July 08, 2008 10:54 pm
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Central Oklahoma will have six home duals during the 2008-09 wrestling season it was announced Monday, meeting five NCAA Division II opponents and a local NAIA rival.
UCO will preview the 2008-09 team with the annual Bronze-Blue dual on Oct. 29 and then makes its regular season debut on Nov. 8 by hosting Grand Canyon for a 2 p.m. match.
The Bronchos take on Oklahoma City on Dec. 4, meets long-time rival Adams State on Jan. 17, hosts Fort Hays State on Jan. 22, entertains Newman on Feb. 5 and ends the home schedule on Feb. 14 against Truman State.
“We’ve got some good teams coming in and we’re looking forward to a good home schedule, though you would always like a couple of more,” veteran head coach David James said. “Overall, it’s a tough schedule that will definitely test us and we’re going to have to be prepared every time we step on the mat.”
UCO goes to Norman on Nov. 13 to take on Division I power Oklahoma in addition to regular-season duals at defending Division II national champion Nebraska-Kearney (Jan. 29), Nebraska-Omaha (Jan. 30) and Central Missouri (Feb. 12).
The Bronchos will have up to four matches at the Lone Star Duals in Grand Prairie, Texas on Jan. 3 and also go to the NWCA Division II National Duals in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Jan. 10-11.
UCO will compete in five open tournaments. The 15-time national champion Bronchos have six starters back from last year’s team that went 14-6 in duals, captured the Midwest Regional title and finished sixth in the Division II national tournament.
Leading UCO’s returners are All-Americans Dustin Finn, Tim Elliott and Colby Robinson along with national qualifier Jarrett Edison.
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