WAVERLY, Iowa-- The No. 3 Wartburg men's wrestling team (11-1 overall) will host No. 1 Augsburg (7-0) Thursday at 7 p.m. in the annual Battle of the Burgs. The Auggies received the top spot in the latest NWCA Dual rankings (Jan. 19), and the Knights are ranked No. 3.

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 15 National Championships and Augsburg is second with 13.

The Series
Wartburg owns the series lead at 23-16. Since 2009-10, the Knights have posted 11-1 record in "Battle of the Burgs" specific dual. Since the trophy belt originated in the 2014-15 season, Wartburg is 7-0.

The last five times the teams have met, one has been the top-ranked team in the nation.

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Probable Lineups
Augsburg
125      Derek Steele                                        
133      #13 Cade Willis                                   
141      #5 Sam Stuhl                                     
141      Brady Gross                                        
149      #9 Charlie Stuhl                                 
149      Cole Becker                                         
157      #4 Tyler Shilson                              
165      #10 Cooper Willis                               
174      #11 Seth Goetzinger                           
or        Carter Sorenson                                  
184      #5 Bentley Schwanebeck-Ostermann 
184      Brian Ramos                                        
197      #12 Parker Venz                                  
285      #6 Tyler Kim                                        
 
 Wartburg
125      #5 James Levy
133      #4 Joe Pins                            
141      #1 Zayren Terukina                
149      #8 Kris Rumph                    
or         Kyler Romero                         
157      #1 David Hollingsworth        
or         Tony Ulaszek                         
165      #4 Nathan Fuller                   
174      #2 Zane Mulder                 
184      #8 Jordan Bushey              
197      #4 Moe Endene                     
HWT    #15 Damari Dancy                  
or        Eli Pannell                               
 
Notes:
-Pins has 24 career tech falls, which ranks fifth-best on the career leader list. 
-Terukina has 22 career major decisions, which ranks seventh-best on the career leader list.
-Rumph has 20 career major decisions, which ranks ninth-best on the career leader list.
-Ulaszek has a team-best 11 falls.
-Endene, Fuller, Terukina, and Romero have a team-best 16 wins.
-Romero and Dancy enter the week on a seven-bout winning streak.