No. 24 Wilkes Wrestling Travels to Elizabethtown Tuesday
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No. 24 Wilkes (17-5) vs. Elizabethtown (2-12)
Tuesday, February 14
Start Time: 7:00 p.m.
Elizabethtown, Pa. • Thompson Gymnasium
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Match Notes
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Colonels Notebook
• Wilkes travels to Elizabethtown for a dual match scheduled for 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday night. Wilkes posted a 21-17 victory over the Blue Jays last season at the Marts Center.
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• Wilkes bested TCNJ on senior night 27-16 before falling to No. 4 Ithaca 34-12 snapping a seven-match winning streak.
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• 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).
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• Wilkes finished second overall at the MAC Championships with eight Colonels earning medals including one champion.
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• 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).
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• 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.
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• Wilkes made its second consecutive appearance in the Grapple at the Garden event going 1-1 with a 32-15 win over Merchant Marine.
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• 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)
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• 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).
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• 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.
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• Wilkes features two ranked wrestlers in the latest NWCA individual rankings.
Guesseppe Rea (Stroudsburg, PA/Stroudsburg) is ranked second at 125-pounds while Grossmann is tabbed second at 141-pounds.
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• Sixteen Colonels have totaled 10 or more wins this season including seven wrestlers with 15 or more victories.
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Weighing In
125 – #2 G. Rea (24-4)
133 – P. Chander (24-7)
141 – #2 M. Grossmann (24-1)
149 – K. Medrow (33-11)
149 – C. Fleming (14-10)
157 – N. Racanelli (28-7)
165 – M. Paskas (18-13)
174 – J. Morel (11-20)
184 – J. Brook (4-11)
184 – N. McCummings (7-14)
197 – J. Nochimson (9-14)
285 – A. Santana-Quintana (2-11)
285 – J. Austin (1-1)
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