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2/17/2006 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
DURHAM, N.C. ? After hosting their final three home matches of the season last week, the Duke wrestling team will head to New York to take on a pair of Ivy League schools on Saturday afternoon. The Blue Devils will take on Columbia at 2 p.m. and Harvard at 5 p.m. in University Gym.
The Blue Devils are taking part in Columbia's first-ever Hall of Fame weekend. Columbia will host Wagner and Brown on Friday before taking on Duke and Harvard on Saturday.
Duke enters the weekend 2-10 overall and 0-5 in the ACC after going 1-2 last week. The Blue Devils fell to Virginia Tech, 21-18, in a closely contested ACC bout on Thursday. On Saturday, Duke defeated Gardner-Webb, 17-15, before falling to Virginia, 25-13, in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Scouting the Columbia Lions
Columbia enters their first-ever Hall of Fame weekend 5-7 overall and 1-2 in the Ivy League. The Lions, who are 2-3 in their last five dual meets, went 1-1 last week. After posting a 43-3 win over Princeton on Friday, Columbia fell to No. 22 Penn, 25-9, on Saturday.
The Lions have one nationally ranked wrestler in junior Matt Palmer, who ranks 10th in the NWCA/InterMat individual rankings at 174 pounds.
Duke vs. Columbia - Probable Matches
125: Kellan McKeon (Duke) vs. Jeff Sato or Brandon Kinney (Columbia)
133: Michael Degli Obizzi (Duke) vs. Eric Amstutz (Columbia)
141: Wes Kuser (Duke) vs. Dean Kinports (Columbia)
149: Daniel Shvartsman (Duke) vs. Ricky Turk (Columbia)
157: Addison Nuding (Duke) vs. Derek Sickles (Columbia)
165: Aaron Glover (Duke) vs. Dustin Tillman (Columbia)
174: Levi Craig (Duke) vs. No. 10 Matt Palmer or Kenji Porter (Columbia)
184: Dan Fox (Duke) vs. Justin Barent or Sam Kuntz (Columbia)
197: Konrad Dudziak (Duke) vs. Orrin Kleinhenz or Nick Sommerfeld (Columbia)
HWT: Wade Van Sickle (Duke) vs. Bill Beechum or John Grando (Columbia)
Scouting the Harvard Crimson
Harvard holds a 4-7-1 overall record entering the weekend. The Crimson, who went 2-0-1 in dual meet action last week, are 2-2-1 in their last five matches. After defeating Boston University, 26-14, on Friday, Harvard tied Brown, 18-18, before defeating Sacred Heart, 32-12, on Saturday afternoon.
The Crimson boast three nationally ranked juniors on their squad. Bode Ogunwole ranks seventh in the nation in the heavyweight division, Robbie Preston ranks eighth at 133 pounds and Max Meltzer ranks 14th in the 141-pound weight class.
Duke vs. Harvard - Probable Matches
125: Kellan McKeon (Duke) vs. OPEN
133: Michael Degli Obizzi (Duke) vs. No. 8 Robbie Preston (Harvard)
141: Wes Kuser (Duke) vs. No. 14 Max Meltzer (Harvard)
149: Daniel Shvartsman (Duke) vs. Bobby Latessa or Matt Button (Harvard)
157: Addison Nuding (Duke) vs. Andrew Flanagan (Harvard)
165: Aaron Glover (Duke) vs. Mike Baria (Harvard)
174: Levi Craig (Duke) vs. Wesley Walker (Harvard)
184: Dan Fox (Duke) vs. Louis Caputo (Harvard)
197: Konrad Dudziak (Duke) vs. Billy Colgan or Joseph Bechtold (Harvard)
HWT: Wade Van Sickle (Duke) vs. No. 7 Bode Ogunwole (Harvard)
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