February 20, 2007 - Kessler Honored by the CAA

February 20, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Rider’s Kessler CAA Wrestler of the Week

LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ—Mike Kessler of the Rider University wrestling team was named the Colonial Athletic Association Wrestler of the Week for all competition February 13-19.

Kessler, a sophomore 149 from Randallstown, MD (Owings Mills), won all three of his CAA matches last week to improve to 7-1 in the CAA, 19-10 overall.  Kessler upset the 14th ranked wrestler in the nation from Hofstra to start the week. Against Boston U. he used a takedown with two seconds left for a 3-1 victory, and against Sacred Heart he broke a 4-4 tie with less than 10 seconds left for the victory. After a preseason ranking of 20th Kessler moves back into the national rankings at 19th by Amateur Wrestling News.

The CAA Championship Tournament is March 2-3 at George Mason University.

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