WARRIOR WRESTLING DUBBED SECOND IN MAC BY COACHES

WILLIAMSPORT, PA – The Lycoming College wrestling team has been picked to finish second in the Middle Atlantic Conference by the coaches in a preseason poll. The Warriors received 55 points in the poll, including three of the eight first-place votes. Defending champion Delaware Valley College was picked to repeat with 59 points and three first-place votes. King’s College received the other two first-place votes and was picked to finish third with 52 points.

Lycoming returns all 10 starters from last season’s 21-4 team that placed 17^th at the NCAA Division III National Championships. Three of those returning starters were MAC champions in 2002, qualifying for the national tournament. All-American Mike Waldron (So./Williamsport, PA; Loyalsock) returns at 133 pounds after a fourth place finish at the national championships. Andy Squires (So./Clearfield, PA; Clearfield) is back at 141 pounds after winning an MAC title as a freshman. And two-time MAC champion Jon Neve (Jr./Norristown, PA; Germantown Academy) returns at 197 pounds.

The Warriors open up their season at home on Wednesday, November 20, against Division II Shippensburg University.

The complete MAC Preseason Coaches’ Poll:

                1. Delaware Valley     59 (3)
                2. Lycoming              55 (3)
                3. King’s                   52 (2)
                4. Messiah                36
                4. Wilkes                  36
                6. Scranton               21
                7. Albright                 15
                8. Elizabethtown        14