The EWL Tournament is an NCAA Division I qualifying tournament. The NCAA has allocated the EWL 39 qualifying sports for the 2002 NCAA Tournament to be held March 21-23 in Albany, New York.    The 2002 EWL Tournament team race should be close. The favorite might be West Virginia, who won the EWL Dual-Meet Crown this season with a record of 7-0. Lock Haven, Edinboro and Pitt also had strong dual-meet years and could be in the hunt for the team title. Three other EWL teams with a number of excellent wrestlers are Cleveland State, Clarion and Virginia Tech. Bloomsburg aims to do the best they can, though caught in the throes of a rebuilding year.      Let's take a look at each weight class:    At 125 the top wrestlers are Trap McCormack (LHU), Shawn Bunch (EUP) and Rocco Mansueto (CSU). McCormack won the 2000 EWL's and Mansueto was runner-up last year. Mr. Bunch is a true freshman from Kansas, who wrestles like a Kansas tornado. Bloomsburg's Brock Hite also could have a shot at the finals. Hite has placed twice at the EWL's and has regained his sharpness after an early season injury. Also, keep an eye on Florida native Pete Derstine of Clarion, Geoff Head of Virginia Tech, Nathan Kendjorsky of West Virginia and Jim Thornton of Pitt.    The 133-pound class is too close to call! The two guys, however, who put the hay in the barn at this weight this season in intra-EWL dual meets were Rad Martinez of Clarion and Phil Mansueto of Cleveland State. They both finished at 6-1. Four others who will be in the top medal hunt are Cory Ace (EUP), Brandon Lauer (WVU), Shawn Amistade (Pitt) and true frosh Dave Hoffman (VT). All six of these guys have been nationally ranked this season. A spoiler at this weight could be Lock Haven's Chris Spealler. Spealler has a reputation of going hard the full seven minutes and really turning on the jets third period. Watch him.    Two grapplers to watch at 141 are Sean Gray (VT) and Shane Cunanan (WVU). Mr. Gray is a two-time NCAA All-American, a two-time EWL champ, and owns the Virginia Tech career records for total wins and pins. Mr. Cunanan, a transfer from Oregon State, was PAC 10 runnerup last season and beat Gray at the Navy Classic in November 2001. Gray, however, beat Cunanan in their February dual-meet match. Last year's third-place winner, Chad Caros of Edinboro, is back, as is the 2001 EWL runnerup Mike Maney of Lock Haven. Seniors Blaise Mucci (Pitt) and Nick Boucher (CSU) are always dangerous and capable of making the finals.    Leading the pack at 149 is two-time NCAA All-American JaMarr Billman from Lock Haven. JaMarr won the EWL's last season at this weight. Looking to face the slick Mr. Billman in the finals will be Billy Smith (WVU), Justin Giovinco (Pitt) and summer stock-car racer Dom Surra (Clarion). Anthony Coleman of Cleveland State is a solid performer and plans to place high at the Tournament this year. Virginia Tech's entry will be Reed Carpenter, a true frosh from the Commonwealth of Virginia.    Joe Carr is The Man at 157. Joe, who won the 2000 EWL title, is a senior from Kentucky and son of NCAA All-American Joe Carr, Sr. Looking to test Carr in the final round will be Edinboro freshman Ryan Yates. Those two guys will be challenged by Jeremy Reitz (Clarion), Jason Gilligan (LHU), Zach Doll (Pitt) and Mike Cox (VT). Two young grapplers aiming to place are Bloomsburg freshman B.J. Mikeska and Cleveland State sophomore Mike Smith.    The favorite at 165 is West Virginia's Tom McMath. Tom holds a high national ranking and hammered his way through the intra-EWL dual-meet competition undefeated. Two others with solid shots at the finals are Matt King of Edinboro and defending EWL champ Carl Fronhofer of Pitt. Lock Haven has two good 165 pounders, Charlie Brenneman and Chris Haines. Either could place high. Also ready to rumble are Duane Bastress (Bloomsburg), Jim Perry (Clarion) and Jason Effner (Cleveland State).    On a collision course at 174 are defending NCAA champion Josh Koscheck of Edinboro and freshman upstart Greg Jones of West Virginia. Mr. Koscheck has been hampered by injury this season, but now is ready to defend his EWL title. Cat-quick Jones plans to snatch the EWL crown for his own head. Cleveland State's very talented Gerald Harris III could play the spoiler at this weight. Ed Pawlak (Lock Haven), Todd Schuchert (Clarion), Matt Catullo (Pitt) and Josh Hewes (Bloomsburg) are all aiming to place high.    The two favorites at 184 are Scott Justus of Virginia Tech and Josh Millard of Lock Haven. These two nationally ranked warriors met in the EWL finals last year and Millard won. Mr. Justus, however, returned the favor this season, beating Mr. Millard in the LHU/VT dual meet. Also ready to place high at this weight are Justin Johnson (Bloomsburg), Ryan Wilman (WVU), Joe Phillips (CSU) and Matt Camino (Edinboro).    A major train wreck is predicted for 197. The top four guys are back from last year's Tournament - Avery Zerkle from LHU was first; David Shunamon, an All-American from Edinboro was second; Eric Mausser from Clarion finished third; and David Sandberg from Pitt (via Spokane, Washington), grabbed fourth place. Add to those four veterans, three newcomers ready to cause extensive damage at this weight - Stipe Miocic (CSU), Brent Miller (WVU) and Canaan Prater (VT).    We have a host of very talented and athletic heavy weights in our Eastern Wrestling League. Last year Clarion's John Testa bested WVU's Ryan Kehler in the finals. Two years ago Edinboro's Josh Pearce edged CSU's big Russ Davie in the EWL hwt final. All four of these former finalists are back, but only two of them will fit into the final round. Further, keep an eye on Jacob Lininger of Pitt, who has won over 30 matches this season, and on Tony Milone of Bloomsburg. Tony is a two-sport man, playing football for the Huskies in the fall and grappling in the winter. Virginia Tech's entry will be 29-year-old former Marine Pete Pool, and the host school LHU plans to mat Steve Itterly. By the way, it's easy to spot Russ Davie - he's six foot seven and has to cut weight to make 285.