YORK, PA – Nicholas Racanelli (West Creek, NJ/Southern Regional) earned his second straight berth into the NCAA Championship Tournament finishing second at 157-pounds to lead four Colonels who placed in the top six at the 2017 Mideast Regional hosted by York College (Pa.) on Sunday afternoon.

Full Results
 
As a team, No. 24 Wilkes finished eleventh at the event finishing with 54.4 total team points. Messiah claimed the team crown with 141 points while Baldwin Wallace followed in second place with 98.5 team points.
 
Racanelli moved into the finals after a dominating 13-2 major decision over Messiah's Jeff Hojnacki in one of the two semifinal bouts. In the title bout, Racanelli was forced into a medical forfeit settling for second place but earning his second consecutive bid to the NCAA Championships in the process. Racanelli, a junior, finished second overall at the regional last season.
 
Matthew Grossmann (Lancaster, PA/Manheim Township) fell in his quarterfinal bout to eventual champion Joshua Decatur of Baldwin Wallace in an 8-6 sudden victory. He then wrestled his way back to the third place bout using a 10-2 major decision, 6-3 decision and another 18-4 major decision to reach the NCAA berth bout. There Grossmann fell in a hard-fought, low-scoring 3-1 decision to Gregory Warner of host York to conclude his season. The junior finished his season with a 31-3 overall record.
 
Kyle Medrow (West Chester, PA/West Chester Henderson) was the second fourth place finisher for Wilkes at 149-pounds. Medrow fell to eventual champion Seth Lansberry of Lycoming in the quarterfinals before wrestling back with two major decisions and a technical fall to reach the third place bout. Medrow then fell to Dallas O'Green of Heidelberg 8-7 to conclude his outstanding rookie campaign for Wilkes. Medrow finished 39-13 in his first season on the mat for the Colonels, the most wins by a freshman topping the previous mark set by Michael Fleck (Easton, PA/Wilson Area) (37 wins) in 2011-12.
 
Guesseppe Rea (Stroudsburg, PA/Stroudsburg) was the final top-six finisher at the event taking home sixth place in his final showing as a senior. After moving into the semifinals with a 6-5 decision win, Rea fell to Jonathan Haas of Brockport 11-5 before concluding his fine career in the consolations. Rea finished as one of the best wrestlers in Wilkes history with an overall record of 121-29.
 
Racanelli will now travel to the NCAA Division III Championships on March 10 and 11 in La Crosse, Wisconsin.