ITHACA, N.Y.—The No. 5 Big Red wrestling team will serve as a regional host of the NWCA Cliff Keen National Duals Presented by Hibiclens and The Marines on Sunday at Newman Arena. The NWCA released the brackets on Tuesday night and Cornell has earned the No. 1 seed in its region.

The Big Red will have a bye in the first round and meet the winner of the No. 4 seed Central Michigan and fifth seeded Purdue at 12 p.m.  Illinois will also have a bye as the No. 2 seed and will meet the winner of third seeded Oklahoma and sixth seeded American. The finals will begin at 2 p.m.

Tickets are available at www.cornellbigredtickets.com. Ticket prices are as follows: $20 Adult Reserved, $18 General Admission, $16 Seniors, $8 Students. Reserved tickets are available by calling 607-254-BEAR (2327).

Rutgers will be the only regional site that will compete on Saturday afternoon, while teams wrestling at Iowa State and Oklahoma State will compete simultaneously with the Big Red regional.

The winners of each regional location will advance to the Mat Mayhem Finals. The location of the finals will be announced at the end of the weekend.

 

Cornell Regional Schedule

10 a.m. – No.  4 Central Michigan vs. No. 5 Purdue (Mat One)

10 a.m. – No. 3 Oklahoma vs. No. 6 American (Mat Two)

12 p.m. – No. 1 Cornell vs. Central Michigan/Purdue (Mat One)

12 p.m. – No. 2 Illinois vs. Oklahoma/American (Mat Two)

2 p.m. – Finals (Mat One)

2 p.m. – Fifth Place Match (Mat Two)