Wilkes University vs. John Reese Duals
Sunday, January 23
Start Time: 11:00 a.m.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. – Marts Center
 
Match Notes
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Mat 1 Video
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Mat 3 Video
Mat 4 Video
Spectator Policy – No Spectators allowed through January 28th
 
The Wilkes University wrestling team will host the John Reese Duals on Sunday, January 23 at the Marts Center. The Colonels will wrestle Penn State Behrend (0-1) at 11:00 a.m., West Virginia University Institute of Technology (1-12) at 12:30 p.m. and Oneonta (4-1) at 2:00 p.m. Wilkes enters with a 4-4 dual match record this season and at 899 wins in program history. Wilkes is one win away from becoming just the 11th NCAA program at any level to reach 900 wins and just the second Division III program. The Colonels are looking to join Oklahoma State University, Iowa State University, Springfield College, Oregon State University, University of Iowa, University of Minnesota, Penn State University, Lehigh University, U.S. Naval Academy, and Oklahoma University as the only programs with at least 900 victories.
 
Colonels Notebook
• Wilkes placed fifth of eight teams at the 2022 Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Championship last Saturday. Jack Bauer (Ringoes, NJ/Hunterdon Central) earned Second Team All-MAC honors at 133-pounds as he placed runner-up. Cameron Butka (Scranton, PA/West Scranton) placed fourth at 197, Nicholas Bauer (Coplay, PA/Wyoming Seminary) was fifth at 125, Christopher Nuss (Gore, VA/James Wood) fifth at 174, Alexis Perez (Mahanoy City, PA/Mahanoy Area) fifth at 184, Nevin Rauch (New Columbia, PA/Milton) fifth at 285, and Charles Everdale (Freeland, PA/Hazleton Area) sixth at 165.
 
• The Colonels placed sixth of 12 teams at the Budd Whitehill Duals on January 7-8 as they went 3-2 in matches over the two days. Wilkes lost 22-14 to No. 24 Castleton and beat Ohio Northern's JV team 28-20 in Group A. The Colonels also beat Southern Virginia 45-12 in a Challenge Match. On placement day, Wilkes beat York 28-16 to advance to the fifth-place match where the Colonels lost 24-22 to Messiah. Austin Fashouer (Scranton, PA/West Scranton) and Colton Babcock (Sweet Valley, PA/Northwest Area) were each named to the All-Tournament Team.
 
• The Colonels placed eight wrestlers in the top-six including two champions as they hosted the Wilkes Invitational on December 22nd at the McHale Athletic Center. Fashouer at 125-pounds and Babcock at 184-pounds won titles while Butka (197) and Nuss (174) placed second. Sean McCurdy (Philadelphia, PA/Academy of the New Church) was third at 285, Everdale (165) and Hunter Lowe (Westminster, MD/Winters Mill) (197) were fourth, and Liam Flaherty (Needmore, PA/Southern Fulton) was sixth at 165.
 
• The Colonels dropped to 1-2 in dual matches on the season with a tight 25-21 loss to Alvernia University on December 10th.
 
• Wilkes placed nine wrestlers in the top-4 at the Blue Jay Classic in Elizabethtown, Pa. on December 4th where they won the team title. Fashouer at 125-pounds, Babcock at 184-pounds, and Butka at 197-pounds won individual titles. Also placing were Kyle Tino (Phillipsburg, NJ/Phillipsburg) (149) second, John Devito (Long Valley, NJ/West Morris Central) (174) second, McCurdy (285) third, Max Shaffer (Doylestown, PA/Archbishop Wood) (149) fourth, Everdale (165) fourth, and Perez (197) fourth.
 
• Wilkes placed nine wrestlers in the top-4 at the Wildcat Invitational hosted by Penn College on November 20th. Babcock at 184-pounds and Tino at 149-pounds won titles for the Colonels. Fashouer (125), J. Bauer (133), Shaffer (149), and Butka (197) were runners up, while N. Bauer (125), Collin Rolak (Forked River, NJ/Lacey Township) (141), and Austin Cominsky (Cape May Courthouse, NJ/Middle Township) (197) were fourth.
 
