2011-12 SCHEDULE No. 14 Wilkes (9-3) at Hunter/vs. Scranton NOVEMBER Wednesday, January 11, 2012 Nov. 5 at Monarch Invitational 1st of 13 Start Time: 3:00 p.m. (Wilkes-Barre, PA - King’s College) Nov. 12 John Reese Duals Hunter College • New York, N.Y. Centenary W 27-16 No. 8 Cortland State L 9-28 NYU W 38-9 Colonels Notebook Plymouth State W 33-15 • The Colonels, ranked No. 14, return to the mat as the Colonels travel to New Nov. 18 Elizabethtown W 39-3 York, N.Y. for a tri-match against host Hunter College and Metro foe Scranton. Nov. 19 at Oneonta Red Dragon Invitational 4th of 11 • WU is coming off a perfect 4-0 performance at North/South Duals on Saturday. Nov. 21 at East Stroudsburg L 14-23 The Colonels posted wins over USMMA, No. 20 Stevens, No. 19 Messiah, and West Chester. DECEMBER • Senior All-American Anthony Dattolo claimed his 100th career victory in the Dec. 2-3 at Messiah Petrofes Tournament 2nd of 12 win over Messiah keeping him unbeaten on the season at 23-0 at 149-pounds. He Dec. 10 Muhlenberg No Team Score became only the fifth Wilkes wrestler to reach the 100-win plateau in the programs No. 12 York L 13-22 rich history. Delaware Valley W 26-15 • WU features one ranked wrestler, two contenders, and three honorable mentions Dec. 28 Wilkes Open 1 champion, according to d3wrestle.com rankings (1/3/12). Anthony Dattolo is tabbed 6th at 2 individual place-winners 149, unbeaten at 23-0. Myzar Mendoza (133) and Ryan Wilson (141) are listed as contenders standing 16-6 and 15-5 respectively. Michael Fleck (125), Nathan JANUARY White (165) and Dustin Stough (174) garnered Honorable Mention selections in Jan. 7 North South Duals (Collegeville, Pa. - Ursinus) the poll. vs. USMMA W 24-13 • 14 Colonels wrestling Wednesday have at least 10 wins on the year; 29 Colonels vs. No. 20 Stevens Institute of Technology W 32-6 have .500 records or better thus far this season. • Only one wrestler from Wilkes competitors, Hunter’s Musa DeReese, is listed as vs. No. 19 Messiah W 19-18 a contender in the d3wrestle.com rankings at 197-pounds. vs. West Chester W 36-12 Jan. 11 vs. Scranton 3:00 p.m. at Hunter 4:30 p.m. No. 14 Wilkes University Colonels Jan. 21 at Messiah Open 10:00 a.m. Weighing In 2011-12 (Grantham, PA) Weight Name Year Hometown Record Jan. 28 Gettysburg 11:00 a.m. 125 Michael Fleck Fr. Easton, PA 20-5 Trinity 1:00 p.m. 133 Myzar Mendoza So. Westminster, MD 16-6 RIT 3:00 p.m. Griffin Panicucci So. Wantage, NJ 3-10 141 Ryan Wilson Sr. Manasquan, NJ 15-5 FEBRUARY 149 #5 Anthony Dattolo Sr. Succasunna, NJ 23-0 Feb. 3 at No. 14 TCNJ 7:00 p.m. John Lynch Fr. Hellertown, PA 19-8 Feb. 10 No. 4 Ithaca 7:00 p.m. 157 Shane Everett Sr. Saylorsburg, PA 14-8 Feb. 11 at McDaniel 12:00 p.m. Matt Ellery Sr. Somerset, NJ 10-10 vs. Ursinus 2:00 p.m. Tyler Lauchaire So. Stroudsburg, PA 17-8 vs. UMBC 4:00 p.m. 165 Nathan White Jr. Ellicott City, MD 14-12 Feb. 17 King’s 7:00 p.m. 174 Dustin Stough Jr. Friendsville, MD 11-10 Feb. 26 at Metro Conf. Championships 10:00 a.m. Chase Martino Fr. Hixson, TN 11-9 (Elizabethtown, PA - Elizabethtown College) 184 Marlon Duque Fr. Boonton, NJ 12-7 MARCH Seth Gray So. Quakertown, PA 8-7 Mar. 10-11 at NCAA Championships TBA 197 Dave Oberrender So. Freeland, PA 16-10 (LaCrosse, WI) 285 William Fletcher Fr. Ottsville, PA 11-10 Jon Slack So. Washington, NJ 7-7 Home Matches in Bold Michael Shannon So. Montvale, NJ 3-4 All Home Matches at the Marts Center Matt Transue So. Stroudsburg, PA 1-1 Head Coach Jon Laudenslager 2011-12 Wilkes University Roster Jon Laudenslager enters his ninth season at the Wrestler Yr. Wt. Hometown / High School helm of the Wilkes University wrestling program in the 2011-12 season. During his eight years Lucas Dise Fr. 125 Slatington, PA / Northern Lehigh as head coach, Laudenslager has led Wilkes to a dual match record of 125-65-5, including seven Michael Fleck Fr. 125 Easton, PA / Wilson Area winning seasons, and has posted at least 13 wins Myzar Mendoza So. 133 Hampstead, MD / Winters Mill five times. Griffin Panicucci So. 133 Wantage, NJ / High Point Under Laudenslager’s guidance, the Colonels have become a consistent force in Division III, Anthony Peterson So. 133 Edison, NJ / Edison Township ranking has high as 13th nationally during the 2010-11 season. With four Metropolitan Con- Mark Uliano So. 133 Hazle Township, PA / Hazleton ference place-winners, including conference Ryan Wilson Sr. 141 Manasquan, NJ / Wall Township champion and All-American Anthony Dattolo, Laudenslager led Wilkes to a 15-10-2 record. Matthew Gaines Jr. 141 Cherry Hill, NJ / Cherry Hill East Climbing as high as 15th nationally during the Jeff Peterson Jr. 141 Edison, NJ / Edison Township 2009-10 season, the Colonels finished the year with a school record 22 wins and a second place Sean Lombardi Fr. 149 Newton, NJ / Kittatiny Metropolitan Conference finish. Wilkes boasted seven place-winners, with Frank Heffernan and Anthony Dattolo Sr. 149 Ledgewood, NJ / Roxbury Zach Pizarro taking home individual titles, while Tyler Lauchaire So. 149 Stroudsburg, PA / Stroudsburg Pizarro earned All-American status. John Lynch Fr. 149 Hellertown, PA / Saucon Valley On January 30 of that season, Laudenslager earned his 100th career dual victory, the second Phillip Racciato So. 149 Pen Argyl, PA / Pen Argyl to ever achieve the feat at Wilkes after legendary coach John Reese (514 career wins). Stephen Turner Fr. 149 Plains, PA / Coughlin Shane Everett Sr. 157 Saylorsburg, PA / Pleasant Valley In 2008-09, Laudenslager guided the Colonels to a 17-6-2 record, winning the Metropolitan team Kyle Hinton So. 157 Lorton, VA / Hayfield championship. The Colonels placed seven wres- tlers into the conference tournament finals, with Matthew Ellery Sr. 157 Somerset, NJ / Middlesex 133 Josh Pauling, 149 Erik Smith and 197 Zach Pizarro claiming titles. The Colonels ranked as George Simms III Fr. 157 Edwardsville, PA / Wyoming Valley West high as 12th in the NWCA polls that season, and Brandon Dixon Jr. 165 Factoryville, PA / Riverside qualified five wrestlers to the national tourna- ment in Iowa. Nathan White Jr. 165 Ellicott City, MD / River Hill In the summer of 2010, Laudenslager was se- Nicholas Lynch So. 165 Horsham, PA / Hatboro-Horsham lected by the NWCA as a mentor for the 2010 Leadership Academy. He also served on the Benjamin Marich Sr. 165 Kempton, PA / Northwestern Lehigh Division III NCAA Committee from 2006-2010. Dustin Stough Jr. 174 Friendsville, MD / Northern Garrett Laudenslager