125   Travis Lee of Cornell, a returning All-American with a 24-0 record, injured his knee at the National Duals in January and has been held out of several bouts since then. But he should be ready to defend his title. Matt Valenti of Pennsylvania has two close wins over Mario Stuart of Lehigh, a two-time EIWA finalist, but Stuart can be dangerous, and this will be a key semifinal bout.     133   Lehigh's Cory Cooperman lost his first two bouts of the season, but has won 15 straight since then. His first win was 9-2 over Cliff Moore of Iowa, ranked #1 at the time. The battle for second place will be among Alejandro Alvarez of Cornell, Matt Eveleth of Pennsylvania and Harvard freshman Mat Meltzer, who has been making a late season surge. These three competitors have taken turns beating each other in February, so it will be up to the seeding committee to determine the seeds.     141   Phillip Simpson of the Army and Clint Frease of Brown each have just two losses. One of Simpson's losses came while wrestling at 149 in the Cornell Invitational (to Manotti), while both of Frease's losses have come at the hands of nationally-ranked competition. As the defending champion, Simpson will get the top seed. This is a very deep weight class and it is possible the coaches could select three wild cards here. After battling injuries for two years, Pennsylvania's Doug McGraw has had a superb season and had not lost to an EIWA opponent until getting upset by Princeton's Joe Clarke on the last weekend of the dual meet season. He has not faced Simpson or Frease this year. Byron Warner of Cornell and Clarke have been inconsistent at times, but could qualify with strong tournament performances. It's been said that freshman Mark Smith of East Stroudsburg can slap on a headlock from any position, which makes him extremely dangerous.     149   All-American Jesse Jantzen of Harvard was third in the nation last year, and could improve on that this year. The real battle here appears to be for second place between Midlands champion Dustin Manotti of Cornell, Jody Giuricich of Pennsylvania and rapidly improving Erik Norgaard of Columbia. Manotti has a pair of wins over Giuricich, while Giuricich has a pair of wins over Norgaard. But Norgaard stunned Manotti 9-2 in a February dual, so the coaches will have to sort out the seeding here. Junior Greg Austin of Rutgers missed some time due to an injury, but appears healthy now. He scores lots of points and could be a threat to just about anyone except Jantzen.     157   Derek Zinck of Lehigh has defeated all of the likely contenders and will get the #1 seed. Second place is likely to be a free-for-all among Gabe Webster of Cornell, Jeremy Conner of Army, Dustin Tillman of Columbia, Mike Carbonaro of Navy and Brett Vanderveer of Pennsylvania. Decisions made by the seeding committee will be important here.     165   Fans can hardly wait for the anticipated finals bout between freshmen Troy Letters of Lehigh, ranked #3 in the nation, and Columbia's blue-chipper Matt Palmer, who has been ranked as high as #4 this year. Each has only a single loss with Letters dropping a 6-3 decision to top-ranked Matt Lackey of Illinois and Palmer losing in overtime to Noel Thompson of Hofstra. There should be a strong battle for third place as well, with Robbie Griffin of Harvard winning a late-season 6-5 match against Scott Roth of Cornell. Navy's Frank Edwards also figures to be in the hunt.     174   After missing his first two EIWA tournaments due to late-season injuries, Lehigh's Brad Dillon, who has never lost to an opponent ranked below him, appears ready to make the most of his opportunity. Freshman Matt Herrington of Pennsylvania and Andrew Roy of Rutgers appear set to meet for the first time in the semifinals. This is another deep weight class in the EIWA, and the coaches may decide to select Harvard's Pat O'Donnell, Cornell's Tyler Baier or East Stroudsburg freshman John Carr as wild cards.     184   NCAA finalist Greg Parker won the EIWA at 174 last year. After a slow start this year, he appears to be back on track and owns a tiebreaker decision over All-American Clint Wattenberg, ranked #1 in the nation. Wattenberg was a Midlands runner-up this year and has been consistent all season long. He earned the top ranking after defeating Iowa's Jessman Smith in the All-Star dual. Travis Frick of Lehigh and Nick Ciarcia of Brown will likely wrestle-off for third place and both are probable wild card selections.     197   Lehigh's Jon Trenge, also an NCAA finalist, is back to defend his title and is ranked #1 in the nation. The semifinal bout between Matt Greenberg of Cornell and Ryan McGrath of Rutgers should determine his opponent, unless Pennsylvania's Paul Velekei of Navy's Jim Letchford can pull off an upset. Freshman Stanley Foster of East Stroudsburg could also be in the mix.     285   Matt Feast of Pennsylvania has already defeated Lehigh's Joe Sahl, but he has never wrestled Army heavyweight. Paxton defeated Sahl in overtime earlier this year, so the seeding should see Feast #1, Paxton #2 and Sahl #3.