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Wade Gelhaus
  • New Weston, OH

Wade Gelhaus, of New Weston, OH, to compete in NCAA Division II tourney's Elite Eight with SVSU basketball team

2016 Mar 16

The Saginaw Valley State University men's basketball team is heading to Frisco, Texas, as one of the final eight teams competing in the NCAA Division II national tournament. It is the first time in program history the Cardinals have made the Elite Eight.

Wade Gelhaus, of New Weston, OH, is a player on the team. Gelhaus is a mechanical engineering major.

SVSU made the NCAA Tournament for the first time this year since joining the Division II ranks, opening as the No. 5 seed in the Midwest bracket. The Cardinals defeated Lewis University, The University of Wisconsin-Parkside and Ferris State University to make it to the Elite Eight.

SVSU is slotted as the No. 6 seed in the Elite Eight, and will play No. 3 Western Oregon Wednesday, March 23, at 9:30 p.m.