EWING, N.J. – The TCNJ wrestling team is squarely back in the national spotlight.
 
The Lions carry the No. 2 ranking in the NWCA's tournament poll into Thursday night's top-10 showdown at Wisconsin-Whitewater, and a bevy of TCNJ wrestlers are counted among the best in the nation in their respective weight classes.
 
Hunter Mays is No. 1 in the nation at 174 pounds, while fellow juniors Garrett Totten and D.J. Henry are No. 2 at 133 and 197, respectively. Matthew Griffin sits 10^th at 125, Sam Kotch is 11^th at 149, and Matt Coon is 15^th at heavyweight.
 
Mays and Totten are both returning All-Americans, and Griffin, Kotch, and Henry were all national qualifiers a year ago.
 
Griffin, Mays, and Henry are all ranked No. 1 in Region 3, where Totten and Coon are second. Kotch is third, while Steve Dalling (165) and Jimmy Dolan (184) are both sixth.
 
Pitt transfer Vincent Santaniello, already 4-0 with three tech falls and a pin in dual matches, is ranked second in the region at 141 pounds.
 
TCNJ is off to a 4-0 start in duals, with 29 points representing the smallest margin of victory. The Lions, who had three individual champions from their non-starting ranks at the Wilkes Invitational last weekend, will put their lofty rankings to the test with a challenging trip to the Midwest that includes tonight's dual with the 7^th-ranked Warhawks and concludes with the CUW Invitational on Saturday.