Wrestling | 8/28/2017 10:19:00 AM

ROCHESTER, NY – Second year head coach Jason Bovenzi announced the 2017-18 RIT wrestling schedule on Monday, Aug. 28. The Tigers will compete against some of the best teams in New York State and both the Mideast and Northeast Regions.
 
The team is looking forward to a great 2017-18 season," said Bovenzi. "We have adjusted our schedule a bit to give our athletes more national exposure, providing us direct contact with more than a dozen of the top 20 teams in the country.  We are excited about our incoming wrestlers, who, coupled with our returners, should continue the momentum generated by the 2016-17 squad."
 
On Oct. 14, the Tigers celebrate the university's Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend with the Brown and Orange Duals, which will give fans and alumni a chance to see the team in action.
 
RIT opens the regular season on Nov. 4-5 with the Ithaca Invitational, which will take place at Johnson and Wales College in Providence R.I. The following weekend, RIT heads to the Electric City Duals hosted by the University of Scranton before the New York State Championships, hosted by Cornell University on Nov. 19.
 
On Dec. 2, the Tigers will host the 52nd annual RIT Wrestling Invitational which is sure to bring some of the top teams in all of Division III.
 
RIT wraps up the fall semester with a dual match at The College at Brockport on Dec. 7 before spending the holiday break at the Citrus Open in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. On Dec. 29-30.
 
In January, the Tigers go to King's College for the New York/Pennsylvania Duals on Jan. 6. The following weekend, RIT will compete against some of the top teams in Division III in the prestigious Budd Whitehill Duals from Lycoming College. RIT will conclude the month at Wilkes University for the John Reese Duals.
 
The Tigers will host a series of dual meets on Feb. 10 before the NCAA Mideast Regional on Feb. 24-25. The top three performers in each weight class at the regional meet will qualify for the NCAA Championships, hosted by Baldwin Wallace University and take place in Cleveland, Ohio on March 9-10.
 
Last season, three wrestlers competed in the NCAA Tournament.

The Tigers finished the 2016-17 season with nine dual victories, tied for third most in program history and had three wrestlers qualify for the NCAA Championships.