WAVERLY - The No. 1-ranked Wartburg wrestling team returns to dual meet action tomorrow evening in Mount Vernon, Iowa, taking on Cornell College in a non-conference matchup. 

WARTBURG COLLEGE (2-0, 2-0 A-R-C) AT CORNELL COLLEGE (2-2, 0-0 MWC)
Date: Dec. 13, 2019
Time: 7 p.m.
Site: Mount Vernon, Iowa // Meredith Wrestling Complex
Series: Wartburg leads 29-1

LAST TIME OUT
The Knights last competed at the Buena Vista University Open Dec. 7 in Storm Lake, Iowa. Kobe Woods had the best finish for the Orange & Black, taking third at 197. 

PROJECTED LINEUP
125 Brady Kyner
133 Kris Rumph        
141 Brock Rathbun
149 Brady Fritz
157 Shea Hartzler
165 Max Forsyth
174 Kyle Briggs or Paul Calo
184 Kyle Briggs or Paul Calo
197 Kobe Woods
HWT Omar Begic or Eli Pannell

KNIGHTS RANKED FIRST IN NWCA
The National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) released its latest Division III Team and Individual Rankings Wednesday, Nov. 27, with Wartburg moving up to No. 1 along with and six Knights ranked their respective weight classes. 

This is the first dual meet team ranking of the 2019-2020 season. It marks the first time the Knights are ranked No. 1 since the final rankings of the 2017-18 season, in which Wartburg earned the program's 14th NCAA Championship. The Knights were ranked No. 3 in the previous two NWCA preseason rankings.

Six Wartburg student-athletes were ranked throughout different weight classes: 

125 - Brady Kyner, 6th
133 - Kris Rumph, 3rd
141 - Brock Rathbun, 6th
149 - Brady Fritz, 5th
174 - Kyle Briggs, 2nd
197 - Kobe Woods, 5th

THE SERIES
Friday's match will mark the 31st meeting between Wartburg and Cornell, with the Knights winning 28-straight over the Rams.