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Wrestling up first in quest for D-I title
SDSU athletes could reach college milestone with qualification in meet
By Terry Vandrovec
tvandrovec@argusleader.com
Published: March 1, 2007
South Dakota State could qualify athletes for an NCAA Division I national championship for the first time in its new athletic era Saturday.
There's a chance that watershed moment could happen not on the mats at the West Regional wrestling tournament - but behind closed doors at the McLeod Center in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
The winners in each of 10 weight classes at the regional event - like those from the East Regional and nine conference tournaments - will earn automatic bids to the D-I championships March 15-17 at the Palace in Auburn Hills, Mich.
SDSU could earn a bid that way - although first-place efforts in the seven-team tourney won't be easy for a team in its first year of postseason eligibility. Host Northern Iowa has won the event 21 years in a row.
But any wrestler that places as high as sixth in a weight class could earn a wild-card spot, according to NCAA rules. Eleven wild-card bids to the national tournament will be awarded at the West Regional, with the coaches meeting immediately after the event to determine the recipients. . . . (read more)
Go State!
Wrestling up first in quest for D-I title
SDSU athletes could reach college milestone with qualification in meet
By Terry Vandrovec
tvandrovec@argusleader.com
Published: March 1, 2007
South Dakota State could qualify athletes for an NCAA Division I national championship for the first time in its new athletic era Saturday.
There's a chance that watershed moment could happen not on the mats at the West Regional wrestling tournament - but behind closed doors at the McLeod Center in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
The winners in each of 10 weight classes at the regional event - like those from the East Regional and nine conference tournaments - will earn automatic bids to the D-I championships March 15-17 at the Palace in Auburn Hills, Mich.
SDSU could earn a bid that way - although first-place efforts in the seven-team tourney won't be easy for a team in its first year of postseason eligibility. Host Northern Iowa has won the event 21 years in a row.
But any wrestler that places as high as sixth in a weight class could earn a wild-card spot, according to NCAA rules. Eleven wild-card bids to the national tournament will be awarded at the West Regional, with the coaches meeting immediately after the event to determine the recipients. . . . (read more)
Go State!
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