No. 24 Wilkes Wrestling Wraps up Dual Match Schedule with King's/Penn College Thursday
No. 24 Wilkes (18-5) vs. King's (9-14)/Penn College (1-11)
Thursday, February 16
Start Time: 7:00 p.m./8:30 p.m.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. • McGrane Gymnasium
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Colonels Notebook
• Wilkes posted a dominating 33-14 victory at Elizabethtown on Tuesday moving its overall mark to 18-5, the tenth straight season of 15 or more wins under head coach
Jon Laudenslager.
• Wilkes bested TCNJ on senior night 27-16 before falling to No. 4 Ithaca 34-12 snapping a seven-match winning streak.
• 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 second at 125-pounds while Grossmann is tabbed second at 141-pounds.
• Sixteen Colonels have totaled 10 or more wins this season including seven wrestlers with 15 or more victories.
Weighing In
125 – #2 G. Rea (25-4)
125 – S. Reed (7-10)
133 – P. Chander (25-7)
141 – #2 M. Grossmann (25-1)
149 – K. Medrow (34-11)
149 – M. Fuller (6-9)
157 – N. Racanelli (29-7)
157 – J. Ritter (17-10)
165 – M. Paskas (19-13)
174 – J. Morel (12-20)
174 – B. McGill (12-16)
184 – J. Brook (4-12)
184 – N. McCummings (7-14)
197 – J. Nochimson (9-15)
285 – J. Austin (1-2)