What’s happening

Wrestling will close out its regular season with a pair of home duals this weekend.

The Huskies (9-11, 1-5 MAC) host the Buffalo Bulls (5-13, 0-7 MAC) 7 p.m. Friday at Victor E. Court for Senior Night. They then face off with the Old Dominion Monarchs (12-4, 5-1 MAC) 2 p.m. Sunday in DeKalb.

Breakdown

Seniors Derek Elmore (125) and Tyler Argue (141) will wrestler their final matches in front of the Huskie faithful this weekend. Elmore is 52-38 in his career and 20-8 this season. Argue is 46-47 in his career and 10-11 this season.

Buffalo has lost 12 of its last 13 duals and doesn’t have a wrestler ranked in the latest NCAA Wrestling Coaches’ Panel Rankings, released Friday.Buffalo will wrestle its final match of the season against NIU as it’s banned for the 2014-15 postseason because of a low Academic Performance Rate (APR).

On the other hand, Old Dominion has won 11 of its last 13 duals and has seven wrestlers ranked by the NCAA. As a team, Old Dominion is ranked No. 20 in the country in the USA Today/NWCA Coaches national rankings.

Dual to watch

The 197-pound dual between Old Dominion’s Kevin Beazley and NIU redshirt sophomore Shawn Scott will be a battle of the heavyweights. Beazley is ranked No. 23 in the NCAA at 197 pounds while Scott is ranked No. 28. Scott is the only Huskie in the latest NCAA rankings.

The quote

“We’re focused on Buffalo right now; that’s the next match in front of us,” said head coach Ryan Ludwig. “They’ve got a crew that [head coach John Stutzman’s] trying to keep motivated because they won’t be able to compete in the [postseason] this year. He’s got a lot of well-trained individuals over there; they work hard, and they’ll be in shape. Coming down to the last week of the season for them they’re going to want to end on a win, so we’re going to have to strap it up on Friday.”