WAVERLY, Iowa-- The No. 3 Wartburg wrestling team (14-1 overall) travels to face No. 1 Augsburg (10-0) Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the annual Battle of the Burgs. The winner of the dual will own the Swens-Milboy trophy belt for the next year.

This title belt is named for the two coaches who built the Lutheran colleges to national prominence in small-college wrestling -- Augsburg's Jeff Swenson (1980-84, 1986-2007) and Wartburg's Jim Miller (1991-2013). Both coaches led their teams to 10 NCAA Division III national titles during their careers.

The rivalry between the two Lutheran schools is one of the most significant in all of NCAA Division III sports, as the DIII wrestling national championship has been won by either Augsburg or Wartburg every year since 1995. Wartburg holds the DIII wrestling record with its 14 National Championships and Augsburg is second with 12.

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The Series
Wartburg holds the all-time series lead at 19-16, and won last year's Battle of the Burgs in Waverly.

Augsburg
125: #3 Victor Gliva
133: #4 Sam Bennyhoff
141: #3 David Flynn
149: #2 Alex Wilson
157: #2 Ryan Epps
   OR Aaron Wilson
165: #1 Lucas Jeske
174: #5 Tanner Vassar
184: #10 Solomon Nielsen
197: #4 Lance Benick
285: Ethan Hofacker
   OR Timothy Mandyck
Notes:
-Jeske is the defending National Champion at 165.

Wartburg
125: #4 Brady Kyner
133: #1 Brock Rathbun
141: #7 Brady Fritz 
or Kris Rumph
149: Zayren Terukina
or Blake Meyer
157: #1 Cross Cannone
165: #4 Michael Ross
174: #4 Kyle Briggs
184: Isaiah Cox
197: #8 Kobe Woods
or Trevor Walton 
285: Bowen Wileman
Notes:
-Kyner and Fritz have won their last five straight bouts.
-Rathbun and Cannone co-lead the team with 21 wins.
-Rathbun's two loses were against NCAA DI opponents, and he is undefeated against DIII opponents.
-Rathbun enters the night on a nine-match winning streak.
-Rathbun is the defending National Champion at 133.
-All but three of Rathbun's and Cannone's victories have been by bonus points.
-Meyer and Briggs have four-match winning streaks.
-Cannone has an overall winning streak of 55, which dates back to the 2017 National Championship title bout.
-Cannone is undefeated this season (21-0).
-Cannone is seventh among all DIII wrestlers in tech falls.
-Cannone is the defending National Champion at 149.
-Ross has won his last eight straight matches.
-Cox is the only Wartburg competitor to have appeared in every dual this season.
-Walton has a 15 match winning streak.