The Builder Wrestling Squad improved their dual meet record to 4-1 Saturday, defeating NCAA D3 opponents Defiance College 30-15, and Thomas More 39-6. Apprentice dropped the opening dual to 19th ranked Stevens Institute of Technology 37-15.
The field for the 2019 NCWA National Duals hosted by the West Coast Conference has been announced by the NCWA. The event will take place at the Casa Blana Resort in Mesquite, Nevada on January 25-26, 2019. The two closest cities to the venue are St. George, UT (home of Dixie State University) and Las Vegas, NV (home of UNLV).
The inaugural women's rankings are finally here! The women's division has grown by nearly double from last year, which has allowed hte NCWA to produce rankings. Several teams in the Northwest, Southwest, and West Coast Conferences have been wrestling for 3 weeks already getting a head start on the rest of the competition.
Now that our wrestlers have gotten the chance to go home and stuff their faces, we can all sit back and enjoy the new rankings! Time to get off the couch and work your way on up or fend off those coming for the #1 spot!
Farmingdale State competes in NYS Open
The National Collegiate Wrestling Association has formally announced the pre-season rankings for the 2018-19 season. Expectations are high for the Builder wrestling squad after a runner-up finish last season. The Apprentice School Builders will enter the season at the top of the rankings, followed closely by in-state rivals, Liberty University. The Builders has yet to top Liberty in a dual-meet or conference championship since Liberty joined the NCWA in 2011.
The 2018-19 NCWA season will start just as it ended...with Mid-Atlantic Conference foes The Apprentice School (Newport News, VA) and Liberty University (Lynchburg, VA) battling out for the top spot at year's end.
The NCWA will travel out west for the first time in its 11-year history of the National Duals in the current format. Originated at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, TN in 2009, the Dual Tournament has worked its way through Georgia and Virginia en route to Mesquite, Nevada!
| Team Rankings | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grand Valley State University | 628.80 |
| 2 | The Apprentice School | 601.75 |
| 3 | Mott Community College | 466.30 |
| 4 | Liberty University | 357.30 |
| 5 | University of Toledo | 320.75 |
| 6 | Grays Harbor College - Women's | 284.20 |
| 7 | Springfield Technical Community College | 267.00 |
| 8 | Grays Harbor College | 259.90 |
| 9 | University of Connecticut | 259.00 |
| 10 | East Carolina University | 223.60 |
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| Athlete Rankings | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jerrod Mullins | 134.30 |
| 2 | Brendan Hazelton | 124.75 |
| 3 | Chad Simmons | 123.35 |
| 4 | Zach Blevins | 117.20 |
| 5 | Colton Messick | 111.95 |
| 6 | Lance Clapp | 102.40 |
| 7 | Joseph Posledni | 92.20 |
| 8 | Austin Amos | 90.80 |
| 9 | DeAnte Evans | 82.25 |
| 10 | Dominic Vasquez | 82.15 | View Athlete Rankings |
