CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Citadel wrestling team travels to Illinois for a pair of duals Sunday including a SoCon matchup with Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and a nonconference dual with Northern Illinois. Both events will be held at the Vadalabene Center on the campus of SIUE.
 
The Bulldogs (4-3, 1-0 SoCon) will face SIUE first at 1 p.m. The Cougars are currently 1-7 overall this year, 0-3 in Southern Conference action, and are tied for last in the SoCon with VMI. This will be the first home SoCon dual of the season for the Cougars.
 
At 2:30 p.m., the Bulldogs will take on Northern Illinois, which boasts two ranked wrestlers on the 3-5 squad. Steve Bleise is currently No. 17, according to InterMat rankings, at 141 pounds and Shawn Scott is No. 19 in the 197-pound division. The Huskies are members of the Mid-American Conference and have faced stiff competition for most of the season, including No. 13 Illinois and No. 19 Central Michigan.
 
The Citadel heads north after a four-dual weekend last week at the Virginia Duals. Despite going 1-3 on the weekend, the Bulldogs had strong individual performances from Aaron Walker (15-5) who finished 4-0 with two pins. Matt Frisch (13-6) tallied a 3-1 record including a 4-2 decision over Chad Saunders of Virginia Tech. Senior Marshall Haas also had a strong showing, collecting three wins to run his record up to 15-6. Haas currently boasts the best record in the SoCon at 197 pounds. Scottie Boykin of Chattanooga is the next best wrestler at 197 with a 13-6 record. Between the three upperclassmen, they have a combined record of 43-17.
 
Results will be available at CitadelSports.com at the end of both duals.
 
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