WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -  Ten Lycoming College wrestlers, including six that will enter the tournament seeded, will begin their journey in the postseason on Friday, Feb. 27, at 10 a.m., when the NCAA Region II Qualifier begins at the Glazer Arena on the campus of Ithaca College.
 
Twenty teams will take to the Glazer Arena floor on Friday, with 30 qualifiers, the top three finishers from each of the 10 weight classes competed, from the tournament advancing to the NCAA Championships on March 13-14, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
 
The tournament begins on Friday, Feb. 27, at 10 a.m. at the Glazer Arena. Single-day passes will be available at the door for $10 for adults, $5 for senior citizens, students and children for all sessions. There are no all-session passes available.
 
Four Warriors are seeded in the top three in their weight class, with junior 133-pounder Bobby Gardner (South Williamsport, Pa./South Williamsport Area) and junior 165-pounder Kaiden Wagner (Lewisburg, Pa./Lewisburg Area) are each No. 1 seeds. Junior 174-pounder Nolen Zeigler (Loysville, Pa./West Perry) is the No. 2 seed and senior 184-pounder Eli Crum (Carlisle, Pa./Boiling Springs) is the three-seed. Senior 157-pounder Kobin Karper (Boiling Springs, Pa./Boiling Springs) is the No. 5 seed and junior 197-pounder Ivan Neal (Georgetown, Del./Sussex Central) is the No. 6 seed.
 
Gardner is ranked 15^th by The Open Mat and is listed as a national contender by d3wrestle.com after starting his career with the Warriors, going 13-0 with five falls and five technical falls.
 
Wagner is ranked eighth nationally by the National Wrestling Coaches Association and 14^th by The Open Mat after posting a 10-1 record with a fall and seven technical falls this year. Wagner finished third at the tournament in 2025, opening the tournament with a loss before winning six matches in a row to earn a NCAA qualifier.
 
Zeigler is ranked 11^th by the NWCA and ninth by The Open Mat, as the 174-pounder has recorded a 28-2 record with 12 pins and seven technical falls this year. He won three matches in a row to place second at the regional in 2025, earning a NCAA qualifier.
 
Crum, ranked 17^th by The Open Mat, is 23-4 this season with 11 falls and a team-leading eight technical falls, giving him a school-record 38 technical falls in his career. He is also one win shy of becoming the 11^th wrestler in program history to reach 100 career wins. Crum finished fourth at the tournament in 2025 and fifth in 2024.
 
Karper, a two-time regional placewinner, is 14-3 this season with six falls and three technical falls and Neal enters the tournament with a 15-4 record.
 
Senior 125-pounder Lenny Cocca (Denville, N.J./Morris Knolls) (7-13), junior 141-pounder Major Lewis (Camp Hill, Pa./Trinity) (16-10), first-year 149-pounder Colby Seiler (Lewistown, Pa./Mifflin County) (11-13) and senior heavyweight Michael Sipps (Lawrenceville, Pa./Cowanesque Valley) (9-5) will also hit the mat for the Warriors.