(ADA, Ohio) – The Wilmington College wrestling team competes tomorrow and Saturday in the NCAA Division III Region IV Championships, hosted at Ohio Northern University. Both days are slated to start at 10:00 A.M.

The Quakers will be looking for their first national qualifier since the program returned in 2018-19, as it takes a top-three finish in your respective weight class to do so.

Sophomore Thane McCoy is coming off a First Team All-Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) honor today at 157 pounds and finished his regular season 28-2. His two losses came to two-time national qualifier and one-time All-American Andrew Supers from Baldwin Wallace University in a match at 165 pounds and his other came via medical forfeit.

McCoy finished eighth at the regional tournament last season, finishing the tournament injured and was forced to forfeit the seventh-place match. He comes into the tournament having not lost a true one on one match since December 5th. McCoy is also ranked 16th nationally by theopenmat.com at 157 pounds and third in Region 4 at 157 by the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA).

Wrestling for the Quakers at 149 pounds is sophomore Asher LeBeau, who had a breakout campaign this season, and is 15-13 heading into the tournament. After a slow start to the season at 0-3, LeBeau got hot and won six of his next eight matches to move to 6-5 on the season. He has been consistent this year for the Quakers and is a pin threat, leading the team with seven. He finished 3-3 in OAC competition and will be entering his first regional tournament at 149 after wrestling at 165 pounds last season.

Entering the first regional tournament of his career is Quakers freshman Zander Ward at 141 pounds. Ward started his first year of college wrestling 5-3 before hitting a mid-season skid. He picked it back up though and won five of his last eight matches to finish his regular season with 10 victories. He had one tech. fall and three falls throughout the year.

Sophomore Gavyn Grim heads into the regional tournament for the first time at 133 pounds after competing in the 125-pound bracket last season, where he finished 2-2. He won eight matches this season and was 3-3 in the OAC. Grim has one tech. fall and three falls on the year.

Sophomore Hunter Randall will be competing at the regional tournament this weekend for the first time in his career. He will be wrestling at 174 pounds, after finishing with eight wins this season, with four of those coming by way of fall. After a slow start wrestling at 184 pounds, Randall transitioned to being primarily a 174-pound competitor and saw improvement. At 174 pounds, he was 5-5 and will look to build on his success at regionals.

Sophomore Quintez Pratt will also be wrestling in his second NCAA regional tournament, but like Grim, he will be wrestling in a different weight class. Last season, Pratt wrestled at 174, while this season he will be competing at 165 pounds. He won six matches this season with four of them coming at 165 and had one tech. fall and two falls.

Sophomore Andre Lewis will be wrestling in the regional tournament for the first time in his career, as he will be in the 125-pound bracket. He had one win this season.