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Mount Olive To Add Wrestling For 2019-20 Season

Editor’s Notes; This is a great development as another college in North Carolina will be adding wrestling as part of their athletic opportunities. Very encouraging news that all wrestling fans in eastern North Carolina should find exciting.
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MOUNT OLIVE, N.C. — University of Mount Olive will add men’s wrestling to the 20 NCAA Division II varsity sports currently being offered by the university, announced Vice President for Athletics Jeff Eisen.
The program will begin competition in the 2019-2020 academic year. UMO is a member of Conference Carolinas for its current sport offerings and will participate in wrestling under the umbrella of Conference Carolinas. Conference Carolinas and the South Atlantic Conference have joined forces to sponsor wrestling, with Conference Carolinas administering the championship. UMO will be the eighth school in the conference to participate in wrestling. The other schools are Belmont Abbey, Emmanuel, King, and Limestone from Conference Carolinas and Coker, Newberry, and Queens from the South Atlantic Conference. There are 62 schools nationally competing in wrestling at the NCAA Division II level. Plans are underway to hire a head coach as soon as possible, with a full-time assistant coach to be hired prior to the start of the season. The University will provide a site near campus for training and conditioning. Home competitions will be held in Kornegay Arena.
“Wrestling is a conference sport with ready-made competition and the ability to compete for a championship. North Carolina ranks in the top 10 nationally in terms of the number of high school participants in wrestling and there is a void in opportunities to compete on the collegiate level in the Southeast. We want to help fill that void,” said Eisen. I want to thank the National Wrestling Coaches Association for its assistance in the planning process,” added Eisen.
Rest of the story at http://www.umotrojans.com/general/2018-19/releases/20180904hvmigt?mc_cid=b6c167c754&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

September 10, 2018 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized