No. 18 Wilkes (11-4) at Home Quad
Sunday, January 31
Start Time: 11:00 a.m.
Wilkes-Barre, PA • Marts Center

Match Notes

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Colonels Notebook
• Wilkes hosts Alfred State, RIT, Scranton, Oneonta and West Virginia Tech for a quad match at the Marts Center. The Colonels, ranked 18th in the latest NWCA poll, will wrestle Alfred St., RIT and Scranton at the event.
 
• Wilkes finished in second place at the 2016 Middle Atlantic Conference Wrestling Championship. Jessie Lopez (Everett, WA/Everett) was the lone champion for Wilkes at 141-pounds. The Colonels saw 16 total wrestlers earn top-six finishes at the event.
 
• The Colonels have won 11 of their last 13 dual matches following the 38-10 victory at Penn College
 
• Head coach Jon Laudenslager now stands just two wins away from reaching the 200 wins plateau for his coaching career at Wilkes.
 
• Wilkes finished 1-2 at the NWCA National Duals with a win over No. 15 Baldwin Wallace 21-20 before falling to No. 17 Luther (14-29) and No. 13 Alma College (17-21).
 
• Wilkes finished fourth as a team at the Messiah Petrfoes including 10 top-eight placewinners at the event. Thomas Stokes (Bensalem, PA/Bensalem) claimed the Colonels lone title at the event beating two ranked opponents on the way to the 141-pound championship. Stokes was also named Most Outstanding Wrestler.
 
• Wilkes finished 1-2 at the 2015 John Reese Duals falling 20-17 against No. 22 York (Pa.) and 18-16 to No. 12 Stevens Tech before claiming a 30-18 victory over Rowan College.
 
• Wilkes features two wrestlers ranked in the top ten according to the latest NWCA individual rankings including Fleck (9th at 125) and Diesel (4th at 184).
 
• The Colonels finished in second place at its season-opening tournament the Monarch Invitational hosted by King's College. Wilkes claimed three titles including Fleck at 125, Grossmann at 133 and Diesel at 184.
 
Schedule of Rounds
 
Round 1: 11:00 a.m.
Wilkes vs. Alfred
RIT cs. Scranton
WV Tech vs. Oneonta
 
Round 2: 12:30 p.m.
Wilkes vs. RIT
Oneonta vs. Scranton
WV Tech vs. Alfred
 
Round 3: 2:00 p.m.
Wilkes vs. Scranton
Oneonta vs. Alfred
WV Tech vs. RIT