Ohio Athletic Conference Preview

Please Note: These are predictions of what will happen at a specific tournament on a specific date.  They are not seedings or rankings.  We have seen all the results and made predictions based off those results.  We may predict someone to win, even if they recently lost to a conference opponent, but that does not mean we did not see the results.

All week long, d3wrestle.com will be publishing previews of each of the NCAA qualifying tournaments to be held this weekend.  In addition to predicting winners and identifying the top athletes at each weight, we will attempt to predict all 160 qualifiers based on the number of wildcards available for each qualifying tournament.  With nine qualifiers, d3wrestle.com will publish two each day, with the last one appearing Friday morning.

Ohio Athletic Conference – 11 qualifiers
Predicted Team Champ: Heidelberg

Top Individual: Ben Adams, John Carroll

Returning NCAA Qualifiers: Jerrad Hoxie (Heidelberg 125), David Penny (Ohio Northern 125), Zach Mizer (Heidelberg 157),  Ben Adams (John Carroll 184)

The Ohio Athletic Conference returns just a handful of qualifiers and no All-Americans from last year, so there will be a good number of first time NCAA participants coming from this group.  John Carroll’s duo of Ben Adams and Adam Kriwinsky could both score points at the NCAA tournament.  Boomer Fechko of Heidelberg is tough on top and could do well if he gets on a roll.  Kriwinsky, Adams, and Heidelberg’s Zach Mizer all appear in the latest rankings from the NWCA.  Most of the other top wrestlers seems to be on the outside looking in when it comes to All-American chances, but the right draw and a good weekend could lead to spots on the podium.

Weight by Weight (predicted qualifiers in bold)
125 Prediction: Jerrad Hoxie, Heidelberg
Top Challengers: David Penny, Ohio Northern; Elie Naoum, John Carroll

133 Prediction: Adam Kriwinsky, John Carroll
Top Challengers: Tony Lawler, Heidelberg; Brian Bucher, Baldwin-Wallace; Jeff Penny, Ohio Northern

141 Prediction: Boomer Fechko, Heidelberg
Top Challengers: Joe Spooner, Heidelberg; Josh Cintron, Mount Union

149 Prediction: Dan Mizener, John Carroll
Top Challengers: Josh Levy, Heidelberg; Kevin Shadrach, Mount Union

157 Prediction: Zach Mizer, Heidelberg
Top Challenger: Luke Miller, Ohio Northern

165 Prediction: Matt Curley, Heidelberg
Top Challengers: Joe Incorvaia, Baldwin-Wallace; Michael Manypenny, Mount Union

174 Prediction: Andrew Scavuzzo, Baldwin-Wallace
Top Challenger: Andy Jenkins, Mount Union

184 Prediction: Ben Adams, John Carroll
Top Challengers: Ed Bizorik, Heidelberg; Matthew Alexander, Ohio Northern

197 Prediction: Bill Schindel, Mount Union
Top Challengers: Bill Rice, Heidelberg; Tom Neptune, Muskingum

285 Prediction: Adam Salyers, Wilmington
Top Challenger: Anthony Carothers, Heidelberg