No. 14 Wilkes Wrestling Finishes 3-2 at NWCA National Duals

No. 14 Wilkes Wrestling Finishes 3-2 at NWCA National Duals

FORT WAYNE, IN – The No. 14 Wilkes Wrestling team finished 3-2 at the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) National Duals Friday in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Wilkes began the morning with a 35-9 win over University of Dubuque in round one taking eight of the ten bouts including five extra-point victories. Guesseppe Rea (Stroudsburg, PA/Stroudsburg) started the Colonels off strong pinning Joey Cisneros in 6:38. Michael Fleck (Easton, PA/Wilson Area) followed with 2-0 decision win at 133-pounds and Pankil Chander (Cedarhurst, NY/Lawrence) made it three straight with a 7-6 decision at 141-pounds giving the Colonels a 12-0 lead after three bouts.

James Palys (Scotrun, PA/Pocono Mountain East) pinned Kody Krenz in 3:33 upping the advantage to 18-0 before a decision win (3-2) from Sean Lombardi (Newton, NJ/Kittatiny) at 157-pounds and a major decision from Stephen Turner (Plains, PA/Coughlin) (16-6) at 165-pounds. Kyle Diesel (Westtown, NY/Minisink Valley) earned a major decision (10-0) at 174-pounds and Levi Veppert (Kempton, PA/Northwestern Lehigh) claimed a fall in 1:26 at 184-pounds to round out the Wilkes 35-point effort.

The Colonels matched up with No. 6 Wisconsin La Crosse in round two dropping a 28-13 decision to move into the consolation bracket. La Crosse took seven of the ten bouts with Wilkes wins coming at 125-pounds, 157-pounds and 285-pounds. Rea, Lombardi and Nick Dawson all earn victories for the Colonels in the match. Rea picked up his second extra-point victory with a major decision while Dawson pinned his opponent in :26.

The Colonels then wrestled through the consolation bracket winning two straight matches over St. John's (MN) 20-16 and No. 19 Luther College 19-15. Wilkes captured six of the ten bouts against St. John's including decision wins from Rea, Lombardi, Veppert and Dave Oberrender (Freeland, PA/Hazleton) and major decisions from Palys and Diesel to take the four-point victory.

The most exciting match of the day came against Luther as the teams went back and forth trading the lead throughout. After a decision win at 125-pounds by Luther, Matthew Grossmann (Lancaster, PA/Manheim Township) earned a 10-8 sudden victory at 133-pounds to tie the match at 3-3. Another Luther decision win at 141 and subsequent decision victory from Wilkes' Josh Evans (Palmerton, PA/Palmerton) at 149 tied the match for a second time at 6-6 through four bouts. Turner put Wilkes ahead with a major decision (12-3) at 165 followed by a Diesel 9-6 decision at 174 as the Colonels led 13-9 heading into the final three bouts.

Luther earned a pin at 184 to take a 15-13 lead into the 197-pound bout. From there, Eric Bach (Newton, NJ/Kittatiny) (7-2) and Oberrender (3-1) earned back-to-back decisions to seal the win 19-15 setting up a match with No. 8 Coe College in the consolation quarterfinals.

Rea, Chander and Evans were the three lone decision winners for Wilkes in its final match of the day in a 29-9 loss against Coe.

Wilkes will remain idle until next Saturday when the Colonels wrestle in the Will Abele Invitational hosted by Ursinus College. Wrestling will begin at 9:30 a.m.

Wilkes 35, Dubuque 9
125 – G. Rea (Wilkes) over Joey Cisneros (Dubuque) Fall 6:38
133 – M. Fleck (Wilkes) over Nicholas Rivera (Dubuque) Dec 2-0
141 – P. Chander (Wilkes) over Stephen Rosenburg (Dubuque) Dec 7-6
149 – J. Palys (Wilkes) over Kody Krenz (Dubuque) Fall 3:33
157 – S. Lombardi (Wilkes) over Adrian Collier (Dubuque) Dec 3-2
165 – S. Turner (Wilkes) over Terrence Kubski (Dubuque) Maj 16-6
174 – K. Diesel (Wilkes) over Elton Turnage (Dubuque) Maj 10-0
184 – L. Veppert (Wilkes) over Matthew Leveille (Dubuque) Fall 1:26
197 – Dominic Sterr (Dubuque) over E. Bach (Wilkes) Dec 3-2
285 – Dan Howell (Dubuque) over D. Oberrender (Wilkes) Fall 3:58

