By Harry Minium
Old Dominion hasn’t hosted a conference wrestling tournament in ten years. The last time came in 2009, when the Colonial Athletic Association championships were held at the old ODU fieldhouse.
That decade-long drought ends Friday when the Mid-American Conference tournament begins its two-day run at the Ted Constant Convocation Center. The tournament culminates with championship matches Saturday at 2.
With the exception of the Virginia Duals, which annually brings some of the nation’s best collegiate wrestling teams to Hampton, this is the best chance people in Hampton Roads have had in years to see some of the nation’s wrestling.