"This sort of competition is the best way for us to prepare for our upcoming matches," said head coach Cody Sanderson. "It will simulate an actual dual meet experience as much as possible."
Not only will every Wolverine wrestler will have their chance on the mat, but four of the matches will be a competition for a starting position.
One wrestler that Wolverine fans will be able to see for the first time since 2003-04 will be Erkin Tadzhimetov. The star senior returns after redshirting in 04-05 and just his presence has already been a big boost for the team.
"The whole team has had a surge of confidence having him back," said Sanderson. "I think it's going to bring up the performance of everybody."
Tadzhimetov, at 133 lbs., will go head-to-head with 125 lb. wrester Talon Vickers in one of the highlight matches of the evening.
"I'm most excited to see those two go at it," said Sanderson. "Erkin has the size advantage, but Talon has made so much progress."
The Wolverines will open the season on November 11th when they travel to take on national powerhouse Iowa State. Their first home meet will be on Saturday, December 10th vs. Western State.
Here is a full schedule of Wednesday night's meet:
184 Ivan Bigney vs. 174 Garret Story
125 Josh Pappas vs. Kyle Burnett
125 Talon Vicker vs. 133 Erkin Tadzhimetov
141 Rodney Sager vs. Daniel Polkowske
149 Justin Rawle vs. Clayton Wolf
141 Jesse Breinholt vs. 149 Nick Swenson
157 Devin Siddoway vs. Tanner Cowan
165 Mark South vs. D.J. Meis
HWT Dallin Norton vs. Cory Bastian
184 Ivan Bigney vs. 197 Jaime Thornblad
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