Heidelberg Wrestling Team to Host Olivet (Mich.) in Dual Match Tuesday

TIFFIN, Ohio—The Heidelberg University wrestling team will open its home schedule and dual match slate Tuesday, Nov. 8 when it hosts Olivet (Mich.) College in a non-conference dual match at Seiberling Gymnasium in Tiffin, Ohio at 7 p.m.

The Student Princes are coming off 20th place finishes (among 24 teams) in both the freshman/sophomore (85 points) and open (13 points) divisions at the Eastern Michigan Open in Ypsilanti on Saturday. Sophomore Jeremy Stepp (Cincinnati/Princeton) posted a fourth-place finish, going 3-2 and tallying 15 points, at 184 pounds to lead the team.

Tomorrow’s match is the first of nine dual matches on the 2011-12 slate, including returning a trip to Olivet to compete at the Olivet Duals on Nov. 19.

Probable Starters
125
: Robbie Bidlingmaier vs. Delian Schneider
133
: Kam Olsen vs. Tom D'Alessandro/Steve Harmon
141
: Kenny Richmond vs. Chris Osborne
149
: Gage Pederson vs. Andrew Johnson/JC Giffin
157
: Steven Mena/Dan Fleet vs. Justin Wharton
165
: James Myers vs. Dylan Norwood
174
: Trevor Tyler vs. Jake Cochran
184
: Josh Crawford vs. Jeremy Stepp
197
: Justin Leonard vs. Jason Russell
285
: Logan Renas vs. Jerry Knapp

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For more information on Heidelberg athletics, contact director of sports information & athletic marketing Andrew Middleman at (419) 448-2140 or amiddlem@heidelberg.edu.