No. 24 Wilkes at McDaniel Quad 2015-16 SCHEDULE Saturday, December 12 Start Time: 11:00 a.m. NOVEMBER Nov. 7 at Monarch Invitational 2nd Place Westminster, MD • Gill Center (Wilkes-Barre, PA - King’s College) Nov. 14 John Reese Duals Colonels Notebook York (Pa.) Loss 17-20 • Wilkes is currently on a five-match win streak dating back to November 14. The Colonels posted a 30-6 victory over LIU-Post at the Grapple at the Gar- Stevens Loss 16-18 den held at Madison Square Garden. Rowan Win 30-18 • Wilkes finished fourth as a team at the Messiah Petrfoes last week including Nov. 20 Elizabethtown Win 21-17 10 top-eight placewinners at the event. Thomas Stokes claimed the Colo- Nov. 22 Temple Win 40-9 nels lone title at the event beating two ranked opponents on the way to the at Muhlenberg Win 35-10 141-pound championship. Stokes was also named Most Outstanding Wrestler. 11/29 Grapple in the Garden • Wilkes finished 1-2 at the 2015 John Reese Duals falling 20-17 against No. LIU Post (@Madison Square Garden) Win 30-6 16 York (Pa.) and 18-16 to No. 12 Stevens Tech before claiming a 30-18 vic- tory over Rowan College. DECEMBER • Wilkes features four wrestlers ranked in the top ten according to the latest Dec. 4 -Dec. 5 at Messiah Petrofes Tournament 4th place NWCA individual rankings including Fleck (8th at 125), Grossmann (1st at (Grantham, PA - Messiah College) 133), Stokes (6th at 141) and Diesel (4th at 184). Dec. 12 NYU 11:00 a.m. • The Colonels finished in second place at its season-opening tournament the at McDaniel 12:30 p.m. Monarch Invitational hosted by King’s College last Saturday. Wilkes claimed three titles including Fleck at 125, Grossmann at 133 and Diesel at 184. Greensboro 2:00 p.m. • Four other Colonels earned top-six finishes joining Fleck, Grossmann and Dec. 28 Wilkes Open 9:00 a.m. Diesel including Evans (2nd place-149), Nicholas Dawson (2nd place-197), Pankil Chander (3rd place-141) and Corey Fleming (6th place-149). JANUARY Jan. 4 Centenary 7:00 p.m. Jan. 8-9 at NWCA National Duals 9:30 a.m. Wilkes University Colonels (Fort Wayne, Indiana) Weighing In Jan. 14 Penn College 7:00 p.m. Jan. 23 Middle Atlantic Conference Championships 10:30 a.m. Weight Name Year Season Rcd. Overall Rcd. (Williamsport, PA - Lycoming College) 125 #8 Michael Fleck Sr. 14-1 80-23 Jan. 31 Wilkes Quad TBA 133 #1 Matthew Grossmann So. 8-1 44-7 141 Thomas Stokes Fr. 8-3 8-3 FEBRUARY 149 Josh Evans So. 12-4 27-11 Feb. 5 at TCNJ 7:00 p.m. 157 James Palys So. 6-8 26-18 Feb. 12 Ithaca 7:00 p.m. 165 Nicholas Racanelli So. 5-2 21-12 Feb. 18 King’s 7:00 p.m. 174 James Ilvento Jr. 9-7 11-17 Feb. 27 at East Regional TBA 184 #4 Kyle Diesel Sr. 14-1 63-25 197 Nick Dawson Gr. 8-3 55-25 MARCH 285 Alex Pullen So. 6-3 19-15 Mar. 12-13 at NCAA Championships TBA (Cedar Rapids, Iowa – U.S. Cellular Center) Home Matches in Bold at the Marts Center Watch Live Wilkes Wrestling Matches (http://www.gowilkesu.com/sports/2015/7/31/GEN_0731155646.aspx) Head Coach Jon Laudenslager 2015-16 Wilkes University Roster Jon Laudenslager will begin his 13th season at the helm of the Wilkes University wrestling program in the 2015-16 season. During his twelve years as head coach, Laudenslager has led Wilkes to a dual match Wrestler Yr. Wt. Hometown / High School record of 187-77-5 (.708), including eleven winning seasons, and has posted at least 13 wins nine times. Prior to appointment as head coach for the 2003-04 Dustin Zuzulock So. 125 West Deptford, NJ / West Deptford season, Laudenslager served as an assistant coach for the Colonels for three years. Michael Fleck Sr. 125 Easton, PA / Wilson Area Laudenslager coached his first-ever NCAA Divi- sion III National Champion in freshman Matthew Grossmann (133) in 2014-15. Grossmann became the Matthew Grossmann So. 133 Lancaster, PA / Manheim Township Colonels 11th champion and the first Wilkes wrestler to capture a national title since 1975, earning several Freshman of the Year honors in the process. Samuel Mass Fr. 133 Bethlehem, PA / Liberty Under Laudenslager’s guidance, the Colonels have become a consistent force in Division III, ranking Jake Dimarsico So. 133 Thiells, NY / North Rockland as high as 5th nationally during the 2013-14 season. Wilkes finished 18-3 capturing the program’s first- ever East Regional championship while sending six John Ritter Fr. 141 Bethlehem, PA / Liberty wrestlers to NCAA’s including