Nine Linfield University men's wrestlers are scheduled to compete this week at the NCAA Division III Upper Midwest Regional.
 
Linfield's top challengers include Micah Worthington (9-3) at 149 pounds, Price Pothier (14-5) at 174, and Jacob Barnes (24-2) in the heavyweight division.
 
Action is set to begin at 10 a.m. PST on Friday and continues through Saturday night at the R. John Buuck Fieldhouse in Mequon, Wis.
 
The 19-team regional, hosted by Concordia University (Wisconsin), features some of the top programs across the Division III landscape, including perennial national champion Augsburg of Minneapolis, Minn. Augsburg is ranked No. 3 in the latest collegiate ratings and has claimed the regional team title each of the preceding 19 years. Wisconsin-La Crosse is ranked seventh and Wisconsin-Whitewater is rated eighth.
 
In addition to Linfield and Pacific from the Northwest, the list of competing institutions scheduled to compete at the Midwest Regional includes an array of teams from Minnesota, Illinois and Wisconsin. The top three individual finishers from each weight class earn invitations to the NCAA Division III National Championships, March 10-11, in Roanoke, Va.
 
The participating regional teams include Linfield; Pacific; Augsburg University (Minn.); Aurora University (Ill.); University of Chicago; Carthage College (Wis.); Concordia College (Minn.); Concordia University Wisconsin; Elmhurst University (Ill.); Lakeland University (Wis.); Milwaukee School of Engineering; St. John's University (Minn.); Wheaton College (Ill.); Wisconsin-Eau Claire; Wisconsin-La Crosse; Wisconsin-Oshkosh; Wisconsin-Platteville; Wisconsin-Stevens Point; Wisconsin-Whitewater.
 
Live video coverage will be available on a pay-per-view basis through Flowrestling.org.
 
NCAA Division III Upper Midwest Regional
R. John Buuck Fieldhouse, Mequon, Wis.
Feb. 24-25
(Wrestling begins Friday at 10 a.m. PST)
 
LINFIELD'S PROBABLE ENTRIES
125: Jacob Moore (13-11) 
133: Kellen Hanson (9-10) 
141: Jakob Jarvis (10-14) 
149: Micah Worthington (9-3)
157: Jack Barrett (0-17)
174: Price Pothier (14-5)
184: Lucien Lefebvre (3-10) 
197: Darrius Walker (8-10) 
HWT: Jacob Barnes (24-2)