No. 24 Wilkes (17-4) vs. No. 4 Ithaca (10-2)
Friday, February 10
Start Time: 7:00 p.m.
Ithaca, N.Y. • Ben Light Gymnasium
 
Match Notes
 
Live Video
 
Colonels Notebook
• Wilkes moved back into the national rankings as the No. 24 Colonels travel to face No. 4 Ithaca in a dual match in New York.
 
• Wilkes bested TCNJ on senior night 27-16 last Friday to move to 17-4.
 
• The Colonels have went a perfect 6-0 in home quads posting wins over Oneonta (22-18), Keystone (55-0), W&J (42-8), Scranton (26-12), RIT (26-22) and West Virginia Tech (34-9).
 
• 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 – #2 G. Rea (24-3)
133 – P. Chander (23-7)
141 – #2 M. Grossmann (24-1)
149 – K. Medrow (33-10)
157 – N. Racanelli (27-7)
165 – M. Paskas (18-12)
165 – B. McGill (12-16)
174 – J. Morel (11-19)
184 – J. Brook (4-10)
184 – T. Kelly (2-0)
197 – J. Nochimson (9-13)
285 – A. Santana-Quintana (2-11)