Budd Whitehill Duals
Friday, January 13 - Saturday, January 14
Start Time: 9:00 a.m.
Williamsport, Pa. - Lamade Gym

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• The Wilkes University wrestling team goes to Lycoming College as they compete in the Budd Whitehill Duals on Friday, January 13 to Saturday, January 14 with the start time on 9:00 a.m. The first day, there will be four 4-team groups and have a round robin competition between each other. The Colonels begin the tournament at 9:00 a.m. when they compete against SUNY Cortland. Wilkes faces No. 6 Stevens Institute of Technology at 12:00 p.m., then concludes day one against Wesleyan University at 3:00 p.m. The second day, the teams will be split to groups of the four winners from day one, four second-placers, four third-placers, and four fourth-placers in a four-team tournament to compete and place in their respective brackets. Wilkes will either compete at 9:00 a.m./12:00 p.m. or 10:30 a.m./1:30 p.m. on the second day.

• Wilkes participated in the NWCA National Duals, finishing the weekend with a 33-9 team win over the University of Mount Union. Caleb Burkhart (Hughesville, PA/Hughesville) went 3-0 on the weekend with three pins, earning MAC Wrestler of the Week for his performance. Austin Fashouer (Scranton, PA/West Scranton) and Cameron Butka (Scranton, PA/West Scranton) finished 2-1 during their matches while Jack Bauer (Ringoes, NJ/Hunterdon Central) concluded the weekend with a 3-1 record at the NWCA National Duals. 

• The Colonels hosted the 89th Wilkes Open on December 22, having two wrestlers finish in the top-6. Hunter Lowe (Westminster, MD/Winters Mill) took second place in the 197 division while Fashouer placed third in the 125 weight class.

• Wilkes competed on December 9th in a dual matchup where they fell to Delaware Valley University 23-15 to drop to 2-4 in duals on the season. Bauer, Kyle Tino (Phillipsburg, NJ/Phillipsburg), and Butka all got three points with their decision victories at their respective weight classes while Charles Everdale (Freeland, PA/Hazleton Area) scored a fall in 32 seconds to briefly give Wilkes the lead following the 165-pound bout in their matchup with the Aggies.

• The Colonels competed in three other tournaments this season: Ned McGinley Invitational, Racich Rumble, and Blue Jay Classic. The Colonels had nine grapplers finish in the top-6 at the Ned McGinley while having two wrestlers in the top six at the Racich Rumble. Wilkes saw 11 members place top six at the Blue Jay Classic.

• Four grapplers have won titles in tournaments this season. Fashouer (125) and Butka (197) got first place at the Blue Jay Classic while Bauer (141) and James Geiger (Dallas, PA/Dallas) (174) took titles at the Ned McGinley Invitational.

• Wilkes competed in the Dr. Sam Case Duals on November 20 where they had three dual matches. They beat John Hopkins 24-23 and Pittsburgh-Bradford 35-13 before falling in their last meet to host McDaniel 23-22.

• The Colonels fell to Elizabethtown 24-22 in their road dual match on Friday, November 18.

• Four grapplers were ranked in the NWCA Individual Regional Southeast Rankings, which were released on January 3rd. Butka was ranked third in the 197 pound division while Geiger was placed fourth in the 174 weight class. Fashouer and Bauer rounded out the rankings as they were placed sixth at the 125 and 141 divisions respectively.

• In the d3wrestle.com individual rankings that came out January 11th, Fashouer and Butka were all Honorable-Mentions in their respective weight classes.

• The Colonels 2022-2023 roster goes 32 deep with a class breakdown of: 5 seniors; 7 juniors; 9 sophomores; and 11 first-years.

• The roster features athletes from six states: Pennsylvania – 17; New Jersey – 9; New York – 2; Virginia – 2; Maryland – 1; Louisiana - 1.

Participating Teams
No. 6 Stevens
No. 8 UW-Eau Claire
No. 13 Ohio Northern
No. 21 Ithaca
Ferrum
Lycoming
Messiah
Pennsylvania College of Technology
Springfield
SUNY Cortland
SUNY Oswego
Washington & Lee
Wesleyan
Williams
York

Weighing In
125    M. Martin    2-2
125    A. Fashouer    14-5
133    S. Kimmel    1-15
133    M. Richardson    2-3
141    J. Bauer    15-3
141    B. Sitton    3-3
149    B. Grater    2-12
157    C. Dix    2-6
157    N. Partsanakis    6-10
157    J. Hartranft    1-7
165    J. Geiger    11-5
165    C. Everdale    7-11
174    C. Nuss    7-5
174    R. Winn    2-10
174    S. Diarra    3-12
184    J. Devito    7-13
197    C. Butka    13-3
197    H. Lowe    17-6
285    C. Burkhart    14-6
285    T. Gitski    2-7