WAVERLY, Iowa-- The top-ranked Wartburg wrestling team (7-0 overall) seeks its tenth NWCA National Duals title and sixth-straight crown this weekend. The NWCA National Duals will take place at the Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Ind. Friday and Saturday.



The Knights received a first-round bye and will face the winner of Augustana (Ill)/Mount Union at 11 a.m. Friday. With a win, the Orange and Black would wrestle at 3 p.m. With a quarterfinals win, Wartburg would wrestle at 11 a.m. Saturday with the finals at 4:30 p.m. All times are eastern.

The Division III field is also the largest, with 24 teams competing in college wrestling's largest division in terms of teams. Of the 24 teams in the field, 18 are ranked in the Top 30 and nine of the top 10 teams will be competing.

  Location: Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
   4000 Parnell Avenue
   Fort Wayne, Indiana 46805 

  Ticket Information: 
  Adult All weekend pass: $40
  Adult Daily admission: $20
  Youth (16 and under) All weekend pass: $30
  Youth (16 and under) Daily admission: $15

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FOX College Sports will also air one selected dual in each of the five collegiate divisions on a tape-delayed basis. Each dual will be re-broadcast a minimum of 10 times for a total of 50 national broadcasts to a potential universe of 54 million homes.

Other Notes:
-The Knights enter the weekend as the five-time defending NWCA Dual Champion and NCAA National Champion. The 2015 title was the ninth National Duals crown overall and fifth consecutive. The Orange and Black also took the top spot in 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.

-From 2002 (when the NWCA National Duals was created) until 2012, it had only been Wartburg and Augsburg in the finals each year. This has not happened since then as both programs were on the same side of the bracket at the 2013 Duals. The 2014 finals was between Wartburg and Concordia-Moorhead and 2015 was Wartburg vs. UW-Whitewater.

-Senior Gerard Roman (Harahan, La.) enters the weekend on a 13-bout winning streak and is a perfect 13-0 this season. Nick Michael is also a perfect 9-0 to date.

-Senior Mark Pinero (Saint Rose, La.) and sophomore Lance Evans (Solon) both have a team-best seven falls on the year.

-Evans brings a 15-bout winning streak into the weekend and co-leads the team with junior Brady Meyer (Sumner) with a team-high 16 wins each.

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