LAKELAND, Fla.—The Fire wrestling team will compete at home for the second time this season on Saturday when it hosts the Fire Duals starting at 10 a.m.
Southeastern comes into the three-round tournament with a dual meet record of 8-2, having just placed seventh at the NWCA National Team Duals in Louisville last week.
Stephen Kelle and
Isaac Crowell both went unbeaten during Mat Mayhem with Kelle now second on the team in wins with 16 this year.
The Fire will face Keiser at 10 a.m. on Saturday and will take on Hastings at 2 p.m. There will also be extra matches at 12 p.m.
Keiser enters the weekend 0-4 on the season and faces Southeastern for the fifth time in program history searching for their first win over the Fire in their third year of competition.
Hastings is ranked 12
th in the latest NAIA Coaches' Poll and boasts four Top 10 individuals led by returning All-American Taygen Smith who finished seventh at 157 last year and is currently third at 165. The Broncos also have Edrich Nortje seventh at 141, Thomas Stevenson, a national qualifier last year, fifth at 157, and Trenton Munoz sixth at 174. In dual meets, Hastings is 9-2 with the losses coming to third-ranked Doane and Oklahoma City.
St. Thomas will also participate, facing Hastings in Round 1 and getting some exhibition matches against Southeastern in Round 2.
Results will be available on TrackWrestling and live video of each match will be online at SEUFire.com/watch.
