Wrestling 1/10/2026 5:17:00 PM

Wrestling Crowned Whitehill Duals Champs for Fourth Consecutive Year

WILLIAMSPORT, Va. — The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire wrestling team captured their fourth straight Budd Whitehill National Duals championship on Saturday with a finals victory over Springfield College, 29-21. As the Blugolds went 5-0 on the weekend in dual play, Landon Church was named Most Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament and was named to the All-Tournament Team at the 149 weight class.


Group A Duals
Match Summary: UWEC 43, TCNJ 0	Match Summary: UWEC 48, Wilkes 4
125 Travis Moelter (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) over Aiden Carmody (TCNJ) Dec 15-10	125 Travis Moelter (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) over Gus Smith (Wilkes) Maj 14-2
133 Wyatt Unser (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) over Andrew Mucciolo (TCNJ) Maj 14-5	133 Wyatt Unser (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) over #8 Connor Kerwin (Wilkes) Fall 6:28
141 Ty Fink (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) over Dean Meissner (TCNJ) TF 18-2	141 Ty Fink (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) over Ashton Romberger (Wilkes) Maj 15-4
149 #15 Landon Church (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) over Sam Kotch (TCNJ) Dec 6-5	149 #15 Landon Church (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) over #6 Ryan Santiago (Wilkes) Fall 5:42
157 Clayton Solberg (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) over Michael Meissner (TCNJ) Fall 2:28	157 #3 Jaryn Hartranft (Wilkes) over Briar Ivey (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) Maj 14-3
165 Jonathon Harvey (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) over Nick Acque (TCNJ) Fall 0:45	165 Brady Brewick (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) over Hunter Troutman (Wilkes) Maj 13-4
174 Ben Peterson (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) over Konnor Tubin (TCNJ) Maj 11-1	174 Ben Peterson (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) over Omari Watson (Wilkes) Fall 1:13
184 Zak McPhee (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) over Ethan Dalling (TCNJ) Dec 6-0	184 Zak McPhee (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) over Lucas Miller (Wilkes) Fall 2:52
197 #7 Ian Pepple (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) over Henry Saxon (TCNJ) TF 20-0	197 #7 Ian Pepple (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) over Elliot Black (Wilkes) Fall 3:50
285 Cole Matulenko (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) over Clifford Dirkes (TCNJ) Maj 8-0	285 #9 Sloan Welch (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) over Andrew Perez (Wilkes) Fall 1:14

Match Summary: UWEC 22, Ithaca 17

125 Travis Moelter (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) over Cosmo Damiani (Ithaca) Maj 10-2

133 Wyatt Unser (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) over #14 Jay McDonnell (Ithaca) TB-1 11-10

141 #11 Isaias Torres (Ithaca) over Calvin Singewald (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) TF 18-3

149 #15 Landon Church (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) over William Bentrim (Ithaca) Maj 12-0

157 Akio Sanders (Ithaca) over Clayton Solberg (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) Dec 7-3

165 Jonathon Harvey (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) over Brian Bienus (Ithaca) Maj 8-0

174 #3 Konrad Parker (Ithaca) over Ben Peterson (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) Dec 8-2

184 Zak McPhee (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) over Eamon Callaghan (Ithaca) Maj 10-0

197 Ryan Galka (Ithaca) over Ian Pepple (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) Fall 3:58

285 Cole Matulenko (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) over Kamdyn Dorchester (Ithaca) Dec 5-0


Saturday Placement Duals
Semifinals	Championship
Match Summary: UWEC 25, Williams 17	Match Summary: UWEC 29, Springfield 21
125 Travis Moelter (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) over Christopher Colon (Williams) Dec 11-4	125 Travis Moelter (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf.
133 Jake Strianese (Williams) over Wyatt Unser (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) Dec 4-3	133 #7 Esuar Ordonez (Springfield) over Wyatt Unser (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) Fall 3:48
141 Calvin Singewald (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) over John Schneider (Williams) Dec 9-6	141 Ryan Kozdra (Springfield) over Calvin Singewald (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) Dec 17-11
149 #15 Landon Church (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) over Hayden Haber (Williams) Fall 4:34	149 #15 Landon Church (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) over #6 Ty Stewart (Springfield) Maj 11-0
157 #3 Peter Kane (Williams) over Clayton Solberg (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) TF 15-0	157 Briar Ivey (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) over Jeremiah Cruz (Springfield) Fall 4:11
165 Jonathon Harvey (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) over Fisher Stites (Williams) Dec 13-6	165 Jonathon Harvey (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) over Gabe Thomasson (Springfield) Maj 12-1
174 Gage Wiggins (Williams) over Ben Peterson (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) Maj 10-1	174 Jake Deguire (Springfield) over Ben Peterson (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) Fall 2:07
184 Jamie Evarts (Williams) over Zak McPhee (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) TF 17-1	184 #4 Myles Leonard (Springfield) over Zak McPhee (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) Fall 1:49
197 #7 Ian Pepple (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) over Zach Borzio (Williams) Fall 2:51	197 #7 Ian Pepple (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) over Oliver Parker (Springfield) TF 17-0
285 #9 Sloan Welch (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) over Connor Reynolds (Williams) Maj 8-0	285 Cole Matulenko (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) over Benjamin Katz (Springfield) Maj 11-3

The Blugolds (7-4, WIAC 2-0) will return to the Midwest and gear up for the North Country Invitational hosted by Saint John's University on Saturday, January 17. The invite at Sexton Arena in Collegeville, Minn. is scheduled for a 12 p.m. start. Follow the Blugolds all season long at Blugolds.com or on our app, Blugold Sports, and on social media on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.

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Players Mentioned

Landon Church: Sophomore

Cole Matulenko: Sophomore

Travis Moelter: Sophomore

Ian Pepple: Sophomore

Sloan Welch: Sophomore

Brady Brewick: Freshman

Ty Fink: Freshman

Zak McPhee: Freshman

Calvin Singewald: Freshman

Briar Ivey: Freshman

Players Mentioned

Landon Church
: Sophomore

Cole Matulenko
: Sophomore

Travis Moelter
: Sophomore

Ian Pepple
: Sophomore

Sloan Welch
: Sophomore

Brady Brewick
: Freshman

Ty Fink
: Freshman

Zak McPhee
: Freshman

Calvin Singewald
: Freshman

Briar Ivey
: Freshman