Midwest Regional 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.

The Delaware Valley website has its own preview of the tournament with more in depth coverage of each weight available as well, click here to read.

Midwest Regional – 16 qualifiers – Saturday, February 20th at Delaware Valley
Predicted Team Champion – Delaware Valley

Top Individual – Jesse Harrington, Delaware Valley, 157

Returning NCAA Qualifiers: Corey Brown (Thiel 133), Nick Garber (Waynesburg 133), Isaac Dukes (Case 149), Jesse Harrington (Delaware Valley 157, 2008 @ 149), Corbin Semple (Waynesburg 184),

After a number of years out at the western schools, the Midwest Regional comes back east to Delaware Valley where the 5th ranked Aggies will try to make it four in a row.  They are led by a number of nationally ranked wrestlers including top ranked Jesse Harrington at 157 and Kyle Bilquist at 285.  Trine will do their best to topple the Aggies and will bring a very balanced lineup to Doylestown on Saturday.  In total, there should be as many as eight wrestlers in the d3wrestle.com top ten and many more just on the outside.  At first glance, 149 should be one of the more hotly contested weights with #5 Dukes, #6 Ajagbe, and Contenders Larson and Massong.

Predicted qualifiers in bold

125: Alex Crown, Waynesburg
Top Challengers: Zach Cecchetti, Washingon & Jefferson; Terrance Clendenin, Delaware Valley; Cody Stewart, Mount St. Joseph

133: Corey Brown, Thiel
Top Challengers: Nick Garber, Waynesburg; Adam Wilson, Olivet; Brandon Sanson, Washington & Jefferson

141: Vince Tucker, Olivet
Top Challengers: Jake Strausbaugh, Wabash; Zak Andrews, Delaware Valley; Eric Meyer, Mount St. Joseph

149: Isaac Dukes, Case
Top Challengers: Emanuel Ajagbe, Delaware Valley; Bryan Massong, Mount St. Joseph; Elias Larson, Trine

157: Jesse Harrington, Delaware Valley
Top Challengers: Kyle Long, Trine; Dominic Demor, Washington & Jefferson; Thomas Fehring, Mount St. Joseph

165: Justin Barowski, Delaware Valley
Top Challengers: George Markou, Trine; Alec Miller, Thiel; Tim Pope, Mount St. Joseph

174: Dan Daddino, Delaware Valley
Top Challengers: Greg Rhoads, Wabash; Ryan Pieper, Trine; Trevor Tyler, Olivet

184: Corbin Semple, Waynesburg
Top Challengers: Nick Kraus, Trine; Bryan Hugo, Wabash

197: Martin Porter, Delaware Valley
Top Challengers: Michael Burke, Wabash; Alex Fleet, Trine; Robbie Mies, Washington & Jefferson

285: Kyle Bilquist, Delaware Valley
Top Challengers: Sean Jameson, Mount St. Joseph; Rob Arnett, Wabash; Kraig Smith, Thiel