With the completion of the new Cutler Events Center on the Olivet College campus set for August 2008, we will look to expand the Olivet College Duals in 2008. We are located 45 minutes north of the MIchigan/Indiana border on I-69 - roughly 3 to 3.5 hours from Chicago and 3.5 hours from Cleveland. The duals are typically held on the Saturday prior to Thanksgiving. The structure is not a bracketed tournament, but a round-robin with the goal of matching teams that don't typically see one another geographically (total of four duals). We could add as many as 6 new teams for 2008. If you are interested in attending for 2008, please contact Olivet College coach Todd Hibbs.
2007 teams attending:
Baldwin-Wallace Grand Valley State (Club National Champs) Mount St. Joseph Mount Union Ohio Northern Olivet Rose-Hulman Tri-State University (New to NCAA/MW Region 2007-08) Wisconsin - Lacrosse Wisconsin - Stevens Point
In recent years other attendees have included Lycoming, Wartburg, North Central, Wabash and SUNY-Cortland.
The Olivet Duals schedule has been released for the November 17 event. In attendance will be #3 Wisconsin-Lacrosse, #10 Olivet, #12 Wisconsin-Stevens Point, #17 Baldwin-Wallace, #29 Ohio Northern, defending NCWA Champions Grand Valley State, Mount Union, Tri-State, Rose-Hulman and Mount St. Joseph. Numerous nationally-ranked wrestlers will be in attendance, and 174 in particular looks to be a strong weight with #1, #2, #3, #6 and 2-3 other potential qualifiers with winning collegiate histories present.