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No. 10 Monarchs Set for 53rd Midlands Championships

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EVANSTON, Ill. -- The Old Dominion wrestling team will compete in the 53rd Ken Kraft Midlands Championships at Northwestern’s Welsh-Ryan Arena on December 29-30. The Monarchs enter the highly prestigious individual tournament ranked as the No. 10 tournament team in the nation by InterMat and FloWrestling.

ODU enters the Midlands Championships after dropping a 26-15 dual meet to No. 3 NC State last Thursday despite splitting five bouts with the Wolfpack. The highlight of the evening came when Chris Mecate knocked off NC State’s second-ranked Kevin Jack by a 5-3 OT decision, and Jack Dechow rallied from a six-point deficit to earn an exciting 11-9 OT victory over No.