Wilkes (17-3) vs. Penn College (11-12)
Senior Night
Friday, February 1
Start Time: 7:00 p.m.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. • Marts Center
 
Match Notes
 
Live Results
 
Live Video
 
Colonels Notebook
• The Wilkes University wrestling team will host Penn College for Senior Night at the Marts Center Friday evening at 7:00 p.m. Patrick Miko (Derby, CT/Derby), Thomas Stokes (Bensalem, PA/Bensalem), John Ritter (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty), Ashton Gyenizs (Madison, CT/Daniel Hand) and Nicholas Racanelli (West Creek, NJ/Southern Regional) will be honored with a Senior Night ceremony prior to action getting underway on the mat.
 
• Wilkes went 3-0 hosting the John Reese Duals this past Sunday to run its dual-match win streak to seven. That mark is the longest since Wilkes had two seven-match win streaks during the 2016-17 season. Stokes and Gyenizs each went 3-0 at the John Reese Duals and both reached the 20-win mark on the season.
 
• Racanelli placed second at 165-pounds at the Ned McGinley Invitational to open the 2018-19 season on November 3. Stokes placed third at 141-pounds and Gyenizs placed fourth at 174-pounds. Wilkes finished fifth of 16 teams.
 
• Racanelli wrestled his way to the 165-pound title and Nicholas Bauer (Coplay, PA/Wyoming Seminary) captured the 125-pound crown at the Gettysburg Invitational on November 10. 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) and Ritter placed third in their respective weight classes. Wilkes finished second out of six teams.
 
• Wilkes went 4-0 at the Southeast Duals on November 17 with Racanelli and Gyenizs going a perfect 4-0 on the day.
 
• Wilkes finished with a 2-1 record at the McDaniel Duals on December 1 as Stokes led the way with a 3-0 record.
 
• The Colonels defeated Elizabethtown on December 8 by a 24-10 margin in a road dual match.
 
• Wilkes went 3-1 at the North/South Duals on January 5 and were 1-1 against ranked opponents at the event. The Colonels knocked off No. 19 Stevens and won five of 10 bouts against No. 25 Messiah but fell in the team score.
 
• The Colonels went 4-1 at the Budd Whitehill Duals in Williamsport, Pa. January 11th and 12th. During the event Wilkes defeated No. 21 Washington and Lee. Racanelli went 5-0, with his second victory earning him his 100th of his career. Stokes and Ritter also were a perfect 5-0.
 
• Racanelli is ranked at No. 3 in the 165-pound weight class of the January 30th edition of the NWCA Individual Rankings and has a 25-1 overall record this season. He has been named the Middle Atlantic Conference Wrestler of the Week three times this season.
 
• Stokes is listed in the Honorable Mention category at 141-pounds of the January 22nd edition of the d3wrestle.com Individual Rankings while Racanelli was ranked in the tenth spot at 165-pounds.
 
Weighing In
125 – N. Bauer (12-7)
125 – K. Trout (13-10)
133 – D. O'Connor (10-8)
141 – T. Stokes (20-5)
149 – C. Dix (12-7)
149 – K. Medrow (15-9)
157 – J. Ritter (17-5)
165 – N. Racanelli (25-1)
174 – A. Gyenizs (21-6)
184 – A. Santana-Quintana (5-16)
197 – M. Almeky (15-8)
285 – R. Horton (11-12)