Allen set to compete NCAA Wrestling National Championships
Olivet College senior Nick Allen is set to compete Friday in the 174-pound bracket at the 2015 NCAA Division III National Wrestling Championships.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Olivet College senior Nick Allen is set to compete Friday in the 174-pound bracket at the 2015 NCAA Division III National Wrestling Championships. The championships are taking place at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania, with Elizabethtown College serving as the official host.
Allen did not earn a top eight seed for the championships. He will face No. 8 seed Garrett Chase from Baldwin Wallace (Ohio) University in his first match Friday morning around 11 a.m. The winner advances to face the winner of the match between No. 1 seed Conner Lefever from Wabash (Ind.) College and Kyle Diesel from Wilkes (Pa.) University on Friday night. The loser will fall into wrestle back bracket and will face an undetermined opponent.
Allen seeks to improve on his performance at the 2014 NCAA Division III National Championships. He lost his first round match before winning his first consolation bracket match. Allen bowed out of the tournament with another loss. Both of his losses were overtime decisions.