Wrestling team opens season with 36-3 loss at Heidelberg

The Olivet College wrestling team opened the 2009 season with a 36-3 loss against Heidelberg (Ohio) University tonight at Seiberling Gymnasium in Tiffin, Ohio. The Student Princes entered the match ranked No. 21 in the National Wrestling Coaches Association Preseason Coaches' Poll.

Olivet's only win came at 141 pounds where junior Vince Tucker (Clio) posted a 12-7 victory. He had five takedowns over the first two periods to take a 10-5 lead. After choosing the down position to start the third period, Tucker got a reversal to make the 12-5, and his opponent got the two points back with his own reversal for the final 12-7 score.

The Comets are off for one week and will be back in action next Tuesday, Nov. 17, when they wrestle at University of Chicago. Action gets under way at 7 p.m. CT.