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William Fletcher and Wilkes look for the program's 797 and 798 wins on Saturday at the home tri-match

NO. 9 WILKES WRESTLING HOSTING TRI-MATCH SATURDAY

1/31/2014 9:00:00 AM

NO. 9 WILKES WRESTLING HOSTING TRI-MATCH SATURDAY

No. 9 Wilkes (13-3) vs. Washington & Jefferson/Trinity
Saturday, February 1
Start Time: 11:00 a.m.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. • Marts Center

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Schedule of matches:    Wilkes vs. Washington & Jefferson – 11:00 a.m.
                                    Washington & Jefferson vs. Trinity – 12:30 p.m.
                                    Wilkes vs. Trinity – 2:00 p.m.
*exhibitions will take place in between matches

Colonels Notebook
• Wilkes returns to the mat competing in a tri-match against Washington and Jefferson and Trinity College.

• Sixteen Colonel wrestlers have ten wins or better and 28 wrestlers stand .500 or better through the competition season for Wilkes.

• At 133-pounds, senior Myzar Mendoza (Westminster, MD/Winters Mill) (101-29) became the sixth Wilkes wrestler to reach the 100-win plateau and the second in three years as Anthony Dattolo eclipsed the mark in 2011-12. Mendoza earned his 100th victory when he pinned his opponent in the second round of the MAC Championships in 4:34. Mendoza settled for fourth at the event.

• Mark Hartenstine (Easton, PA/Easton) (29-1) and Kris Krawchuk (Slatington, PA/Northern Lehigh) (7-4) each claimed individual titles at the MAC Championships at 149-pounds and 157-pounds respectively. As a team, Wilkes finished second in the event behind champion Messiah.

• Wilkes features two wrestlers ranked in the most recent NWCA individual rankings as Mark Hartenstine (Easton, PA/Easton) is tabbed fifth in the country at 149-pounds and Guesseppe Rea (Stroudsburg, PA/Stroudsburg) is ranked tenth at 125-pounds. Hartenstine went a perfect 5-0 at the National Duals including three technical fall wins and followed that with a 4-0 performance at the MAC Championships. Rea stands 20-5 on the year finishing second at the conference finals last weekend.

• The Wilkes wrestling program needs just four more team victories to reach the 800-win plateau in its 68 years.

Weighing In
125 – G. Rea
133 – M. Mendoza
133 – E. Fiscal
141 – C. Fleming
149 – L. Kline
149 – M. Hartenstine
157 – S. Turner
157 – K. Krawchuk
165 – P. Racciato
165 – S. Lombardi
165 – T. Lauchaire
174 – K. Diesel
174 – C. Martino
174 – T. Schell
174 – J. McNally
184 – L. Veppert
184 – J. Brook
197 – E. Bach
197 – A. Pullen
285 – N. Dawson
285 – W. Fletcher

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