitational Saturday, helping the team take third out of nine squads.
The UW-Platteville wrestling started strong, but faltered late in a 27-10 loss Wednesday to UW-Oshkosh at Williams Fieldhouse.
The UW-Platteville wrestling team fell to 27th-ranked UW-Stevens Point, 38-6, on Friday in the Williams Fieldhouse.
