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2021 NCAA Championships Canceled

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In news that is as disappointing as it is unsurprising, the NCAA has canceled all Division III winter championships. 61.8% of 109 teams indicated an intention to compete enough to be postseason eligible. The previously published cutoff was 70%. Of all winter championships, wrestling was the only sport above 52.3% of teams competing. I will have more thoughts tomorrow, but for now, read the official release below.

Division III cancels 2021 winter championships

During its review of the declaration data, the Championships Committee determined participation numbers in all nine winter sports are well below the established threshold to provide a national championships experience. These established thresholds are 60% for men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s swimming and diving, and men’s and women’s indoor track and field, and 70% for men’s and women’s ice hockey and wrestling.

 MBBWBBMSWWSWMTIWTIMIHWIHWRE
Sponsorship4164302382652912978467109
Yes48.6%46.2%43.1%42.0%48.8%49.3%52.3%51.4%61.8%
No51.4%53.8%56.9%58.0%51.2%50.7%47.7%48.6%38.2%

What will we know today?

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The NCAA Administrative Committee is set to meet today to possibly make a decision on winter championships including wrestling. There are two questions to answer. First, will the committee make a final decision on wrestling today? Second, will that decision be announced today?

Whether or not the committee will make a final decision depends on the recommendation the committee is believed to have received from the DIII Championships Committee and if there is any possibility the committee will delay a final decision for some reason. The timing of any announcement depends on when exactly the meeting takes place and who needs to know before anything is officially released.

Division III schools were surveyed as to whether or not they expected to compete in the minimum number of competitions in each sport in time for the championship selection process. For wrestling, the minimum dates of competitions this season is three. Those surveys were due back to the NCAA on January 25th. If a school did not respond, that answer was counted as not planning to compete. The NCAA DIII Championships Committee met on January 29th, and it is believed they have made recommendations for each winter sport that the Administrative Committee will consider during today’s meeting. This committee has the authority to accept the recommendations they have received.

Recap:

  • October 1st, 2020 – NCAA Championships Committee affirms 25% reduction in number of qualifiers to the 2021 NCAA Championships. 135 athletes will qualify instead of 180.
  • The Division III Championships Committee affirmed its position that for sports with between 51 and 200 institutions, 70 percent of sponsoring member institutions must sponsor the sport to merit a championship.
  • DIII membership survey due January 25th asking schools if they plan to compete in enough contests in each sport to be eligible for postseason selection (3 dates for wrestling).
  • Championships Committee met January 29th and is believed to have forwarded a recommendation to the Administrative Committee
  • Administrative Committee meets today (February 3rd) and could act on the recommendation.

Tuesday Results

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Titans Successful In Their Long-Awaited Return To Activity

Five DIII teams competed in three duals last night. Wartburg topped Luther 30-14 in a match where the Knights left a few starters out of the lineup. Oshkosh defeated Platteville 23-15 in the first WIAC dual of the season, winning the last three bouts to erase a 15-11 deficit. Lastly, Averett ran their record to 9-0 with a 53-5 win over Bluefield.

Both DIII matches tonight are in Virginia, as Ferrum hosts Greensboro and Emory & Henry heads to Southern Virginia.

Wartburg 30, Luther 14

Oshkosh 23, Platteville 15

Averett 53, Bluefield 5

Wrestling This Week

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Tuesday
Wartburg at Luther
Platteville at Oshkosh
Bluefield at Averett

Wednesday
Emory & Henry at Southern Virginia
Greensboro at Ferrum

Thursday
La Crosse at Eau Claire

Friday
CCIW Duals at Carthage – Augustana, Concordia, Elmhurst, Lakeland MSOE, Millikin, North Central, Wheaton
Stevens Point at La Crosse
Fontbonne at Iowa Wesleyan
Castleton at NJCU
Ohio Wesleyan at Adrian
Shenandoah at Messiah

Saturday
ARC Tri at Wartburg – Buena Vista, Central
ARC Tri at Coe – Luther, Nebraska Wesleyan
ARC Tri at Loras – Dubuque, Simpson
Wabash Tri – Trine, Manchester
TCNJ at Messiah
Castleton at Coast Guard
Westminster at Cornell
Concordia Moorhead at St. John’s
NJCU at Stevens
Greensboro at Southern Virginia