• The Colonels improved to 1-1 in dual matches with a 29-12 victory over Elizabethtown College on November 17th. Wilkes took seven of the 10 bouts.
 
• Wilkes placed tenth of 14 teams at the Racich Rumble Tournament hosted by Ursinus College on November 13th with two top-6 finishers. Rolak won the 141-pound title in his Wilkes debut. Cominsky placed sixth at 197.
 
• Fashouer picked up three team points in the Colonels dual match opener against TCNJ as he won a 10-4 decision at 125-pounds on November 12th.
 
• Wilkes opened its season on November 6th placing third of 15 teams at the Ned McGinley Invitational hosted by King's College. Babcock went 4-0 in taking the 184-pound title while four others placed in the top four. Fashouer was runner-up at 125 as was Butka at 197. James Geiger (Dallas, PA/Dallas) took third place at 165 and Everdale placed fourth at 157.
 
• Fashouer is ranked 14th at 125-pounds and Babcock 14th at 184 in the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Individual Rankings that were released January 14th. Babcock topped the Southeast Region in the regional rankings while Fashouer was second. Butka took sixth at 197-pounds.
 
• Babcock and Fashouer are both listed just outside the top 10 as Contenders in the latest d3wrestle.com Individual Rankings released on January 12th.
 
• The Colonels 2021-2022 roster goes 41 deep with a class breakdown of: 8 seniors; 11 juniors; 9 sophomores; and 13 first-years.
 
• The roster features athletes from seven states and one province: Pennsylvania – 18; New Jersey – 13; New York – 3; Maryland – 2; Virginia – 2; Maine – 1; Texas – 1; Alberta – 1
 
Scouting the Competition
• The John Reese Duals will feature four nationally ranked teams from the NWCA Dual Team Rankings. RIT (#9), NYU (#13), TCNJ (#17), and Ithaca (#26).
 
• There are 11 nationally ranked wrestlers by the NWCA in the field including Ithaca's Matt Griffin (#11 – 125) and Chibueze Chukwuezi (#4 – 184), TCNJ's Jake Giordano (#6 – 133), Dan Surich (#13 – 184), Quinn Haddad (#8 – 197), and Thomas Marretta (#15 – 285), RIT's (Kaidon Winters (#1 – 157), and NYU's Trent Furman (#13 – 157), Cooper Pontelandolfo (#11 – 165), Jason Geyer (#13 – 174), and Izaake Zuckerman (#12 – 184).
 
Full John Reese Duals Schedule
Round 1 – 11:00 a.m.
Mat 1: Wilkes vs Penn State Behrend
Mat 2: Oneonta vs WVU Tech
Mat 3: Ithaca vs NYU
Mat 4: TCNJ vs RIT
 
Round 2 – 12:30 p.m.
Mat 1: WVU Tech vs Wilkes
Mat 2: TCNJ vs Oneonta
Mat 3: Ithaca vs Penn State Behrend
Mat 4: NYU vs RIT
 
Round 3 – 2:00 p.m.
Mat 1: Wilkes vs Oneonta
Mat 2: NYU vs Penn State Behrend
Mat 3: WVU Tech vs TCNJ
Mat 4: Ithaca vs RIT
 
Weighing In
125 – N. Bauer (18-10)
133 – J. Bauer (11-5)
141 – J. Lundin (0-12)
141 – R. Trevino (9-11)
149 – A. Kokilananda (7-13)
157 – B. Griffith (5-15)
165 – C. Everdale (19-16)
174 – J. Devito (12-9)
174 – J. Geiger (6-5)
174 – C. Nuss (19-11)
184 – A. Perez (9-9)
184 – D. Tallant (3-10)
197 – C. Butka (20-7)
197 – H. Lowe (12-12)
285 – N. Rauch (7-4)