Home sweet home.    That is what Mike Mena had to be thinking after he defeated Teague Moore of the Gator Wrestling Club in the semifinals of the Challenge Tournament at the 2003 U.S. World Team Trials in Indianapolis, Ind.    Mena defeated Moore, a 2002 World Team Trials runner-up, 1-1 on a referee's decision. Moore was called for a caution in the match while Mena was not.    The match was nine minutes of heart-pounding action, with both wrestlers becoming entangled in dramatic scrambles. Luckily for Mena, time ran out as the final scrambled ended. Moore was able to spin behind Mena and gain control of what would have been a takedown, but time had expired just a fraction of a second before Moore was able to finish.    "At that point, I wasn't even concerned about winning or losing. I was just enjoying the fight and living the moment. We were both going hard and getting after it like people like to see. I was swatting at him and he was swatting at me. Close matches like that can go either way and it's nice to come out on top," Mena said.    The win wasn't that big of a shock, at least to Mena. Moore was seeded second and Mena was seeded third. Two years ago, in the 2001 U.S. World Team Trials, Mena dominated Moore 12-3. Mena had shown clear signs of invincibility at points in his career - but never before in freestyle competition at this level has he showed it for an entire tournament.    Now, the former Hawkeye turned Hoosier will have a chance to show the nation that he still has it in his 29 year-old body to dominate his competition. Mena has not won a major tournament since he was in high school, when he captured his fourth state title at Newman Catholic Central High School in Sterling, Illinois.    Mena, who is an assistant coach at Indiana University in Bloomington, only had to travel 50 miles to compete this weekend. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that being at home can make a wrestler more comfortable.    And with a large fan base, Mena was just that - comfortable.    "This is my home state now. I have a lot of supporters up here and I just want to show them what Mike Mena wrestling is all about," Mena said.    "A lot of Indiana University associates, coaching staff and athletes, along with the Indiana Sports Corporation who I am affiliated with, are here. Everybody is here. It's just a good opportunity for me to display Mike Mena wrestling and Indiana wrestling and all the affiliations I have."    Mike Mena wrestling was powerful in high school, stellar in college with four NCAA All-American finishes at the Univ. of Iowa, but has fizzled at the international level.    Mena's best finish at the World Team Trials has been third, which he accomplished twice - in 1999 and 2001.    This year, he is assured of a top-three finish, but the goals are much higher, and so are the expectations.    For possibly the first time in his freestyle career, Mena is actually the favored wrestler entering the Challenge Tournament finals. He will face Jeremy Hunter of the New York Athletic Club, who posted an upset of his own by defeating Eric Akin of the Dave Schultz Wrestling Club.    "I'm just taking it one match at a time. Jeremy Hunter is a real good competitor. He's tough and hard-nosed. I am looking forward to facing him. Each time you have to make sure you have the right strategy," Mena said.    Mena's quest towards a birth on the 2003 U.S. Freestyle World Team will continue tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. Central Time. If Mena wins, he will face Stephen Abas of the Sunkist Kids in a best-of-three series on Sunday for that World Team slot.    If he loses, his short trip home may be one of the longest he has ever driven.