INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (March 9, 2016) – The NCAA today announced the brackets for the upcoming NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships on March 17-19. Six Edinboro wrestlers will head to New York City's Madison Square Garden, with three Fighting Scots seeded.

Vic Avery, who finished third at 184 lbs. to earn All-American honors for the first time, makes his fourth trip to Nationals as the third seed. The redshirt senior comes in with a 13-1 record after missing the first half of the season following preseason knee surgery, and will face Buffalo's Joe Ariola (13-15) in the first round. Avery was seeded 13th a year ago.

Austin Matthews is the only other wrestler to previously compete at Nationals. Matthews drew the 14th seed at 157 lbs. and will face May Bethea of Penn, who is 22-14. The redshirt sophomore is 10-4 after missing over a year following knee surgeries. As a freshman in 2014, he went 1-2 at Nationals while competing for Clarion.

Edinboro's other four qualifiers are all making their first appearance at the national championships. True freshman Patrico Lugo brings a 29-7 record into Nationals an received the 16th seed at 149 lbs. He will face Tyson Dippery of Rutgers (18-13) in the first round, with a potential second-round matchup against top-seed Zane Retherford of Penn State (29-0) looming.

Redshirt senior Casey Fuller drew the toughest first-round matchup for the Fighting Scots, as he will meet Daniel Lewis of Missouri, the fourth seed. Fuller has a 26-9 record while Lewis is 25-4.

Edinboro's other two qualifiers also drew seeded wrestlers. Sean Russell, a redshirt freshman with a 27-7 record, will face 12th-seed Paul Petrov of Bucknell (31-5) in his initial match at 125 lbs.

At heavyweight, fellow redshirt freshman Billy Miller opposes Chattanooga's Jared Johnson (23-5), the 13th seed, in the first round. Miller has a 28-9 record, which includes a narrow 4-3 loss to Johnson at the Southern Scuffle.