Steve Finkernagel

Kris Krawchuk continued his dominance at 149 with two wins in the Colonels sweep at Wesleyan Saturday

NO. 23 WILKES WRESTLING TAKES TWO AT WESLEYAN TRI-MATCH SATURDAY

12/8/2012 5:44:00 PM

NO. 23 WILKES WRESTLING TAKES TWO AT WESLEYAN TRI-MATCH SATURDAY

MIDDLETOWN, CT – The No. 23 Wilkes University wrestling team scored a pair of wins Saturday over Rhode Island College (34-10) and host Wesleyan University (24-16) in a tri-match in Middletown, Connecticut.

Wilkes moves to 4-3 overall following the two victories.

In the opening win against host Wesleyan, ranked 29^th in the country entering Saturday's competition, Kris Krawchuk (Slatington, PA/Northern Lehigh) continued his dominance at 149 pinning Alex Cannon in 3:18. After a major decision at 157 for Wesleyan, Nathan White (Ellicott City, MD/River Hill) earned a 4-0 win over Simon Levin at 165 to push the Colonels lead to 9-4 after three bouts. 174 and 184 went to Wesleyan on decisions before Matt Transue (Stroudsburg, PA/Stroudsburg) pinned Josh Roometua to give the Colonels the lead back at 15-10 with four bouts remaining.

From there, William Fletcher (Ottsville, PA/Palisades) (285), Guesseppe Rea (Stroudsburg, PA/Stroudsburg) (125), and Myzar Mendoza (Westminster, MD/Winters Mill) (133) each cashed in decision wins to seal the match for Wilkes.

In the match against RIC, Wilkes took the first six bouts and seven of 10 overall to cruise to a 34-10 victory moving over .500 on the season. Krawchuk earned his second win on the afternoon followed by a pin from Phil Racciato (Pen Argyl, PA/Pen Argyl) and another victory from Nathan White (Ellicott City, MD/River Hill).

Two RIC forfeits and a second win by Mendoza (major decision) gave Wilkes the match.

Wilkes will remain idle until the Colonels host the 80^th annual Wilkes Open, the “Rose Bowl” of Wrestling on December 28^th in the Marts Center.

Wilkes 24, Wesleyan 16
149 – Kris Krawchuk (Slatington, PA/Northern Lehigh) (Wilkes) pinned Alex Cannon (Wes), 3:18     (6-0)
157 – Howard Tobochnik (Wes) def. Phil Racciato (Pen Argyl, PA/Pen Argyl) (Wilkes), 16-5    (6-4)
165 – Nathan White (Ellicott City, MD/River Hill) (Wilkes) def. Simon Levin (Wes), 4-0    (9-4)
174 – Kyle Roosa (Wes) def. Dustin Stough (Friendsville, MD/Northern Garrett) (Wilkes), 7-3   (9-7)
184 – Jefferson Ajayi (Wes) def. Levi Veppert (Kempton, PA/Northwestern Lehigh) (Wilkes), 9-3   (9-10)
197 – Matt Transue (Stroudsburg, PA/Stroudsburg) (Wilkes ) pinned Josh Roometua (Wes), 4:12   (15-10)
Hwt – William Fletcher (Ottsville, PA/Palisades) (Wilkes) def. Austin Frank (Wes), 3-2   (18-10)
125 – Guesseppe Rea (Stroudsburg, PA/Stroudsburg) (Wilkes) def. James Hamilton (Wes), 5-0   (21-10)
133 – Myzar Mendoza (Westminster, MD/Winters Mill) (Wilkes) def. Chris Siracusa (Wes), 5-0 (24-10)
141 – Nick Scotto (Wes) pinned Mark Misczenski (Easton, PA/Easton) (Wilkes), 2:32 (24-16)

Wilkes 34, RIC 10
149 – Kris Krawchuk (Slatington, PA/Northern Lehigh) (W) def. Alex LaBeef (RIC), 12-3    (4-0)
157 – Phil Racciato (Pen Argyl, PA/Pen Argyl) (W) pinned Kevin Barruci (RIC), 4:38    (10-0)
165 – Nathan White (Ellicott City, MD/River Hill) (W) won by TF over Josh Harrison (RIC), 6:45    (15-0)
174 – Dustin Stough (Friendsville, MD/Northern Garrett) (W) won by forfeit   (21-0)
184 – Levi Veppert (Kempton, PA/Northwestern Lehigh) (W) def. Adam Lynch (RIC), 5-0   (24-0)
197 – Matt Transue (Stroudsburg, PA/Stroudsburg) (W) won by forfeit (30-0)
Hwt – Brian Nicoll (RIC) def. Michael Shannon (W), 4-1   (30-3)
125 – Jonanthan Murry (RIC) def. Guesseppe Rea (Stroudsburg, PA/Stroudsburg) (W), 13-8   (30-6)
133 – Myzar Mendoza (Westminster, MD/Winters Mill) (W) def. Silas Murray (RIC), 13-4 (34-6)
141 – Chris Kelly (RIC) def. Mark Misczenski (Easton, PA/Easton) (W), 14-6 (34-10)

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