McDaniel Duals
Saturday, December 1
Start Time: 12:00 p.m.
Westminster, Md. (McDaniel College)
 
Match Notes

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Colonels Notebook
• The Colonels wrestle at the McDaniel Duals hosted by McDaniel College Saturday, December 1 where they will face three teams starting with a match against Ferrum College (3-1) at 12:00 p.m. Then Wilkes faces Southern Virginia University (1-6) and the hosts McDaniel College (3-0).
 
• Wilkes went 4-0 in its first dual matches of the 2018-19 season at the Southeast Duals last time on the mat on Saturday, November 17.
 
• The Colonels had nine grapplers go at least 2-0 during the Southeast Duals including Nicholas Racanelli (West Creek, NJ/Southern Regional) and Ashton Gyenizs (Madison, CT/Daniel Hand) at 4-0.
 
• Racanelli placed second at 165-pounds at the Ned McGinley Invitational to open the 2018-19 season. Thomas Stokes (Bensalem, PA/Bensalem) placed third at 141-pounds and Gyenizs placed fourth at 174-pounds. Wilkes finished fifth of 16 teams.
 
• Nicholas Bauer (Coplay, PA/Wyoming Seminary) won the 125-pound title and Jessie Lopez (Everett, WA/Everett) captured the 141-pound championship at the Gettysburg Invitational. Racanelli also wrestled his way to the 165-pound title. Kyle Medrow (West Chester, PA/West Chester Henderson), Gyenizs and Moustafa Almeky (Shavertown, PA/Dallas) placed second while Dylan O'Connor (Somerset, NJ/Bishop George Ahr), Joshua Brown (Plains, PA/Coughlin) and John Ritter (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty) placed third. Wilkes finished second overall out of six teams.
 
• Racanelli is ranked at No. 8 in the 165-pound weight class of the latest NWCA Individual Rankings.
 
• The Colonels 2018-19 roster goes 35 deep with a class breakdown of: 4 seniors; 7 juniors; 8 sophomores; and 16 freshmen.
 
• The roster features athletes from nine states: Pennsylvania - 19; New Jersey - 7; Virginia - 2; Connecticut - 2; California - 1; New York - 1; Delaware - 1; Maryland - 1; Washington – 1
 
Weighing-In
125 – N. Bauer (6-3)
125 – D. Sweeney (1-5)
125 – K. Trout (6-5)
133 – B. Horton (3-4)
133 – P. Miko (1-4)
141 – J. Lopez (4-0)
141 – K. Medrow (9-3)
141 – M. Shaffer (6-4)
141 – T. Stokes (5-1)
149 – C. Dix (5-4)
149 – L. Flaherty (0-0)
149 – M. Madden-Edwards (3-6)
149 – A. Rivera (1-4)
157 – A. Kokilananda (3-6)
157 – J. Ritter (4-1)
165 – B. Belfonti (3-2)
165 – N. Racanelli (12-1)
165 – C. Walters (3-4)
174 – J. DeBoard (4-2)
174 – A. Gyenizs (11-2)
184 – M. Judge (6-4)
184 – A. Santana-Quintana (1-4)
184 – A. Sphar (4-4)
184 – J. Swentzel (0-2)
197 – M. Almeky (3-3)
197 – A. Cominsky (4-5)
184 – H. Lowe (2-5)
285 – R. Horton (4-4)
285 – J. Huling (1-3)