Colonels Key Players Colonel Max Appello Senior Sparta, N.J. / Sparta Men’s Tennis Two-time First Team All-Freedom Conference This is Wilkes University selection...Named Freedom Conference Player of the Year as a junior...Went a combined 13-5 over- Location: Wilkes-Barre, PA all in singles and 17-5 overall in doubles play... Founded: 1933 Captured the No. 1 singles and No. 2 doubles title Enrollment: 2,200 at the MAC Individual Tournament as a junior. Conference: Freedom Conference Nickname: Colonels Michael Kranz Colors: Navy and Gold Senior Depew, N.Y. / Lancaster Central Coaching Staff Named First Team All-Freedom Conference for the second consecutive year after going a Head Coach combined 17-4 overall in singles play and 17-7 Chris Leicht overall in doubles play...Captured the No. 2 14th Season singles crown this past fall at the MAC Individual 364-86 Overall Record Tournament. Leicht begins his fourteenth season at the helm Dominic Parfianowicz of the men’s tennis team, and is coming off one of Junior the most successful seven-year stints in the pro- Elmira, N.Y. / Elmira Free Academy grams history. Leicht led the Colonels to an 20-3 Named First Team All-Freedom Conference for record and their eighth straight Freedom Conference Champion- the second consecutive year...Went 12-6 overall ship last season. He also led Wilkes to the NCAA Tournament in singles play and 17-6 in doubles play..Captured for the eighth consecutive year. In 2009 he became the first Wilkes the No. 1 doubles title with brother Jacob at the men’s tennis coach to reach 100 wins. With the 20 wins this past MAC Individual Tournament. season his Colonels set the school record for wins in a season. Wilkes has acquired at least 11 wins in eleven of his thirteen sea- sons as head mentor, and have not lost a conference match (40-0) 2014-15 Results since the 2008-09 season. 20-3 (6-0 Freedom) Graduate Assistant Date Opponent Result 4/11 at FDU-Florham* Win 9-0 10/1 Lycoming Win 9-0 4/13 Rutgers-Camden Win 9-0 David Teres 10/9 Oneonta Win 7-2 4/14 DVC* Win 9-0 2nd Season 2/14-15 Drew Invitational 4/18 at Arcadia* Win 9-0 David Teres begins his second season as gradu- 3/2 Wartburg Win 9-0 4/19 at Penn Tech Win 9-0 ate assistant coach in 2015-2016. David comes 3/2 Central State Win 9-0 4/25 at King’s* Win 9-0 to Wilkes following a fine playing career at the 3/4 Findlay Loss 1-5 4/28 Arcadia^ Win 5-0 University of Scranton. 3/4 Mount Union Win 9-0 5/2 King’s^ Win 5-0 At Scranton, David was a four-year letterwinner 3/5 St. John Fisher Win 9-0 5/7 Grove City# Win 5-0 and posted a 33-16 record in singles and 32-18 mark in doubles. 3/5 Roanoke Win 8-1 5/8 Trinity# Loss 0-5 David was also named first-team all-Landmark Conference in 3/29 Marywood Win 9-0 both singles and doubles three times, one of only three players 3/29 Keystone Win 9-0 * Denotes Freedom Conference in Scranton history to achieve that feat. He also served as team 4/2 Eastern* Win 9-0 ^MAC Freedom Playoffs captain during the 2013-2014 year. 4/6 at TCNJ Loss 0-9 #NCAA Tennis Champ. 4/8 Misericordia* Win 9-0 Ralston Athletic Complex The Ralston Athletic Complex 2015-16 Schedule is currently undergoing a three- Date Opponent Time 4/7 at Marywood 4 p.m. phase, $3 million renovation that 9/13 at Lycoming 10 a.m. 4/7 Cabrini 4 p.m. has helped resurface the tennis 9/13 at Penn College 2 p.m. 4/9 King’s* 11 a.m. 9/16 Oneonta 4 p.m. 4/9 PSU-Abington 3:30 p.m. courts in the summer of 2015. 9/25 Arcadia 3 p.m. 4/16 at Eastern* 1 p.m. Also included in the complex is 10/4 Scranton 11 a.m. 4/16 at Keystone 4:30 p.m. Munson Field House; Schmidt 10/4 Marywood 3 p.m. 4/23 FDU-Florham* 11 a.m. Stadium for football, soccer, field hockey and lacrosse; a stadium 2/13-14 Drew Invit. All Day 4/24 Moravian 2 p.m. for softball; a grass soccer field and two football practice fields. 3/16 at Bloomsburg 4 p.m. 4/30 Delaware Valley* 1 p.m. 3/19 at Haverford 12 p.m. Wilkes Sports Information 3/28 at Ursinus 4 p.m. *Denotes Freedom Conference Sports Information Director 4/2 at Misericordia* 1 p.m. Vince Scalzo For more information on Wilkes Men’s Tennis, go to (570) 408-4777 [email protected] www.gowilkesu.com.