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    Hofstra announces schedule

    HEMPSTEAD, NY -- Nine opponents that finished in the Top 25 at last March's NCAA Division I Championship, seven home matches, three dual tournaments and two in-season tournaments highlight the 2007-08 Hofstra University Wrestling schedule announced Wednesday by Pride head coach Tom Shifflet. Hofstra will also host the 2008 Colonial Athletic Association Wrestling Championships on March 7 and 8 at the David S. Mack Sports Complex.

    The Pride, who finished seventh at the 2007 NCAA Championships, will open the 2007-08 season at home at the Mack Sports Complex on Saturday, November 10 when the University of Missouri comes to Long Island for a 7 p.m. match. The Tigers finished third in last year's NCAA Championships. Other NCAA Top 25 finishers that the Pride will host include: number nine Edinboro and number 15 Central Michigan on January 6; number 16 Nebraska on February 17; number 22 Harvard on December 9; and number 25 Pennsylvania on January 27.

    Hofstra will also face several other top 25 programs on the road and in dual tournaments including: number five Oklahoma State at the Northeast Duals in Guilderland Center, NY on November 24; number 11 Penn State in State College, PA on November 17; and number 12 Cornell in Ithaca, NY.

    In addition to the Northeast Duals in the Albany, NY suburbs, the Pride will also face nationally-ranked competition at the NWCA-Cliff Keen National Duals in Cedar Falls, IA on January 12 and 13. Participants in the National Duals include Central Michigan, Cornell, Indiana, Iowa, Iowa State, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Northern Iowa, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, UT-Chattanooga, and West Virginia.

    Hofstra will also compete for individual and team titles at the Southern Scuffle in Greensboro, NC on December 29 and 30, and at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational on November 30 and December 1.

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