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Nov. 3, 2011
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No. 13 Ohio State Opens Season at Eastern Michigan Open
Tournament begins at 9 a.m. Saturday in Ypsilanti, Mich.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The 13th-ranked Ohio State wrestling team will open the 2011-12 season this weekend when it travels to Ypsilanti, Mich., for the Eastern Michigan Open. The tournament will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday at Bowen Field House.
Ohio State in the Rankings
The National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) released the first NWCA/USA Today Division I Team Coaches Poll of the season Thursday and the Buckeyes are ranked 13th. Ohio State earned 110 points in the Top 25 poll. Rankings will be released every Tuesday until the NCAA championships in March.
In the Intermatwrestle.com standings, the Scarlet and Gray are tied for ninth with Illinois. Individually, redshirt-freshman Logan Stieber is the No. 5 wrestler in the nation at 133 pounds. L. Stieber’s younger brother, Hunter Stieber, enters the 149-pound rankings at No. 19. Freshman Derek Garcia is seventh in the 165-pound poll, while 2010 Big Ten runner-up Nick Heflin is fourth at 174 pounds. Freshman Andrew Campolattano cracks the Top 20 with a No. 14 placing at 197 pounds.
2011-12 Team Captains
Nick Heflin, C.J. Magrum and Logan Stieber were named 2011-12 team captains head coach Tom Ryan announced Wednesday.
A Massillon, Ohio, native, Heflin was the 2010 Big Ten runner-up at 174 pounds. Magrum, who hails from Oak Harbor, Ohio, is a two-time NCAA championships qualifier. Stieber, who redshirted a season ago, was the FILA Junior World championships runner-up in July.
2011-12 Schedule
The Buckeyes have a pretty tough schedule ahead of them in 2011-12. As of the current NWCA/USA Today rankings, Ohio State will face seven ranked opponents – No. 1 Penn State, No. 2 Iowa, No. 4 Minnesota, No. 7 Michigan, No. 14 Virginia Tech, No. 17 Pittsburgh and No. 24 Kent State – while three teams are receiving votes – Nebraska, Purdue and Michigan State.
For the complete schedule, click HERE.
Logan Stieber Chats with Fans
A transcript of redshirt-freshman Logan Stieber’s chat via Intermatwrestle.com is available at HERE. Fans and wrestling enthusiasts alike had an opportunity to ask Stieber a variety of questions, including questions on the 2011-12 team’s season outlook.
Head Coach Tom Ryan
Tom Ryan has entered his sixth season as head coach of the Buckeyes. So far Ryan, who is a native of Wantagh, N.Y., has coached three NCAA individual champions, 16 All-America honorees, most recently Colt Sponseller in 2011, and two Big Ten champions. Additionally, Ryan, the 2009 National Coach of the Year, guided the Buckeyes to back-to-back runner-up finishes at the NCAA championships (2008 and 2009).
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