Wrestlers to face Wis.-Whitewater in first round of NWCA National Duals

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Olivet College wrestling team has received the No. 7 seed for this weekend's National Wrestling Coaches Association/Cliff Keen National Duals, presented by Hibiclens and The Marines. The Comets will face No. 10 seed University of Wis.-Whitewater in the first round Saturday morning at 11 a.m. CT (noon ET).

Olivet enters the duals with a 4-4 record. Three of their four losses were against nationally-ranked teams: No. 1 Wartburg (Iowa) College, No. 6 University of Wis.-La Crosse and No. 19 Ohio Northern University, and the fourth loss was to NCAA Division I foe University of Michigan.

The Comets are coming off a 3-1 record at the Desert Duals in Las Vegas. The only loss was to Wartburg, while they defeated No. 8 Coe (Iowa) College, Loras (Iowa) College and Washington & Lee (Va.) University.

Last year, Olivet finished in fifth-place at the national duals, which was the best finish in school history. Ironically, the Comets defeated Wis.-Whitewater twice: 19-13, in the first round and then 18-16 in the fifth-place match.

The winner of Saturday's first round match will face the winner of No. 2 seed Elmhurst (Ill.) College versus No. 15 seed Wesleyan (Conn.) University later Saturday at 3 p.m. CT (4 p.m. ET). The losers of these two matches will also face each other at 3 p.m.

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The National Duals are being held at the Prairie Capital Convention Center in Springfield, Ill. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster.