January
8, 2009
CEDAR
RAPIDS , IOWA . . . Six Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference (IIAC) wrestling programs have been selected to compete
at the 2009 National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA)/Cliff
Keen National Duals presented by Hibiclens being held Saturday-Sunday,
January 10-11 at the UNI-Dome on the campus of he University
of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls.
Top-ranked
and defending National Duals and NCAA Division III champion
Wartburg College will lead four IIAC schools
to the mats during the tournament’s opening session at
9 a.m. Saturday. The Knights are the No. 1 seed and will open
against Wabash College.
Luther
College, ranked 15th in the most recent NWCA poll,
is seeded ninth and will meet No. 8-seed Olivet College.
University
of Dubuque is seeded 12th and will face No. 5-seed
Wisconsin-La Crosse, while fourth-seeded Coe College
will face No. 13-seed Concordia-Moorhead in the final 9 a.m.
first round match.
Cornell
College and Buena Vista University
hit the mats for the first time during second session at 11
a.m. Saturday. The 11th-ranked Rams are seeded seventh and will
face No. 10-seed Johnson & Wales (R.I.) in the first round,
while the unranked Beavers are seeded 15th and will No. 2-seed
Augsburg College.
Wartburg,
Luther, Dubuque, and Coe will return to the mat in either championship
quarterfinal or consolation preliminary competition at 1 p.m.
Saturday with Cornell and Buena Vista to follow at 3 p.m. The
entire tournament schedule is as follows this release.
With
six of the IIAC’s nine schools competing at the 2009 NWCA/Cliff
Keen National Duals, only the Division I Big Ten Conference
(eight of 11) has a greater representation of schools. A total
of 16 schools from the Hawkeye State will be competing at this
year’s National Duals with the University of Iowa (NCAA
I), Iowa State University (NCAA I), University of Northern Iowa
(NCAA I), Upper Iowa University (NCAA II), Briar Cliff University
(NAIA), Morningside College (NAIA), Northwestern College (NAIA),
Ellsworth Community College (NJCAA), Iowa Central Community
College (NJCAA), and North Iowa Area Community College (NJCAA)
joining the six Iowa Conference schools.
2009 NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals
presented by Hibiclens
January 10-11, 2009
At UNI-Dome, Cedar Falls, Iowa
Complete
Division III Tournament Brackets
Saturday,
January 10
9 a.m. – Championship Preliminary Round
Wartburg vs. Wabash
Luther vs. Olivet
Dubuque
vs. UW-La Crosse
Coe vs. Concordia-Moorhead
11
a.m. – Championship Preliminary Round
Cornell vs. Johnson & Wales (R.I.)
Buena Vista vs. Augsburg
1
p.m. – Championship Quarterfinals/Consolation
Preliminary
Wartburg vs. Luther OR Olivet
Luther vs. Wartburg OR Wabash
Dubuque vs. Coe OR Concordia-Moorhead
Coe vs. Dubuque OR Wis.-La Crosse
3
p.m. – Championship Quarterfinals/Consolation
Preliminary
Cornell vs. Buena Vista OR Augsburg
Buena Vista vs. Cornell OR Johnson & Wales
5
p.m. – Second Round Consolation
7
p.m. – Third Round Consolation
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Sunday,
January 11
9 a.m. – Seventh-Place Match
11
a.m. – Championship Semifinals
1
p.m. – Third- & Fifth-Place Matches
3
p.m. – Championship Match
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