Wilkes (10-4) hosts Quad Match
Keystone/Oneonta/Washington & Jefferson
Saturday, January 28
Start Time: 11:00 a.m.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. • Marts Center
 
Match Notes
 
Live Video
 
Colonels Notebook
• Wilkes finished second overall at the MAC Championships with eight Colonels earning medals including one champion.
 
• Wilkes went 3-1 at the North South Duals including wins over Shippensburg (24-21), Camden County (24-21) and MAC rival Delaware Valley (25-13).
 
• The Colonels took home third place at the Messiah Petrofes behind Matthew Grossmann (Lancaster, PA/Manheim Township)'s title at 141-pounds. Nine different Wilkes wrestlers finished in the top-seven at the event.
 
• Wilkes made its second consecutive appearance in the Grapple at the Garden event going 1-1 with a 32-15 win over Merchant Marine.
 
• The Colonels pushed their win streak earlier in the year to six matches going 3-0 at the Muhlenberg Quad. Wilkes recorded wins over Southern Virginia (52-6), Temple Wrestling Club (41-12) and Muhlenberg (32-12)
 
• Wilkes finished 3-1 at the NY/PA Duals with wins against Hunter College (42-6), Nassau CC (40-6) and College of Mount Saint Vincent (44-6).
 
• Wilkes finished in third place at the Monarch Invitational as two Colonels earned individual championships. Jessie Lopez (Everett, WA/Everett) won the 141-pound title going 5-0 while Josh Evans (Palmerton, PA/Palmerton) finished 5-0 with a title at 149-pounds. In total, six Colonels claimed top-six finishes.
 
• Wilkes features two ranked wrestlers in the latest NWCA individual rankings. Guesseppe Rea (Stroudsburg, PA/Stroudsburg) is ranked third at 125-pounds while Grossmann is tabbed second at 141-pounds.
 
• Fifteen Colonels have totaled 10 or more wins this season including eleven wrestlers with 12 or more victories.
 
Weighing In
125: #3 G. Rea (19-3)
125: S. Reed (5-9)
133: P. Chander (16-7)
141: C. Fleming (12-9)
141: #2 M. Grossmann (18-1)
149: M. Fuller (5-9)
149: K. Medrow (28-9)
157: M. Brown (7-9)
157: A. Gyenizs (12-11)
157: N. Racanelli (23-6)
157: J. Ritter (15-9)
157: C. Walters (1-10)
165: M. Paskas (14-10)
165: B. McGill (11-13)
174: R. Fornacairi (5-13)
184: N. McCummings (5-13)
197: J. Nochimson (7-10)
197: A. Santana-Quintana (0-8)
285: J. Austin (0-0)