Sunday
OAC Quad at Ohio Northern – Muskingum, Otterbein, Wilmington
OAC Quad at Mount Union – Baldwin Wallace, Heidelberg, John Carroll
RCTC at Cornell

d3wrestle.com 2020-2021 Rankings #1

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At long last, here are the first d3wrestle.com Rankings for the 2020-2021 season. This is a tough season to rank without large tournaments and much in the way of inter-conference competition. Some notes on the process:

  1. Wrestlers appearing in the rankings will only be ranked at a weight where they have wrestled. Adjustments will be made for guys who have not wrestled when teams start their schedules.
  2. Only wrestlers who appear as certified on Trackwrestling are ranked. Eventually, certified wrestlers will drop out if they do not compete with their teams.
  3. Since 30+ teams are not competing, the rankings have 18 wrestlers per weight class. As always, the top ten are in order, and the tiers after that are grouped but not numbered.
  4. If there are misspellings of names or mixed up schools, leave a comment so it can be fixed.

d3wrestle.com 2021 Rankings #1 – February 2, 2021

Weekend Results 1/29-31

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A matchup between #2 Wartburg and #14 Coe highlighted this past weekend’s action. A fall at 141 by #2 Kristian Rumph over #4 Riley Wright proved critical in a 23-21 win for the Knights. Kobe Woods secured a major decision at 197 to put the dual out of reach in a match where each team had five wins. Coe picked up three wins over higher-ranked opponents with Alex Friddle winning at 125 over #10 Brady Kyner, Josh Gerke winning at 149 over #10 Brady Fritz, and #10 Kaleb Reeves pinning #2 Jordon Brandon.

Olivet won seven weights in the four-team MIAA individual Championships, and Castleton topped New Jersey City University in the first match ever for NJCU. Former Rutgers and Rider wrestler Rob Cleary picked up the first ever individual win for the Gothic Knights.

ARC Results – Saturday
At Central
Dubuque 45, Nebraska Wesleyan 10
Central 45, Nebraska Wesleyan 4
Central 31, Dubuque 9
At Buena Vista
Loras 51, Buena Vista 2
Loras 35, Luther 9
Luther 34, Buena Vista 13
At Simpson
Wartburg 23, Coe 21
Wartburg 45, Simpson 6
Coe 48, Simpson 6

CCIW Results
At Wheaton – Friday
Millikin 33, Wheaton 4
Millikin 60, Carthage 0
Millikin 44, MSOE 3
MSOE 22, Wheaton 21
MSOE 33, Carthage 11
Wheaton 47, Carthage 3
At North Central – Saturday
North Central 53, Lakeland 0
North Central 34, Concordia 15
Augustana 22, Concordia 21
Augustana 54, Lakeland 0
Concordia 42, Lakeland 12

OAC Results – Sunday
Mount Union 36, Heidelberg 9 (Otterbein out due to weather)
Baldwin Wallace 50, Wilmington 3
Baldwin Wallace 36, Ohio Northern 12

MIAA Individual Championships

Augsburg at St. John’s – 14 matches, no team score

Castleton 35, NJCU 9

Averett 54, Southern Virginia 0

Wrestling this weekend

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As many as 38 teams are in action this weekend, beginning with CCIW duals at 12pm Central today at Wheaton.

Friday
CCIW Duals at Wheaton – Millikin, MSOE, Lakeland (Elmhurst canceled)
Greensboro at Bluefield (update: canceled)

Saturday
MIAA Individual Championships at Olivet – Adrian, Alma, Olivet, Trine
CCIW Duals at North Central – Augustana, Carthage, North Central
ARC Duals at Buena Vista – Luther, Loras
ARC Duals at Central – Nebraska Wesleyan, Dubuque
ARC Duals at Simpson – Wartburg, Coe
Southern Virginia at Averett
Augsburg at St. John’s
NJCU at Castleton (this match appears on Castleton’s schedule, but not NJCU’s – update: now on both schedules)

