University of Minnesota Athletics
Minnesota Wrestling Rated Third in Preseason Rankings
10/7/2003 12:00:00 AM | Athletics
Defending NCAA Champion Oklahoma State is the preseason number one pick, followed by Lehigh University. In all, five Big Ten teams are ranked in the top 10 and eight league teams are in the top 25. Illinois is ranked fifth, followed by No. 6 Iowa, No. 7 Michigan, No. 8 Penn State, No. 12 Ohio State, No. 22 Purdue and No. 25 Wisconsin.
Individually, defending NCAA Champion Damion Hahn is ranked number one at 197 pounds. Returning All-American Jacob Volkmann is ranked second at 165 pounds, while fellow All-American Bobbe Lowe is rated fifth at 125.
Also ranked for Minnesota are No. 13 Keri Stanley at 149, No. 13 Matt Nagel at 157, No. 16 Josh McLay at 174, No. 20 Jon Duncombe at 184 and No. 13 Cole Konrad at heavyweight.
Minnesota opens its 2003-04 season at the Harold Nichols Open in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on Nov. 15.
Wrestling Mall Preseason Team Rankings
1. Oklahoma State
2. Lehigh
3. Minnesota
4. Hofstra
5. Illinois
6. Iowa
7. Michigan
8. Penn State
9. Cornell
10. Nebraska
11. Northern Iowa
12. Ohio State
13. Penn
14. Missouri
15. Oklahoma
16. West Virginia
17. Central Michigan
18. Iowa State
19. Fresno State
20. Harvard
21. Lock Haven
22. Purdue
23. Cal-Poly
24. Northern Illinois
25. Wisconsin
