MILWAUKEE- UW-Oshkosh men's wrestling wrestled at the Milwaukee School of Engineering Invitational on Saturday (Dec. 6), picking up a pair of top-five finishes.
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Roman Martell (Oshkosh/Oshkosh West) won his first match in the 285-pound bracket by a 2-0 decision over Stevens Institute of Technology's (N.J.) Noah Berlin-Langston before dropping into the third-place bracket. He then defeated Jesse Saaverda from Harper College (Ill.), 16-0 and advanced on a medical forfeit before pinning Lakeland University's Farouk Shaaban in 1:07.
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Camden Harms (Mahomet, Ill./Mahomet-Seymour) also competed at 285 pounds on Saturday and went 3-2 on his way to fifth place. He beat Nidal Farah from Lakeland by 4-0 decision and Saaverda by 2-0 decision in his first two matches before being shutout in the semifinal round. Harms narrowly lost to Shaaban in his first third-place bracket match and automatically took fifth on a medical forfeit.
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Five other Titans picked up at least one win in Milwaukee on Saturday. At 133-pounds,
Nick Jenkins (Kaukauna/Kaukauna) earned a 7-1 win over Xavier Jones from Saint John's University (Minn.).
Jacob Ward (Green Bay/Bay Port) pinned Michael Hodge from Harper in 1:35 at 149 pounds and
Leonardo Ruggiero (Rome, Italy/Madison West) posted two wins by decision in the same bracket.
Elijah Matzke (Rochester, Minn./St. Croix Lutheran) earned a medical forfeit win.
Kyle Rasper (Johnsburg, Ill./Johnsburg) beat Carthage College's Tucker Kemnitz, 4-2, in his second match at 174 pounds.
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The Titans will compete next in the Gator Boot Duals in Nashville, Tennessee on Saturday, December 20. The first matches are set for 9 a.m. Eastern Time.