Sunday
OAC Duals at Mount Union – Heidelberg, Muskingum, Otterbein
OAC Duals at Baldwin Wallace – Ohio Northern, Wilmington (John Carroll canceled)
Ferrum at Shenandoah (first ever dual for Shenandoah)

Averett remains undefeated

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In the only DIII matches yesterday, Averett traveled to DII King University to take on the hosts as well as DII foes Emmanuel and Lander. Averett improved to 7-0 in one of the fuller DIII schedules this season. Sam Braswell, Alex Turley, George Moseley, and Zion Carpenter all went 3-0.

Averett 23, Lander University 13
Averett 48, Emmanuel College 9
Averett 31, King University 16

Wrestler of the Week: Stanley Bleich

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Senior All-American Stanley Bleich Defeated Two Top-3 Nationally Ranked Opponents to Win his 101th and 101st Career Matches

As the number of teams competing increases and three conferences have started their schedules, the Wrestler of the Week award returns. The first d3wrestle.com Wrestler of the Week for the 2020-2021 season is Stanley Bleich of Baldwin Wallace. In the season debut for Baldwin Wallace, Bleich helped the Yellow Jackets to a 2-0 record against Otterbein and John Carroll. Ranked 6th by the NWCA at 149, Bleich wrestled 157 on Sunday where he defeated NWCA #1 Ryan Whitten of Otterbein and #3 Sam Gross of John Carroll. The wins were the 100th and 101st of Bleich’s career.

Bleich, a senior from North Ridgeville, Ohio, is now 101-20 for his career and 2-0 on the season. He is a 2x NCAA qualifier, 3x regional placewinner, and 2020 Central Region champion. He was also named Ohio Athletic Conference Wrestler of the Week for his performance. Baldwin Wallace takes on Ohio Northern and Wilmington on Sunday as the OAC schedule continues.

Weekend Results 1/23-24

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Robert Precin

The ARC, CCIW, and OAC kicked off their conference schedules this past weekend, and a few other teams got matches in as well. Unfortunately, several scheduled events were postponed or canceled as schools grapple with the ongoing pandemic.

Of the three ARC tri meets scheduled for this weekend, just one went off entirely as planned. Buena Vista picked up wins over Simpson and Nebraska Wesleyan, while Simpson topped NWU in the other match at the event. Wartburg won 9 of 10 against Dubuque in a dual that was missing Luther, and the third scheduled tri with Loras, Coe, and Central was canceled. The conference schedule continues next weekend with another slate of three ARC tri meets.

In the CCIW, matches went off as planned. Concordia (WI) swept four duals at home to start the season, and Carthage picked up their first win since 1994 in their return to wrestling. Wheaton was 3-1, while MSOE picked up a pair of wins. In the other CCIW match on Sunday, North Central swept three matches, while Millikin and Augustana each picked up wins.

In the OAC, the quads became tri meets as each event had one team bow out. Stanley Bleich helped Baldwin Wallace to a 2-0 day as he picked up his 100th career win and defeated the #1 and #3 ranked wrestlers at 157. Over at Ohio Northern, the Polar Bears won twice, though Heidelberg did win a pair of individual matches against ranked opponents. Muskingum and Mount Union sat out this weekend with hopes to return for the next event.

Lastly, Averett and Huntingdon traveled to NAIA Allen for a tri. Both defeated the host, and Averett topped Huntingdon 39-10.

Matches at Ferrum and Manchester were postponed.

