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Wrestling Sends Three to Nationals, Places Six at MAC Championships

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YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University wrestling completed competition at the 2016 Mid-American Conference Championships, Sunday afternoon, March 6. It was a successful day for the team, as they qualified three wrestlers for the NCAA tournament, and placed six overall, the most for EMU since 2012.

Eastern had one wrestler in a championship bout, redshirt freshman Dakota Juarez (Grand Haven, Mich.-Grand Haven). He had the tall task of facing the No. 1 seed Daniel Lewis of Missouri, who is ranked No. 5 in the country.