Wisconsin La Crosse 28, Wilkes 13
125 – G. Rea (Wilkes) over Taylor Elliott (Wisconsin-La Crosse) Maj 12-2
133 – Dustin Weinmann (Wisconsin-La Crosse) over M. Grossmann (Wilkes) Fall 2:59
141 – Cody See (Wisconsin-La Crosse) over P. Chander (Wilkes) Dec 10-3
149 – Kasey Einerson (Wisconsin-La Crosse) over J. Evans (Wilkes) Dec 7-6
157 – S. Lombardi (Wilkes) over Derek Weinmann (Wisconsin-La Crosse) Dec 6-4
165 – Travis Hettinga (Wisconsin-La Crosse) over M. Maloney (Wilkes) Fall 5:00
174 – Sean O`Neil (Wisconsin-La Crosse) over K. Diesel (Wilkes) Dec 4-2
184 – Richard Carlson (Wisconsin-La Crosse) over L. Veppert (Wilkes) Dec 8-2
197 – Zach Tooley (Wisconsin-La Crosse) over E. Bach (Wilkes) Maj 11-2
285 – N. Dawson (Wilkes) over Cody Endres (Wisconsin-La Crosse) Fall 0:26

Wilkes 20, St. John's 16
125 – G. Rea (Wilkes) over John Wells (St. Johns (MN)) Dec 8-4
133 – Evan Guffey (St. Johns (MN)) over M. Fleck (Wilkes) Dec 3-1
141 – Ben Henle (St. Johns (MN)) over P. Chander (Wilkes) Fall 4:29
149 – J. Palys (Wilkes) over Jesse Rogers (St. Johns (MN)) Maj 11-2
157 – S. Lombardi (Wilkes) over Ochirbat Bayanjargal (St. Johns (MN)) Dec 4-2
165 – Teddy Erickson (St. Johns (MN)) over M. Maloney (Wilkes) Dec 8-1
174 – K. Diesel (Wilkes) over Glenn Castro (St. Johns (MN)) Maj 9-0
184 – L. Veppert (Wilkes) over Aaron Baker (St. Johns (MN)) Dec 9-4
197 – Ryan Michaelis (St. Johns (MN)) over E. Bach (Wilkes) Maj 10-0
285 – D. Oberrender (Wilkes) over Colin Fisher (St. Johns (MN)) Dec 5-2

Wilkes 19, Luther 15
125 – Julian Gendreau (Luther) over G. Rea (Wilkes) Dec 3-2
133 – M. Grossmann (Wilkes) over Evan Obert (Luther) SV-2 10-8
141 – Brian Burchett (Luther) over P. Chander (Wilkes) Dec 7-1
149 – J.Evans (Wilkes) over Dakota Gray (Luther) Dec 11-5
157 – Tristan Zurfluh (Luther) over S. Lombardi (Wilkes) Dec 3-1
165 – S. Turner (Wilkes) over Blake Letney (Luther) Maj 12-3
174 – K. Diesel (Wilkes) over Justin Kreiter (Luther) Dec 9-6
184 – Jayden DeVilbiss (Luther) over L. Veppert (Wilkes) Fall 4:33
197 – E. Bach (Wilkes) over Derek Stork (Luther) Dec 7-2
285 – D. Oberrender (Wilkes) over Conner Herman (Luther) Dec 3-1

Coe 29, Wilkes 9
125 – G. Rea (Wilkes) over Jan Rosenburg (Coe) Dec 6-2
133 – Mike Gussarson (Coe) over M. Grossmann (Wilkes) Dec 5-2
141 – P. Chander (Wilkes) over Luke Kremer (Coe) Dec 12-6
149 – Josh Donkle (Coe) over J. Palys (Wilkes) Dec 8-6
157 – J. Evans (Wilkes) over Brody Beck (Coe) Dec 10-9
165 – Farai Sewera (Coe) over S. Turner (Wilkes) Maj 19-6
174 – Ryan Harrington (Coe) over K. Diesel (Wilkes) Dec 3-0
184 – Ryan Sheldon (Coe) over L. Veppert (Wilkes) Fall 2:40
197 – Donnie Horner (Coe) over E. Bach (Wilkes) Maj 16-5
285 – Creighton Fox (Coe) over N. Dawson (Wilkes) Fall 3:54

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