Kulchytskyy (45-2) posted a 10-9 victory over Orlando Ponce of Augsburg College (Minn.) in the championshio bout to become the first NCAA Division III champion in UW-Oshkosh history.
Kulchytskky took a 5-0 lead with a minute to go in the first period, converting a drive into a takedown and three-point near-fall. He extended the lead to 8-3 early in the third period, but Ponce began a strong comeback, claiming two takedowns and receiving two stalling penalty points in the final 1:22 of the third period to cut the lead to the final score.
UW-Oshkosh had Zachary Mueller (Sr., Jackson) and Dan Schiferl (So., Stoughton) finish ninth in the tournament with 1-2 records.
Competing at 125 pounds, Mueller (33-9) dropped a 10-1 decision to top-ranked Nathan Fitzenreider of North Central College (Ill.). He then posted a 17-0 win over eighth-ranked Stephen Hinton of Lycoming College (Pa.) before losing a 7-0 result to third-seeded Jimmy Gotto of Coe College (Iowa). Mueller ends his UW-Oshkosh career with a 96-49 record.
Schiferl (27-13) opened his activity at 174 pounds with a 9-4 loss to eighth-seeded Matthew Pfarr of St. John's University (Minn.). He then pinned Josh Kohler of Augsburg College in 1:03 before suffering a 3-2 loss to Matt Cross of Messiah College (Pa.).
The final UW-Oshkosh wrestler to compete on Friday was seventh-seeded Sam Engelland (Sr., Neenah). Engelland (27-5) went winless at 184 pounds after losing decisions of 5-4 to Timothy Stewart of Messiah College and 10-8 to Ryan Pieper of Trine University (Ind.). Engelland ends his UW-Oshkosh career with a 117-41 record
Augsburg College finished second with 86.5 points, behind national champion Wartburg College with 141.5 points. Coe College (Iowa) was third with 74.0 points, UW-La Crosse was fourth with 65 points and Ithaca College (N.Y.) was fifth with 61.5 points. UW-Oshkosh placed 14th with 26 points.
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