is a former standout wrestler for Chase Martino Fr. 174 Hixson, TN / The McCallie School the Colonels, earning four varsity letters from 1994 to 1998 while wrestling at the Division Joshua Rodriguez So. 174 Whitehall, PA / Whitehall I level. He broke onto the scene as a rookie when he fashioned an overall record of 24-7 Eric Bach Fr. 184 Newton, NJ / Kittatiny while wrestling at both 126 and 134 pounds. Laudenslager finished fifth at the EIWA Cham- Raymond Dungee Jr. 184 Morristown, NJ / Morristown pionships and earned EIWA Rookie of the Year Marlon Duque Fr. 184 Boonton, NJ / Boonton honors. His performance helped Wilkes fashion a dual match record of 14-10-1 and cop a tenth Seth Gray So. 184 Quakertown, PA / Quakertown place finish at the EIWA Championships. He also ended his freshman season with a team-leading Tyler Suruskie Fr. 184 Sinking Spring, PA / Wilson nine wins by fall. Buddy Gouger Jr. 184 Saylorsburg, PA / Pleasant Valley As a junior Laudenslager concluded the season Lucas Homeijer Fr. 197 Boonton, NJ / Morris Knolls with an overall record of 17-10 at 134 pounds. He posted six wins by fall and came close to knock- David Oberrender So. 197 Freeland, PA / Hazleton ing off EIWA champion Carl Keske from Cornell University, dropping a hard-fought 11-9 decision. Matthew Transue So. 197 Stroudsburg, PA / Stroudsburg He also earned a second-place finish at the West Point Open, while claiming the team’s Shawn Louis Orem So. 285 Westminster, MD / Winters Mill Galbreath Academic Coaches Award. Jonathon Slack So. 285 Washington, NJ / Warren Hills A graduate of Wilkes with a degree in Psychol- William Fletcher Fr. 285 Ottsville, PA / Palisades ogy, Laudenslager is only the seventh head coach in the long and storied history of the Colonels Michael Shannon So. 285 Montvale, NJ / Northern Valley Regional wrestling program. 2011-12 Individual Records (thru 1/10/12) Wt. Class Name Season Record/Tournaments 125 Michael Fleck 20-5 3rd Kings/3rd Petrofes 125 Lucas Dise 13-8 6th Oneonta 133 Myzar Mendoza 16-6 1st Petrofes/2nd Wilkes Open 133 Mark Uliano 9-7 133 Griffin Panicucci 3-10 133 Anthony Peterson 6-7 141 Ryan Wilson 15-5 Kings Champion/6th Petrofes 141 Jeff Peterson 11-5 2nd Kings/8th Petrofes 141 Matthew Gaines 2-6 149 Anthony Dattolo 23-0 1st Kings/1st Petrofes/1st Wilkes Open 149 Sean Lombardi 7-6 5th Oneonta 149 John Lynch 19-8 7th Petrofes 149 Stephen Turner 8-8 157 Matthew Ellery 10-10 3rd Kings 157 Shane Everett 14-8 3rd Oneonta/4th Petrofes 157 Tyler Lauchaire 17-8 2nd Kings (149)/5th Oneonta 157 George Simms III 13-9 6th Oneonta 157 Philip Racciato 7-6 157 Kyle Hinton 4-7 165 Benjamin Marich 2-3 165 Nathan White 14-12 2nd Kings/2nd Oneonta/6th Petrofes 165 Brandon Dixon 8-8 165 Nicholas Lynch 3-11 174 Dustin Stough 11-10 4th Kings/4th Petrofes 174 Chase Martino 11-9 8th Petrofes 174 Joshua Rodriguez 0-0 184 Eric Bach 9-3 3rd Kings 184 Buddy Gouger 12-11 2nd Oneonta 184 Raymond Dungee 8-8 3rd Oneonta 184 Marlon Duque 12-7 184 Seth Gray 8-7 5th Petrofes 184 Tyler Suruskie 7-7 197 David Oberrender 16-10 3/4 Kings/5th Petrofes 197 Lucas Homeijer 4-9 197 Matt Transue 1-1 285 William Fletcher 11-10 2nd Oneonta 285 Jonathan Slack 7-7 5th Kings 285 Mike Shannon 3-4 285 Louis Orem 0-2 .