ARC
Buena Vista 22, Simpson 19
Buena Vista 38, Nebraska Wesleyan 17
Simpson 29, Nebraska Wesleyan 21
Wartburg 37, Dubuque 6

CCIW
Concordia 52, Carthage 4
Concordia 41, Lakeland 15
Concordia 38, MSOE 10
Concordia 20, Wheaton 19
Wheaton 53, Carthage 0
Wheaton 55, Lakeland 0
Wheaton 32, MSOE 9
MSOE 41, Carthage 6
MSOE 41, Lakeland 12
Carthage 21, Lakeland 18

North Central 25, Millikin 18
North Central 30, Augustana 15
North Central 26, Elmhurst 20
Millikin 48, Augustana 0
Millikin 38, Elmhurst 6
Augustana 29, Elmhurst 18

OAC
Baldwin Wallace 50, Otterbein 0
Baldwin Wallace 26, John Carroll 16
John Carroll 36, Otterbein 13
Ohio Northern 33, Heidelberg 15
Ohio Northern 46, Wilmington 0
Heidelberg 39, Wilmington 6

Averett 39, Huntingdon 10
Averett 38, Allen 16
Huntingdon 31, Allen 15

NWCA Initial Rankings

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The first NWCA Rankings of the 2021 season were released this week. Wabash leads the team tournament rankings followed closely by a three way tie for second between Coast Guard, John Carroll, and Wartburg. As many as 32 teams are out of competition this year, including five teams ranked in the top 25 of the final team rankings of 2020.

Returning 2020 Qualifiers Ranked at Each Weight
Wrestlers in bold were All-Americans 2019 or prior (comment if anyone was missed)

125 – 8 – Precin, Arborio, Perelka, Braswell, Manginelli, Stanley, Kubesh, Blasioli
Champagne was a 2019 All-American, Kyner was a 2019 qualifier

133 – 5 – Berlin, Giordano, Englman, Massey, Henderson
Haynes was a 2019 All-American at 125, Gehr was a 2019 qualifier at 125

141 – 9 – James, Rumph (133), Brezovec, Wright, Siu, Harsed, Caskey, Slendorn (133), Trelli (133)
Braswell was a 2019 qualifier

149 – 8 – Anderson, Kaliner, Bleich, McAuliffe, Barr, Drexler, Ruiz, Areyano
Hernandez was a 2019 All-American, Fritz was a 2019 All-American at 141

157 – 4 – Whitten, Leightner, Gross, Monteiro
Temple was a qualifier in 2019 at 149

165 – 5 – Hatch, Birt, Zamin (157), Reicosky, Rogers

174 – 10 – Beachem, Briggs, Nielsen, Shinhoster, Krakow, E. Lawrence, Esposito, Shermeyer, McGiffen, Z. Lawrence (165)

184 – 7 – Detwiler, Baldridge, Roth, Liegel, McCloud, Byrne, Stevens

197 – 9 – Lahr, Wagner, Dooley, Hagerbaumer, Haddad, Thompson, Pingel, Zierden, Homsey

285 – 7 – Bishop, Brandon, McGeary, Espinoza, Wriedt, Lemcke, Ramirez
Ernst was an All-American in 2018 & 2019

Averett tops Greensboro

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Averett defeated Greensboro 43-7 last night in Virginia on the strength of five pins. The teams were joined by three wrestlers from Patrick Henry CC and had a large number of extra matches along with the main dual.

Averett 43, Greensboro 7

125 Sam Braswell (A) def. Mauricio Reyes, TF 20-4
133 Josh Wilson (G) def. Joseph Jones, Dec. 9-1
141 Brandon Woody (A) def. Lucas Utt, Fall 1:48
149 Tony Blackman (A) def. Tony Locke, Fall 0:57
157 Landon Childress (A) def. Patrick Haskin, Fall 4:29
165 Alex Turley (A) def. Luke Waggoner, Fall 2:01
174 George Moseley (A) def. Mike Jones, Fall 1:07
184 Joel Kanagy (G) def. Nasser McCummings, MD 10-1
197 Billy Baldwin (A) def. Dominic Harris, TF 18-2
285 Trent Ragland (A) def. Brandon Williams, TB-1 3-2

Extra match results
157 Will Merritt def. Patrick Haskin (GC), SV-1 5-3
285 Jamar Christian def. Brandon Hamilton (PHCC), Fall 0:31
184 Joel Kanagy (GC) def. John Bishop, Fall 1:39
197 Jamar Christian def. Khalil Belk (GC), TF 17-1
285 Brandon Williams (GC) def. Kowan Lee, Fall 5:26
197 Dominic Harris (GC) def. James Henry, Fall 6:07
197 Zion Carpenter def. Joel Kanagy (GC), Fall 0:14
149 Tony Locke (GC) def. David Shelton, Fall 3:55

