Seniors' season coming to a close

This Friday the Hoosiers take on Eastern Illinois at home for their final home meet of the year. Sunday, IU will conclude its Big Ten season. For most of the guys, there will be next year, but for senior Brian Smiley and Viktor Sveda, these matches will be the start of the end of their collegiate careers.\nFriday night will be Senior Night for Smiley and Sveda as they battle at their last home meet. Sveda said he hasn't had a chance to think about the situation yet.\n"I haven't really thought about it too much because I've been concerned with my wrestling," Sveda said. "I'll think about it when I'm done here, when I'm no longer a part of it all."\nSmiley is looking forward to the next couple of matches. He said he wants to take it all in.\n"I'm going to really enjoy them (the final matches)," Smiley said. "I'm nervous as hell though. These matches will be the ones that I remember the most because they are at the end of my career."\nBoth Smiley and Sveda know what they will miss the most. Both guys have made friendships with teammates and coaches alike.\n"I'll miss the guys on the team," Sveda said. "You grow with them. You're with them every day for a couple of hours. Next year I won't be."\nSmiley said he has taken quite a bit away from the program. He will also miss many of the guys from the team. He said he will also miss what the wrestling program has done for him as a person.\n"The workouts we do and everything else we have done have helped build character in me," Smiley said. "It's (IU wrestling) made me into the person I am now."\nBoth Smiley and Sveda have high hopes for themselves as their careers close. Both want to succeed at the Big Ten Championships and National Championships. Head coach Duane Goldman said he hopes they can achieve whatever their goals are.\n"Viktor has had a great career and is hoping to cap it off with a National Championship," Goldman said. "In terms of statistics, he's the best wrestler to come through IU.\n"Smiley hasn't achieved as much athletically, but he is looking to finish strong. He's getting a good degree and taking care of a lot of other things. I hope Brian reaches whatever his goals are."\nGoldman said that replacing the two will be hard next year.\n"They've both been four-year starters," Goldman said. "It will be different to have new faces in their spots. Someone is going to have big shoes to fill."\nGoldman knows that the two still have a lot of work to do in order to reach their goals.\n"We've got to get them healthy now," Goldman said. "I have extremely high hopes for the both of them"