Centennial 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. d3wrestle.com has seen all the results and made predictions based off those results. We may predict someone to win, even if he 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.
Centennial Conference – 11 qualifiers – Saturday, February 20th at Stevens
Predicted Team Champion – Merchant Marine Academy
Top Individual – Brock Glotfelty, McDaniel, 285
Returning NCAA Qualifiers: Jordan Alfaro (USMMA 125), Dan Twito (USMMA 157), Vincent Renaut (USMMA 165), Patrick Stanley (Johns Hopkins 184, 2008 qualifier at 165), Eric Vincent (USMMA 197), Brock Glotfelty (McDaniel 285)
After a disappointing NCAA tournament last year featuring only two All-Americans and all 11 qualifiers losing in the first round, the Centennial hopes to bounce back with a better performance this year. The Merchant Marine Academy has the bulk of the returning qualifiers, with four of last year’s six qualifiers returning. Brock Glotfelty of McDaniel is the only returning All-American in the conference. A few weights are very weak and don’t figure to have an All-American contender, but others feature wrestlers with ample NCAA experience hoping to make the step onto the podium.
Predicted Qualifiers in bold
125: Jordan Alfaro, USMMA
Top Challengers: Ben Ersing, Washington & Lee; Earl Eppard, McDaniel
133: Tommy Goretsas, McDaniel
Top Challengers: Alex Blank, Ursinus; Paul Marcello, Johns Hopkins
141: Ryan Bridge, Stevens
Top Challengers: Dan Glover, Ursinus; Garrick Skubon, USMMA
149: Connor McCormick, Ursinus
Top Challengers: Brent Lowe, McDaniel; Martin Bell, USMMA
157: Dan Twito, USMMA
Top Challengers: David Dennis, Washington & Lee; Charles Favia, Stevens
165: Vincent Renaut, USMMA
Top Challengers: Joey Favia, Stevens; Eric Levenseller, Johns Hopkins
174: Bobby Bishop, Stevens
Top Challengers: Justin Diesel, USMMA; Andrew Giannascoli, Johns Hopkins
184: Nate Murren, Ursinus
Top Challengers: Erik Schott, USMMA; Will Yeo, McDaniel
197: Eric Vincent, USMMA
Top Challengers: Connor McNamara, Ursinus; Reid Mosquera, Johns Hopkins
285: Brock Glotfelty, McDaniel
Top Challengers: Judd Connell, USMMA; Bobby Christopher, Gettysburg