125 Austin Long def. Mauricio Reyes (GC), dec. 6-5
197 Dominic Harris (GC) def. Jaleel Jones, Dec. 6-3
174 Jovante’ Hobbs def. Jeremiah Bynem, MD 11-1
197 Zion Carpenter def. John Bishop, Fall 1:26
197 Khalil Belk(GC) def. James Henry, Fall 5:32
149 Kirby Ledyard (PHCC) def. David Shelton, Fall 3:27
165 Cleon Lawton Def. Darien Craig (PHCC), DQ
285 Kowan Lee def. Brandon Hamilton PHCC, Fall 4:40
133 Josh Wilson (GC) def. Austin Long, Fall 2:29
141 Kyle Sanders def. Lucas Utt (GC), Fall 1:40
133 Joseph Jones def. Mauricio Reyes (GC), TF 16-0
149 Caleb Harmon def. Kirby Ledyard (PHCC), Fall 1:02
165 Will Merrit def. Darien Craig (PHCC), Fall 2:11
141 Malik Reaker vs. Lucas Utt (GC), Fall 2:26
149 Tony Locke (GC) def. Caleb Harmon, Fall 4:37
157 Tommy Baldwin vs. Patrick Haskin (GC), Fall 0:29
285 Jaleel Jones def. Brandon Hamilton (PHCC), Fall 2:47
133 Josh Wilson (GC) def. Kyle Sanders, Dec. 9-2

Averett vs. PHCC Duals:
149 Tony Blackman def. Kirby Ledyard (PHCC), Fall 1:03
165 Alex Turley def. Darien Craig (PHCC), Fall 1:07
285 Trent Ragland def. Brandon Hamilton (PHCC), Fall 1:50

Greensboro vs. PHCC Duals:
149 Tony Locke def. Kirby Ledyard (PHCC), Fall 1:20
165 Luke Waggoner def. Darien Craig (PHCC), Fall 2:16
285 Brandon Williams def. Brandon Hamilton (PHCC), Fall 1:20

Upcoming wrestling

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The 2021 season starts to pick up this week as the CCIW, ARC, and OAC conference schedules kick off. Here is some of the upcoming action across DIII.

Wednesday
Averett tri with Greensboro and Patrick Henry CC

Saturday
Nebraska Wesleyan tri with Buena Vista and Simpson
Luther tri with Dubuque and Wartburg
Central at Loras
Concordia (WI) hosts MSOE, Lakeland, Carthage, Wheaton
Ferrum at Emory & Henry

Sunday
Baldwin Wallace quad with John Carroll, Muskingum, Otterbein
Ohio Northern quad with Heidelberg, Mount Union, Wilmington
Averett and Huntingdon at Allen
Manchester tri with Defiance and Mount St. Joseph
Millikin hosts North Central, Elmhurst, Augustana

Teams with schedules

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These are team with published schedules on January 19th, 2021. This is not a list of all schools intending to compete this year. There are numerous teams that plan to compete; they just do not yet have a published schedule.

Upper Midwest
Augsburg, Carthage, Concordia (MN), Concordia (WI), Elmhurst, Lakeland, St. John’s, Wheaton. (MSOE appears on other teams’ schedules; no WIAC team has a published schedule, but the WIAC has publicized an intent to have a conference schedule)

Lower Midwest
Augustana, Buena Vista, Central, Coe, Cornell, Dubuque, Fontbonne, Huntingdon, Iowa Wesleyan, Loras, Luther, Millikin, Nebraska Wesleyan, North Central, Simpson, Wartburg (Westminster appears on other teams’ schedules)

Central
Adrian, Alma, Baldwin Wallace, Defiance, Heidelberg, John Carroll, Manchester, Mount St. Joseph, Mount Union, Muskingum, Ohio Northern, Olivet, Trine, Wilmington (Otterbein is on the OAC schedule)

Southeast
Averett, Emory & Henry, Ferrum, Greensboro, Shenandoah, Washington & Lee

How the decision gets made

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The NCAA has published a series of guidelines and Q&As for COVID-19. Each division has their own document which can be found on the NCAA’s COVID-19 website. There is a section on that page entitled Division IIII COVID-19 Resources that has a lot of information about NCAA actions since March of 2020. One document there is the 2020-21 Division III COVID-19 Question and Answer Guide. That document provides information on various sections of the NCAA Division III bylaws and how those rules might be temporarily altered due to the pandemic.

