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No. 23 Wilkes travels to Middletown, CT for the first time in school history to face Wesleyan and Rhode Island College Saturday

NO. 23 WILKES WRESTLING TRAVELS TO CONNECTICUTT FOR WESLEYAN TRI-MATCH

12/7/2012 11:12:00 AM

(Match Notes)

NO. 23 WILKES WRESTLING TRAVELS TO CONNECTICUTT FOR WESLEYAN TRI-MATCH

No. 23 Wilkes (2-3) vs. Wesleyan/Rhode Island
Wesleyan University Tri-Match
Saturday, December 8
Start Time: 1:00 p.m./3:00 p.m.
Middletown, CT • Wesleyan University

Colonels Notebook
• Wilkes enters this weekend's tri-match with a 2-3 overall mark after finishing in fourth place at the Messiah Petrofes last Saturday. Guesseppe Rea (Stroudsburg, PA/Stroudsburg), one of eight top seven finishers for Wilkes, claimed the 125-pound crown, his second individual championship this season.

• The Colonels have 19 wrestlers who have notched at least five wins already this season in just eight events as well as 19 wrestlers with .500 or better marks.

• Junior Myzar Mendoza (Westminster, MD/Winters Mill) (10-2) is ranked 9th at 133-pounds according to the latest NWCA Individual rankings, while Kris Krawchuk (Slatington, PA/Northern Lehigh) (8-2) is ranked 8th at 149-pounds, and Rea (11-2) is tabbed 10th at 125-pounds.

• The Colonels captured second place in the Monarch Invitational in the season opener as two wrestlers earned individual championships (125- Guesseppe Rea (Stroudsburg, PA/Stroudsburg) and 133- Myzar Mendoza (Westminster, MD/Winters Mill)).

• Wilkes went 1-3 at the John Reese Duals earlier this year earning a 28-6 win over then No. 18 Johns Hopkins.

• Krawchuk was recently named d3wrestle.com/WWSport.com “Wrestler of the Week” after going 3-0 at the John Reese Duals with all three victories coming against ranked opponents. He opened the day with a pin over tenth ranked Craig Montgomery of Centenary and followed with a pair of decision wins over Troy Sterling 4-2 (#5 at 157) and fifth ranked Henry Stauber of Johns Hopkins 8-3.

• Host Wesleyan University enters the tri-match ranked 29th competing in their dual match opener while Rhode Island College is currently unranked standing 1-0 in dual meets posting a 36-10 win over Plymouth State.

Weighing In              Season Record
125    G. Rea             11-2
133    M. Mendoza     10-2
133    R. Smith           3-4
141    M. Misczenski   8-7
141    G. Panicucci     2-6
149    K. Krawchuk     8-2
149    J. Lynch            6-7
157    P. Ingulli            0-0
157    T. Lauchaire     1-2
157    P. Racciato       9-8
157    S. Turner          6-6
165    R. Barry            5-6
165    N. Lynch           3-7
165    N. White            8-7
174    J. Ilvento           1-5
174    D. Stough         6-3
184    R. Dungee        2-4
184    L. Veppert        9-7
197    S. Gray             0-0
197    M. Transue       7-6
285    N. Dawson        0-2
285    W. Fletcher       5-4
285    M. Shannon      6-3

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