Guesseppe Rea went 3-0 at the John Reese Duals for Wilkes

WILKES WRESTLING GOES 2-1 AT JOHN REESE DUALS

11/8/2014 4:22:00 PM

WILKES WRESTLING GOES 2-1 AT JOHN REESE DUALS

WILKES-BARRE – The Wilkes University wrestling team went 2-1 at the John Reese Duals Saturday afternoon at the Marts Center. The Colonels fell 19-15 against York (Pa.) in their first match of the day before posting wins over Gloucester (27-11) and Johns Hopkins (38-6) to complete the days matches.

Wilkes sees its overall dual record move to 3-1 following the three-match event.

In the match against York, Guesseppe Rea (Stroudsburg, PA/Stroudsburg) opened with a technical fall win at 125 to give Wilkes a 5-0 lead. Michael Fleck (Easton, PA/Wilson Area) followed with a 9-6 decision victory at 133 and Pankil Chander (Cedarhurst, NY/Lawrence) made it three straight wins with a major decision (17-8) at 141 as Wilkes led 12-0 after three bouts. After York claimed two decision wins at 149 and 157, Mason McIntyre (Bethlehem, PA/Easton) scored a 5-2 decision win at 165 to up the Wilkes lead to 15-6. Two more York decision wins at 174 and 184 followed by a major decision win at 197 pulled the Spartans ahead 16-15 with one bout remaining. Heavyweight Dave Oberrender (Freeland, PA/Hazleton) suffered a hard-fought 3-1 decision loss at 285 and York pulled out the 19-15 comeback win.

The Colonels cruised to a 38-6 victory over Johns Hopkins in their second match of the afternoon. Wilkes used six extra point wins including one pin and two major decisions. Matthew Grossmann (Lancaster, PA/Manheim Township) recorded a fall at 1:04 at 133 and Chander and David Wilke (Nazareth, PA/Nazareth) each posted major decision victories at 141 and 285 respectively.

Wilkes then closed out the event with a 27-11 win over Gloucester taking seven of the ten bouts. Fleck (3:12) and Ryan Smith (Honesdale, PA/Honesdale) (1:21) recorded back-to-back extra point wins at 133 and 141 as Fleck earned a technical fall and Smith a pin. Andrew Tonnesen (Manahawkin, NJ/Southern Regional), McIntyre, James McNally (Scranton, PA/Scranton) and Oberrender all wrestled to decision wins. Rea posted a major decision to round out the Colonel scoring at 125 earning his third win of the day in the process.

Wilkes returns to the mat next Saturday traveling to King's College for the NY/PA Challenge starting at 11:00 a.m.

York 19, Wilkes 15
125 – G. Rea (W) tech. fall E. Zuzulock (Y) 20-5 (6:50)
133 – M. Fleck (W) dec. R. Flynn (Y) 9-6
141 – P. Chander (W) major dec. J. Walker (Y) 17-8
149 – D. Spector (Y) dec. N. Racanelli (W) 4-2
157 – C. Wickard (Y) dec. S. Lombardi (W) 7-4
165 – M. McIntyre (W) dec. M. Ramsey (Y) 5-2
174 – S. Loevsky (Y) dec. K. Gerrity (W) 12-6
184 – N. Zak (Y) dec. L. Veppert (W) 8-4
197 – J. Shorter (Y) major dec. K. Pullen (W) 8-0
285 – M. Spencer (Y) dec. D. Oberrender (W) 3-1

Wilkes 38, Johns Hopkins 6
125 – G. Rea (W) win by forfeit
133 – M. Grossmann (W) fall C. Vallis (J) 1:04
141 – P. Chander (W) major dec. C. Joyce (J) 12-3
149 – J. Palys (W) dec. A. McLaughlin (J) 6-1
157 – T. Grifa (J) dec. S. Turner (W) 15-10
165 – M. McIntyre (W) win by forfeit
174 – J. Ilvento (W) dec. J. Forman (J) 4-0
184 – J. McNally win by forfeit
197 – K. Johnson (J) dec. D. VanBrunt (W) 8-4
285 – D. Wilke (W) major dec. E. Flannery (J) 12-3

Wilkes 27, Gloucester 11
125 – G. Rea (W) major dec. D. LaPalomento (G) 10-1
133 – M. Fleck (W) tech. fall E. Yonah (G) 18-3 (3:12)
141 – R. Smith (W) fall J. Rizzi (G) 1:21
149 – A. Tonnesen (W) dec. J. Lado (G) 7-5
157 – D. Ruggiero (G) major dec. S. Lombardi (W) 13-2
165 – M. McIntyre (W) dec. C. Donahue (G) 3-2
174 – N. Moore (G) major dec. K. Gerrity (W) 14-6
184 – J. McNally (W) dec. N. Del Priscolli (G) 4-3
197 – C. Dorety (G) dec. A. Pullen (W) 5-0
285 – D. Oberrender (W) dec. O. Kali (G) 5-1

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