Augsburg wrestling seeded No. 2 for National Duals

The Augsburg wrestling team is seeded No. 2 in the Division III field for the NWCA National Duals, coming up this Saturday and Sunday at the University of Northern Iowa's UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Brackets are posted here.

The Auggies will open against No. 15-seeded Buena Vista (Iowa) on Saturday at 11 a.m., in the 16-team Division III bracket. Defending national champion Wartburg (Iowa) is the No. 1 seed in the bracket, while Delaware Valley (Pa.) is No. 3 and Coe (Iowa) is No. 4.

After dropping to the No. 7 spot in the last national rankings following the Auggies' dual-meet loss to St. John's in November, the Auggies have returned to the No. 2 spot in the latest national rankings, released yesterday. Wartburg is in the top spot, with the rest of the top 10 made up with Augsburg, Delaware Valley, Coe, Wisconsin-Whitewater, North Central (Ill.), Wisconsin-La Crosse, Ithaca (N.Y.), St. John's and Wisconsin-Stevens Point.

Augsburg has seven individuals ranked in the top 10 in their individual weight classes, including top-ranked wrestlers Seth Flodeen (SR, Cannon Falls, Minn.) at 125 pounds and Travis Lang (SR, Bismarck, N.D.) at 133. Willy Holst (SR, Prescott, Wis.) is ranked No. 2 at 149 and Jared Massey (JR, Circle Pines, Minn./Centennial HS) is ranked No. 2 at 197. Andy Witzel (JR, Fulda, Minn.) is ranked No. 3 at heavyweight, Lucas Murray (SO, Anoka, Minn.) is ranked No. 4 at 141 and Jason Adams (JR, Coon Rapids, Minn.) is ranked No. 5 at 157.