Wilkes (10-13) at No. 3 Ithaca (12-2)
Friday, February 9
Start Time: 7:00 p.m.
Wilkes-Barre, PA • Marts Center
 
Match Notes
 
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Colonels Notebook
• Wilkes returns home for a dual match against its second straight ranked opponent welcoming No. 3 Ithaca College at 7:00 p.m. in the Marts Center. Ithaca posted a 34-12 win last season in Ithaca, N.Y.
 
• The Colonels fell 42-6 at No. 19 TCNJ in their last dual with Matt Grossmann as the lone winner in the match.
 
• Wilkes finished 2-1 at the John Reese Duals with wins over Washington & Jefferson and RIT. Ashton Gyenizs (Madison, CT/Daniel Hand) was named MAC Wrestler of the Week for his 3-0 performance at the event including two extra-point victories.
 
• Jake Dimarsico (Thiells, NY/North Rockland) led six Colonels who earned All-Conference honors taking home the 133-pound title at the 2018 MAC Championships. Other Wilkes finishers included Kyle Trout (Mount Laurel, NJ/Lenape) (2nd at 125), Grossmann (2nd at 141), Josh Evans (Palmerton, PA/Palmerton) (2nd at 149), Gyenizs (2nd at 165) and Dylan O'Connor (Somerset, NJ/Bishop George Ahr) (3rd at 133).
 
• Wilkes snapped a five-match losing skid picking up a pair of home dual wins beating Penn College 43-9 and Lackawanna 41-10 two weeks ago.
 
• Wilkes went 0-3 at the prestigious NWCA National Duals falling to No. 14 North Central (32-6), University of Chicago (24-17) and Ohio Northern (24-18).
 
• Evans was the lone place-winner at the 85th annual Wilkes Open taking home fourth place at 149-pounds at the event.
 
• The Colonels earned a hard-fought 24-19 victory over Elizabethtown using two falls from sophomore Kyle Medrow (West Chester, PA/West Chester Henderson) and junior John Ritter (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty) to secure the win.
 
• Wilkes fell in both of its matches at the Grapple at the Garden losing 29-16 against No. 10 Stevens before a 38-3 defeat against LIU Post.
 
• Wilkes swept two matches at the McDaniel Duals posting a 35-9 victory over Southern Virginia before beating host McDaniel 25-12.
 
• The Colonels went 2-3 at the Mount Union Duals with wins over Alma 34-8 and Greensboro 31-13.
 
• Wilkes finished 1-2 at the NY/PA Duals with a 38-6 win against Hunter College after falling to No. 11 Cortland 23-20 and NYU 34-6.
 
• Wilkes finished in tenth place at the Ned McGinley Invitational to open the season as one Colonel earned a top-six finish. Freshman Kyle Trout (Mount Laurel, NJ/Lenape) took home fifth place at 125-pounds in the tournament.

• Wilkes features one wrestler honored in the latest d3wrestle.com individual rankings. Grossmann is tabbed a contender at 141-pounds standing 16-4 on the season.
 
Weighing In
125 – K. Trout (19-9)
133 – D. O'Connor (12-16)
141 – M. Grossmann (17-4)
149 – J. Evans (16-8)
149 – B. Bici (3-5)
165 – A. Gyenizs (12-12)
174 – J. Ritter (12-15)
184 – M. Judge (10-12)
197 – M. Almeky (4-17)
197 – N. McCummings (6-18)
285 – R. Thompson III (2-16)