No. 11 Wilkes Wrestling Hosts Quad Match Saturday

No. 11 Wilkes Wrestling Hosts Quad Match Saturday

No. 13 Wilkes (10-4) hosts Scranton/Trinity/Alfred State
Saturday, January 31
Start Time: 12:00 p.m.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. • Marts Center

Match Notes

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Colonels Notebook
• Wilkes will wrestle three teams Saturday starting with local rival Scranton at 12:00 p.m., Trinity at 1:30 p.m. and Alfred State at 3:00 p.m.

• Wilkes finished third of five teams at the 2015 Middle Atlantic Conference Championships with ten Colonels claiming top four finishes.

• Of the ten Wilkes finishers, four finished runner up including Matthew Grossmann (Lancaster, PA/Manheim Township) (133), Sean Lombardi (Newton, NJ/Kittatiny) (157), Kyle Diesel (Westtown, NY/Minisink Valley) (174) and Dave Oberrender (Freeland, PA/Hazleton) (285).

• Four Colonels earned titles at the Will Abele Invitational as Matthew Grossmann (Lancaster, PA/Manheim Township) (133), Josh Evans (Palmerton, PA/Palmerton) (149), Stephen Turner (Plains, PA/Coughlin) (157) and Kyle Diesel (Westtown, NY/Minisink Valley) (174) all claimed crowns for Wilkes at the event.

• Wilkes moved to 10-4 overall after going 3-2 at the NWCA National Duals in Fort Wayne, IN. The Colonels posted wins over ranked opponents in Dubuque, Saint John's and Luther.

• Three wrestlers earned top four finishes at the Wilkes Open including 125-pound champion Guesseppe Rea (Stroudsburg, PA/Stroudsburg).

• Wilkes finished in second place at the Messiah Petrofes Tournament with 154 total team points, just 7.5 points behind champion and No. 1 ranked UW Whitewater who finished with 161.5 points while the Colonels posted 17 more team points than third place and No. 2 Messiah College in the event.

• The Colonels went 2-1 at the NY/PA Challenge at King's posting wins over Nassau (22-16) and Hunter College (22-17).

• Wilkes finished 2-1 at the John Reese Duals posting wins over Johns Hopkins (38-6) and Gloucester (27-11).

• Wilkes posted a 51-0 victory over Penn College in its season opening dual match. Four Colonels earned extra point wins in the match.

• The Colonels finished fourth at the 2014 Monarch Invitational to open the season. Wilkes had ten wrestlers finish in the top-six including two individual champions at 133-pounds (Michael Fleck (Easton, PA/Wilson Area)) and 141-pounds (Pankil Chander (Cedarhurst, NY/Lawrence)).

• Fifteen wrestlers have ten wins or better and 25 wrestlers stand .500 or better through twelve weeks of competition for Wilkes.

Weighing In
125 – #9 G. Rea (23-2)
125 – D. Zuzulock (2-13)
133 – E. Fiscal (0-8)
133 – M. Grossmann (22-6)
133 – M. Fleck (18-5)
141 – M. Evans (10-9)
141 – C. Fleming (14-12)
141 – B. Bici (7-5)
141 – K. Alston (5-10)
149 – J. Evans (7-3)
149 – M. Fuller (9-11)
149 – J. Palys (20-10)
149 – A. Tonnesen (9-4)
157 – S. Lombardi (15-11)
157 – N. Racanelli (10-8)
165 – S. Turner (15-10)
174 – K. Diesel (13-7)
184 – J. Brook (2-6)
184 – L. Veppert (16-13)
197 – E. Bach (9-10)
197 – J. Nochimson (4-10)
285 – N. Dawson (11-4)
285 – D. Oberrender (18-5)

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Players Mentioned

Pankil Chander: Sophomore

Kyle Diesel: Junior

Michael Fleck: Junior

Cory Fleming: Sophomore

Sean Lombardi: Senior

Guesseppe Rea: Junior

Stephen Turner: Senior

Matthew Grossmann: First Year

Bilal Bici: First Year

Kashif Alston: First Year

James Palys: First Year

Andrew Tonnesen: First Year

Players Mentioned

Pankil Chander
: Sophomore

Kyle Diesel
: Junior

Michael Fleck
: Junior

Cory Fleming
: Sophomore

Sean Lombardi
: Senior

Guesseppe Rea
: Junior

Stephen Turner
: Senior

Matthew Grossmann
: First Year

Bilal Bici
: First Year

Kashif Alston
: First Year

James Palys
: First Year

Andrew Tonnesen
: First Year