WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – With two wrestlers ranked nationally, the Lycoming College wrestling team will enter the 2025-26 season ranked tied for 20^th by the National Wrestling Coaches Association, the organization announced on Monday, Oct. 27.
 
Junior Nolen Zeigler (Loysville, Pa./West Perry) is the top-ranked Warrior grappler, sitting second at 174 pounds behind only 2025 All-American Hunter Mays of TCNJ. Junior Kaiden Wagner (Lewisburg, Pa./Lewisburg Area) is 10^th at 165 pounds. Both are the top-ranked grapplers in Region 2 in their weight class and senior Eli Crum (Carlisle, Pa./Boiling Springs) is fourth at 184 pounds as well.
 
Zeigler finished second in his weight class at the Region 2 Qualifier to earn a spot at the NCAA Championship in 2025, where he finished in the nation's top-12, falling one win shy of All-American honors. Zeigler, a transfer from Division I Bloomsburg University, went 32-6 in his first year in Williamsport.
 
Wagner qualified for the championship after finishing third in his weight class at the Region 2 Qualifier, where he won six straight bouts after losing his opening match of the tournament. The Division I Lock Haven University transfer finished 11-4 in his first season with the Warriors.
 
Crum went 25-10 overall and 13-3 in dual meets as a junior. He recorded six falls, a school-record 15 tech falls, a major decision and three decisions. Crum also finished fourth at the NCAA Region 2 Qualifier after taking fifth at the regional as a sophomore. The junior is 76-35 in his career with a school-record 30 technical falls.
 
The Warriors open the season on Sunday, Nov. 2, when they host the Lycoming Invitational at Keiper Recreation Center, starting at 9:30 a.m.