Quarterfinals begin at 1 p.m. on Friday with consolations at 4 p.m. and championship semifinals at 7 p.m. The consolation rounds continue at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 6 with the finals scheduled for 1 p.m.

Hofstra, which has won nine consecutive conference titles, including the last eight in the CAA and the first in the ECWA in 2001, will enter this year's championships as decided underdogs to win its tenth in 2010. The Pride, who has battled injuries all season, is ranked fifth in the final CAA regular season rankings. While Hofstra was not the number one seed at last year's CAA Championship yet grabbed its eighth straight crown, the road will be considerably more difficult in 2010.

Old Dominion (10-5-1, 4-0-1 CAA) is ranked 24 ^th in the nation and is the pre-tournament favorite, with Rider (15-6, 6-1 CAA), Binghamton (14-7-2, 4-1-2 CAA), Drexel (9-13, 3-4 CAA) and Hofstra (6-12-2, 4-3 CAA) all in the running for a conference title. George Mason (3-10-1, 1-4-1 CAA) was the last CAA team to win a conference title (2001) before Hofstra's eight-year CAA run. Boston University (4-14-1, 2-5 CAA) and Sacred Heart (2-19, 0-6 CAA) complete the eight-team field.

Eight former CAA champions will be competing this weekend, and a total of 21 wrestlers who have finished in the top four in past CAA Championships will be competing.

The Pride enter the CAA Championship without four wrestlers who they expected to have at the start of the school year. Junior Ryan Patrovich, who was 16-7 at 165 pounds this season, went down with a knee injury in January. Sophomore Steve Bonanno, a CAA finalist and a NCAA qualifier last season, came back from a preseason knee injury only to suffer a season-ending elbow injury in his first match back in December. Sophomore Justin Accordino, who received an NCAA at-large bid in 2009, suffered a season-ending knee injury at 149 pounds in November. Add those injuries to the red-shirting of three-time conference champion Lou Ruggirello at 133 pounds and the Pride coaching staff has been filling vacated spots with young wrestlers all season.

Hofstra is led by a trio of second-ranked CAA wrestlers in senior Jonny Bonilla-Bowman, and sophomores P.J. Gillespie and Ben Clymer. Bonilla-Bowman, a three-time conference champion including two in the CAA, is 16-4 on the season, ranked 18th in the country at 157 pounds, and has won 14 of his last 16 matches. Gillespie, who captured the CAA title at 149 pounds last March, leads the team with a 28-12 record, is ranked 17th at 165 pounds and has won 10 of his last 14 matches. Clymer is 22-6 at 184 pounds and has won 12 of his last 14 matches.

The 2010 CAA Championship field includes:

--125- Two time champion James Nicholson of Old Dominion, currently ranked seventh in the nation, and Brian Wright of George Mason, who has placed third and fourth at past CAAs.

--133- Drexel's Steve Mytych, currently ranked 15^th, has brought home CAA gold and silver in his career, and Rider's Jimmy Kirchner placed third in the CAA as a rookie last year.

--141- Anwar Goeres of Binghamton has placed third and fourth in past CAAs

--149- Rider's Mike Kessler has twice been a CAA runner-up after placing third in the CAAs as a rookie

--157- Jon Bonilla-Bowman of Hofstra, ranked 18^th, is a two-time CAA champion.

--165- ODU's Chris Brown is a two-time CAA champion, Hofstra's Paul Gillespie is a former 149 lb. CAA champion, Rider's Robbie Morrison placed fourth in the 2007 CAAs and Mason's Frankie McLaughlin placed fourth in the CAAs last year at 157.

--174 Bagna Tovuujav of George Mason, ranked 12^th,  is the defending CAA champion, while Josh Patterson of Binghamton, ranked 14^th,  won the 184 lb. CAA title and has placed both second and third in the CAA at 174.

--184- Hofstra's Ben Clymer has placed third in the CAAs and ODU's Joe Budi has placed fourth.

--197- ODU's Jessie Strawn, ranked 12^th,  has been a CAA runner-up and has twice placed third.

--285- Rider's Eddie Bordas, ranked 20^th,  is a two-time CAA champion, Drexel's Kyle Frey is a CAA runner-up and Binghamton's Corey Waite has placed fourth in the CAAs.

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