WAVERLY, Iowa-- Top-ranked Wartburg (16-1 overall) travel to Minneapolis to face No. 5 Augsburg (10-3) Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the annual Battle of the 'Burgs. The Auggies enter Thursday night on a four-match winning streak.



Both teams have a common loss in falling to UW-LaCrosse. Augsburg lost 19-18 on criteria on Jan. 10 at the NWCA National Duals and the Knights fell 18-16 on Dec. 6 at the UWL Duals.

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The Series
Augsburg holds the narrow all-time lead at 15-14 but Wartburg has won the last five consecutive meetings including last year's Battle of the 'Burgs.

History
For the last 24 years, either Wartburg and Augsburg has been the Division III National Champion or the National Runner-Up. In 15 of those years, the National Champion and Runner-Up has been Wartburg or Augsburg.

Lineups
Augsburg
125 -- No. 1 Mike Fuenffinger (23-1)
133 -- No. 9 Chad Bartschenfeld (21-7)
141 -- Marcus Hamer (21-13)
149 -- No. 10 Will Keeter (23-8)
157 -- Gable Frandsen (10-7) OR Grant Parker (15-13)
165 -- Eric Hensel (14-6) OR Kurt Knutsen (9-12)
174 -- Tyrell Martin (9-3) OR Austin Boniface (8-5)
184 -- Tommy Teigen (18-7)
197 -- No. 7 Matt Hechsel (19-7)
HWT -- No. 7 Donny Longendyke (29-2)

Wartburg
125: No. 6 Jake Agnitsch (19-4)
133: No. 6 Connor Campo (20-4)
141: Eric Clarke (22-6) or Kaz Onoo (18-7)
149: No. 2 Kenny Martin (20-3)
157: No. 7  Drew Wagenhoffer (19-2)
165: No. 3 Andrew Steiert (11-3) or Nick Michael (13-4)
174: No. 5 Brandon Welter (16-6)
184: Kyle Fank (15-7) or No. 8 Devin Peterson (8-3)
197: No. 6 Bryan Levsen (15-2) or Gerard Roman (20-4)
285: No. 5 Ben Nagle (22-1)