MILWAUKEE, Wis. (blugolds.com) — Three members of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire wrestling team were placewinners at the Milwaukee School of Engineering Invitational on Saturday. Jon Harvey (Fr. - Lake City, Minn./Lincoln) took fourth at 165 pounds, Sam Melton (Jr. - Shell Lake, Wis./Spooner) placed fifth at 197, and Preston Carlisle (Fr. - Red Wing, Minn./Cannon Falls) finished sixth at 174 pounds.
Harvey fell in his opening match, but recovered by winning five consecutive matches in the consolation bracket. That placed him in the third-place match, where the bracket ended with a double forfeit. Harvey won three matches by fall and two by decision.
Melton reached the quarterfinals by winning by fall in his first match of the day, but fell in a narrow 5-3 decision to move to the consolation bracket. From there, he won a match by 12-3 major decision and later booked a spot in the fifth-place match, where he won by medical forfeit.
Carlisle got a pin in his first match of the championship bracket, but fell in the second round to enter the consolation bracket. He had three wins in consolation wrestling to reach the semifinals but fell to enter the fifth-place match, where he wrapped up a sixth-place finish.
The Blugolds had 11 entries in the tournament and scored 59.5 team points, which put them seventh in the standings. Ty Peterson (So. - Delavan, Minn./Blue Earth), Christian Jacobsen (So. - LeRoy, Minn./Grand Meadow), Colton Sund (So. - Prior Lake, Minn.), Yoshi Sesoko (So. - Elkhart, Wis.), Reid Lawrence (So. - Hugo, Minn./Mahtomedi), Carter Melton (Fr. - Spooner, Wis.), and Charles Gierke (So. - Hudson, Wis.) all won at least one match at the tournament.
UW-Eau Claire is back in action on Thursday, Dec. 8, when it visits UW-Whitewater for a WIAC dual. Wrestling is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.
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