The Wartburg Knights look for their 12th NCAA Division III Wrestling National Championship this weekend, and the will have their chance in their own backyard.
Miranda Murphy's career-best scoring effort sparked the Wartburg women's basketball team to a 65-49 victory over Wisconsin Lutheran in the first-round of the NCAA Tournament at Oshkosh, Wis., Friday afternoon (March 4, 2016).
The Wartburg Knights men's basketball team advanced to the Iowa Conference championship games. The Knights will host Central College Saturday to play in the IIAC championship game.
Former Wartburg Knights quarterback Logan Schrader will continue to play football in Germany with the Kiel Baltic Hurricanes of the first division of the German Football League, the league announced today. He will move to Germany in March as the season starts in April.
The Wartburg Knights dominated the field winning its sixth straight Division III National Duals title. Wartburg only lost four bouts the entire weekend.
Top-ranked Wartburg (9-0 overall)went 2-0 during the first day of the 2016 National Duals in Fort Wayne, IN. The Knights are seeking their sixth straight title.
No one associated with the Wartburg College wrestling team was involved in a deadly car accident involving pedestrians along the famous Las Vegas strip, but the mishap forced two teams to withdraw from a tournament the Knights are hosting there today (Monday, Dec. 21, 2015).