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Mark Hartenstine is 8-1 since his arrival on the Wilkes mats in early January

NO. 20 WILKES WRESTLING MAKES HOME DEBUT WEDNESDAY AGAINST ESU

1/8/2013 12:00:00 PM

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NO. 20 WILKES WRESTLING MAKES HOME DEBUT WEDNESDAY AGAINST ESU

No. 20 Wilkes (8-3) vs. East Stroudsburg (1-2)
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Start Time: 7:00 p.m.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. • Marts Center

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Colonels Notebook
• Wilkes makes its much anticipated home match debut against Division II power East Stroudsburg tonight at the Marts Center.

• The Colonels, ranked No. 20, posted a perfect 4-0 mark in the North/South Duals at Ursinus College on Saturday garnering wins over two ranked opponents in No. 22 Messiah (33-10) and No. 21 York College (31-3).

• Two WU wrestlers beat ranked opponents as Jeff Peterson (Edison, NJ/Edison) (141) and Mark Hartenstone (149) collected upset victories.

• WU had a strong performance at the 80th annual Wilkes Open on December 28th. Eight Colonels claimed top six finishes including a149-pound title from Kris Krawchuk (Slatington, PA/Northern Lehigh).

• The Colonels have 22 wrestlers who have notched at least five wins this season as well as 20 wrestlers with .500 or better marks.

• Junior Myzar Mendoza (Westminster, MD/Winters Mill) (19-4) is ranked 9th at 133-pounds according to the latest NWCA Individual rankings, while Kris Krawchuk (Slatington, PA/Northern Lehigh) (16-2) is ranked 8th at 149-pounds. Michael Shannon (10-7) also garnered a spot on the Honorable Mention list on the latest d3wrestle.com rankings.

• 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. The Colonels posted two wins at the Wesleyan tri-match beating Rhode Island College 34-10 and the host No. 29 Wesleyan 24-16.

• Earlier this season, Krawchuk was 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.

Weighing In
125    G. Rea              20-5
133    M. Mendoza      19-4
141    J. Peterson        5-5
149    M. Hartenstine   8-1
157    K. Krawchuk      16-2
165    N. White            13-7
174    D. Stough          9-8
184    S. Gray              4-3
197    M. Tranuse        14-7
285    W. Fletcher/M/ Shannon    7-6/10-7

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