Of particular interest is the section beginning on page 26: BYLAW 18 – CHAMPIONSHIPS. Questions 1 and 4 are pertinent to the wrestling season.

Question No. 1: What is the minimum sponsorship threshold to merit conducting winter and spring championships?
Answer: The Division III Championships Committee affirmed its position that for sports with 50 or fewer sponsoring institutions 90 percent of sponsoring member institutions must sponsor the sport to merit a championship. For sports with sponsorship between 51 and 200 institutions, 70 percent; and sports with 201 or more sponsoring institutions, 60 percent. Note that in order for any championship to be cancelled it would still require being moved through the governance process.

Question No. 4: What are the minimum contest requirements for winter championships consideration?
Answer: Contests minimums to be eligible for consideration to winter
championships have been reduced by 50 percent and are as follows:

  • Basketball: 9
  • Ice hockey: 9
  • Swimming and diving: 4
  • Indoor track and field: 2
  • Wrestling: 3

Any sport with 51-200 teams will need 70% of teams competing to have an NCAA postseason. There are about 113 DIII wrestling teams, and 70% of 113 is about 79. If more than 34 teams drop out, that would take wrestling below the 70% threshold. However, that is not an automatic decision. The last sentence of the answer provides that the decision has to move through the governance process.

Who counts as participating in wrestling? Refer to Question 4. In most seasons, a team has to compete six times to count as a sponsored sport for a school and to be eligible for the postseason. For 2021, that number has been halved to three. Presumably, for a school to count as part of the 70%, it will need to compete in at least three events.

It does not look great for wrestling right now. If 32 teams are indeed out, and a few more are almost certainly headed that way, wrestling will fall below the 70% needed for a championship. Wrestling will not be the only sport affected. Basketball seems to be already well below the 60% needed for their tournament to take place, according calculations from d3hoops.com.

A few questions remain to be answered as the NCAA surveys its membership and prepares to make a call on championships.

  1. What is the latest date the NCAA will make a decision on the championships?
  2. If the tournament is scheduled, but more teams drop out after it is announced as on, will it still take place?
  3. Do teams have to wrestle three event before a certain date, or is it good enough to have them scheduled? What if COVID-19 causes a team to cancel a scheduled match and that drops them under three events? Will they lose access to the championships?

Big Cancellation Update

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Prior to today, d3wrestle.com has reported only schools that have explicitly canceled the wrestling season. Today’s update includes other schools that have indicated to the NWCA rankings committee that they should not be ranked because they will not be competing, even though there has not been an announcement specifically saying so. As of today, January 18th, there are 32 schools that are believed to be opting out of the 2021 season. The list below differentiates between these schools.

Teams in bold have publicly said no to wrestling (or made a blanket statement for all winter sports) in the 2020-21 season.

Teams in italics may not have explicitly canceled wrestling but have indicated as much to the rankings committee or d3wrestle.com.

Updated Cancellation Map

Wrestling Cancellation Tracker
AMCC – Penn St.-Behrend
ASC – University of the Ozarks
CCC – Roger Williams
Centennial – Muhlenberg, Ursinus, Gettysburg
CSAC – Keystone
CUNYAC – Hunter
Empire 8 – Elmira
GNAC – Johnson & Wales
Landmark – Elizabethtown
Liberty League – RIT, Ithaca
Little East – Southern Maine
MAC – King’s, York, Alvernia
MASCAC – Bridgewater State
NEAC – Penn College
NECC – New England College
NESCAC – Williams, Wesleyan, Trinity
NEWMAC – WPI
NCAC – Hiram
SUNYAC – Brockport, Cortland, Oneonta, Oswego
UAA – Case, Chicago, NYU

Olivet vs. Defiance and Star City Classic

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A pair of events went off this weekend in Division III. Olivet and Defiance wrestled an unscored event featuring 26 individual matchups, and the Start City Classic took place in Roanoke, Virginia.

