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Steve Finkernagel

Guesseppe Rea is one of 15 Wilkes wrestlers traveling to the NWCA National Duals this weekend

COLONEL GRAPPLERS SET FOR NWCA NATIONAL DUALS THIS WEEKEND

1/9/2014 12:00:00 PM

(Complete Match Notes)

COLONEL GRAPPLERS SET FOR NWCA NATIONAL DUALS THIS WEEKEND

No. 5 Wilkes (10-1) at NWCA National Duals / Next Man In Nationals
Friday-Sunday, January 10-12
Start Time: 9:00 a.m.
Des Moines, Iowa. • Iowa Events Center

Live Results

Colonels Notebook
• Wilkes returns to the mat after a two-week layoff traveling to the Midwest for its second trip to the NWCA National Duals on Saturday and Sunday in Des Moines, Iowa.

• Nine Colonel wrestlers have started with ten wins or better and 27 wrestlers stand .500 or better through the first ten weeks of competition for Wilkes.

• The Colonels improved to 10-1 in dual matches on the year after posting a 33-3 victory over then No. 12 Elizabethtown College on Friday, November 22. Wilkes claimed wins in nine of the ten bouts including extra points in three bouts.

• At 133-pounds, senior Myzar Mendoza (Westminster, MD/Winters Mill) (96-25) needs just four more victories to reach the 100-win plateau for his career. He would become the sixth Wilkes wrestler to reach the milestone and the second in three years as Anthony Dattolo eclipsed the mark in 2011-12.

• The No. 5 national ranking is the highest the Colonels have been ranked under head coach Jon Laudenslager who has posted atleast ten wins nine out of the ten years he has been at the helm of the program.

• Wilkes features four wrestlers ranked in the most recent NWCA individual rankings as Mendoza and Mark Hartenstine (Easton, PA/Easton) are tabbed tenth and fifth in the country in their respective weight classes of 133 and 149. Both Mendoza and Hartenstine stand at 14-2 and 20-1 respectively. Eric Bach (Newton, NJ/Kittatiny) is tabbed ninth at 197 after starting 7-0 this season. Kris Krawchuk (Slatington, PA/Northern Lehigh) made his Wilkes debut at the Open after not competing in the first semester. The reigning national runner-up is ranked second in the country at 157.

• Two Colonels will compete in the Next Man In Nationals on Friday including Ryan Smith (Honesdale, PA/Honesdale) (141) and Nicholas Dawson (Montoursville, PA/Montoursville) (285).

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

Participating Teams
Loras College
NYU
UW - Whitewater
St. John's
Elmhurst
Augsburg College
Wabash
Springfield
Coe College
Wartburg
Concordia Morehead
Mount Union
Centenary
UW - La Crosse
Luther

Weighing In (@National Duals)
125 - G. Rea
125 - M. Fleck
133 - M. Mendoza
141 - P. Chander
141 - R. Smith
149 - M. Hartenstine
157 - K. Krawchuk
165 - P. Racciato
165 - S. Lombardi
174 - K. Diesel
184 - L. Veppert
184 - M. Duque
197 - E. Bach
285 - W. Fletcher
285 - N. Dawson

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