ITHACA, N.Y. – Ithaca College is pleased to announce that it has secured the bid to host the 2018 NCAA Mideast Wrestling Regional Championships, which are set to take place next month on Saturday, February 24, and Sunday, February 25. The department received official notice from the NCAA that it had been awarded the bid to host the newly formed region on Tuesday morning.
 
Prior to this season, Ithaca had competed in the Northeast Region of NCAA Regional Qualifying dating back to the 2012-13 season when the national committee adopted the current format of regional tournaments to determine the entrants for the NCAA Division III National Championships. This will be the first season that Ithaca competes in the Mideast Region.
 
The national committee for NCAA Wrestling had been in discussions for regional realignment for several years; however, those deliberations began to gain more traction as the 2017-18 academic year got underway. Most notably among the changes was to lump Empire Collegiate Wrestling Conference (ECWC) teams together into one region; previously the conference was divided between two regions with Ithaca, SUNY Cortland, Oswego State and SUNY Oneonta competing in the Northeast Region, while Brockport and RIT competed in the Mideast Region. The NCAA Division III Championships Committee approved the proposed realignment this past September, shifting Ithaca into Mideast Region.
 
Fans can find the current region alignments at the following link: CLICK HERE.
 
With Tuesday's announcement by the NCAA Division III Championships Committee, Ithaca will now be the host site for the 2018 Mideast Regional Championships, which are going to be held in Glazer Arena inside the Athletics & Events Center on Saturday, February 24, and Sunday, February 25. More details on official schedule, as well as ticket information will be announced once it is finalized in the coming weeks. Stay tuned to the Ithaca College Athletics Website for additional information.