No. 2 Lehigh and No. 17 Penn State get top two seeds for Pennsylvania State Dual Championship
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Brian Siegrist (Penn State)
11/10/2004
State College, Pa., Nov. 10, 2004 - The No. 2 ranked Lehigh wrestling team and No. 17 ranked Penn State were tagged as the top two seeds for the first annual Pennsylvania State Dual Championship to be held Sunday, Nov. 14, in Rec Hall. The seedings set up a potential clash of the long-time rivals in the tournament final slated for a 2:00 p.m. start. Clarion University received the No. 3 seed and the University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown, a long-time Division 11 power, received the No. 4 seed as four of the seven full teams competing were seeded. Mercyhurst, Slippery Rock and York College (Pa.) are also in the field and a contingent of wrestlers from Bucknell, which plans to add wrestling as a Division 1 sport next season, will help fill out an eighth team in the bracket. Wrestling on four mats begins at 10:00 a.m. Sunday in Rec Hall with the second round following at 12:00 p.m. and the championship and placing matches for third through seventh at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are $4.00 for adults, $2.00 for students and Penn State season ticket holders get in free. First round match-ups include Lehigh taking on York, Penn State facing Bucknell, Clarion taking on Mercyhurst (ranked tied for 11th in Division II), and UPJ (ranked No. 5 in Division II) taking on Slippery Rock.