At Defiance, Donovan King recorded a five-second pin for Olivet (video here) to highlight the matchups. 2019 Olivet NCAA qualifier Trevor Piggott recorded two falls on the day.

Over in Roanoke, 99 wrestlers took to the mats led by large contingents from Averett, Ferrum, and NCWA Liberty. Top performances were turned in by Averett’s Brandon Woody a 2019 NCAA qualifier, who defeated 2019 All-American Mario Vasquez of Ferrum at 141 and Ferrum’s Elijah Martin who topped 2020 NCAA qualifier George Moseley of Averett. Other notable champs were 2019 All-American Levi Englman (Ferrum), 2020 qualifier Braden Homsey (Ferrum), and two time qualifier Samuel Braswell (Averett).

Olivet at Defiance Results

Star City Classic Results

Weekend Wrestling

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There are at least two events set to go off this weekend. Olivet heads south to Ohio for a dual at Defiance, and the Star City Classic tournament will take place in Roanoke, Virginia.

Olivet at Defiance – 2:00pm – Video Link

Star City Classic – Trackwrestling Link
8:30 am: Wrestling Begins @ Arena (125, 133, 141 weight classes)
12:30 pm: Wrestling Begins @ Arena (149, 157, 165 weight classes)
3:30 pm: Wrestling Begins @ Arena (174, 184, 197, 285 weight classes)

Averett, Shenandoah, Emory & Henry, and Ferrum are a few of the teams set to attend the event.

Winter Sports Cancellation Tracker

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Map of Teams – Red is canceled; Green is on for now

Updated 1/15 – 11am – Total wrestling cancellations: 17
Roger Williams cancels winter sports; Stevens is still a go for wrestling, despite a potentially confusing release

The list below will now only show schools that have explicitly canceled wrestling for 2021.

Division III wrestling coaches have been told that 70% of teams need to commit to compete this season in order for there to be an NCAA Championships. There are 113 schools that initially intended to compete this season. 70% of 113 is 79.1, meaning there will need to be about 80 schools in action this winter.

This post will be updated as schools make decisions about winter sports in general and wrestling specifically. The schools and conferences that have made announcements so far have gone one of two ways. Some schools are currently planning to attempt to schedule competition on their own even though the conference championships are canceled. Others have canceled all winter sports in their entirety.

Teams in bold have explicitly said no to wrestling (or made a blanket statement for all winter sports) in the 2020-21 season.

Winter Sports Tracker – schools listed have canceled wrestling
CCC – Roger Williams
CUNYAC – Hunter
GNAC – Johnson & Wales
Liberty League – RIT
MAC – King’s, York
MASCAC – Bridgewater State
NEAC – Penn College
NESCAC – Williams
NCAC – Hiram
SUNYAC – Brockport, Cortland, Oneonta, Oswego
UAA – Case, Chicago, NYU

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Case Western Reserve Head Coach Position

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Case Western Reserve University is seeking applicants for the position of Physical Education Instructor and Head Wrestling Coach. This is a full-time position with a competitive salary and excellent fringe benefits. Job responsibilities will be assigned by the Athletic Director. Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s preferred. Preference will be given to highly motivated candidates with successful coaching, teaching and recruiting experience at the college level. Review of applicants will begin immediately and continue until position is filled. No phone calls please. Email resume, cover letter, three letters of reference indicating teaching and coaching ability and transcripts to Melissa Ackerman at athletics@case.edu. Anticipated start date is Feb 1, 2021. In employment, as in education, Case Western Reserve University is committed to Equal Opportunity and Diversity. Women, veterans, members of underrepresented minority groups, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Case Western Reserve University provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the Office of Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity at 216-368-8877 to request a reasonable accommodation. Determinations as to granting reasonable accommodations for any applicant will be made on a case-by-case basis.

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