All-American Mark Hartenstine (4th/149). Robert Hawkins Fr. 141 Wilkes-Barre, PA / Coughlin In 2012-13, the Colonels set a school record with 19-straight dual match wins breaking the previous mark of 18 set in 1979-80. Wilkes finished 19-3 send- Thomas Stokes Fr. 141 Bensalem, PA / Bensalem ing four wrestlers to NCAA’s including its second straight National Runner-Up Kris Krawchuk. Bilal Bici So. 141 Totowa, NJ / Passaic Valley With six Metropolitan Conference place-winners, including two-time conference champion and Na- tional Runner-Up (two-time All-American) Anthony Pankil Chander Jr. 141 Cedarhurst, NY / Lawrence Dattolo, Laudenslager led Wilkes to a 19-4 record in 2011-12, the fifth straight year with atleast 15 victo- ries. Ashton Gyenizs Fr. 149 Madison, CT / Daniel Hand Climbing as high as 15th nationally during the 2009- 10 season, the Colonels finished the year with a school Corey Fleming Jr. 149 Long Valley, NJ / West Morris record 22 wins and a second place Metropolitan Con- ference finish. Wilkes boasted seven place-winners, with Frank Heffernan and Zach Pizarro taking home Morgan Fuller So. 149 Hamlin, PA / Western Wayne individual titles, while Pizarro earned All-American status. Josh Evans So. 149 Palmerton, PA / Palmerton On January 30 of that season, Laudenslager earned his 100th career dual victory, the second to ever achieve the feat at Wilkes after legendary coach John Reese Cole Walters Fr. 149 Mifflintown, PA / Juniata (514 career wins). In 2008-09, Laudenslager guided the Colonels to a Nicholas Racanelli So. 157 West Creek, NJ / Southern Regional 17-6-2 record, winning the Metropolitan team cham- pionship. The Colonels placed seven wrestlers into the conference tournament finals, with 133 Josh Pauling, James Palys So. 157 Scotrun, PA / Pocono Mountain East 149 Erik Smith and 197 Zach Pizarro claiming titles. The Colonels ranked as high as 12th in the NWCA polls that season, and qualified five wrestlers to the Kelvin Awo Fr. 157 Lansdowne, PA / Penn Wood national tournament in Iowa. In the summer of 2010, Laudenslager was selected Matthew Judge Fr. 165 Eynon, PA / Valley View by the NWCA as a mentor for the 2010 Leadership Academy. He also served on the Division III NCAA Committee from 2006-2010. James Ilvento Jr. 165 Holmdel, NJ / Holmdel Laudenslager is a former standout wrestler for the Colonels, earning four varsity letters from 1994 to Kyle Diesel Sr. 174 Westtown, NY / Minisink Valley 1998 while wrestling at the Division I level. He broke onto the scene as a rookie when he fashioned an overall record of 24-7 while wrestling at both 126 and Jacob Brook Jr. 184 Layton, NJ / Kittatiny 134 pounds. Laudenslager finished fifth at the EIWA Championships and earned EIWA Rookie of the Year honors. His performance helped Wilkes fashion a dual Zachary Faust Fr. 197 Wilkes-Barre, PA / G.A.R. Memorial match record of 14-10-1 and cop a tenth place finish at the EIWA Championships. He also ended his fresh- man season with a team-leading nine wins by fall. Jordan Nochimson Jr. 197 Nutley, NJ / Nutley As a junior Laudenslager concluded the season with an overall record of 17-10 at 134 pounds. He posted Nicholas Dawson Gr. 285 Montoursville, PA / Montoursville six wins by fall and came close to knocking off EIWA champion Carl Keske from Cornell University, drop- ping a hard-fought 11-9 decision. He also earned a Kelly Pullen So. 285 Salisbury, MD / Wicomico second-place finish at the West Point Open, while claiming the team’s Shawn Galbreath Academic Coaches Award. John Austin So. 285 Glenmoore, PA / Downingtown West A graduate of Wilkes with a degree in Psychology, Laudenslager is only the seventh head coach in the Jacob Huling Fr. 285 Jersey Shore, PA / Jersey Shore long and storied history of the Colonels wrestling program. Kyle Gildner Fr. 285 Bethlehem, PA / Liberty 2015-16 Individual Records (thru 12/11/15) Wt. Class Name Yr. Season Record/Tournaments Career Record 125 Dustin Zuzulock So. 4-5 7-20 125 #8 Michael Fleck Sr. 14-1/1st Monarch Invitational/2nd Messiah Petrofes 80-23 125 Dino Cancellieri Fr. 1-2 1-2 133 #1 Matthew Grossmann So. 8-1/1st Monarch Invitational 44-7 133 Samuel Mass Fr. 1-6 1-6 141 Jake Dimarsico So. 7-3 17-12 141 John Ritter Fr. 6-5 6-5 141 Robert Hawkins Fr. 6-4/7th Messiah Petrofes 6-4 141 #6 Thomas Stokes Fr. 8-3/1st Messiah Petrofes 8-3 141 Bilal Bici So. 2-2 10-8 141 Pankil Chander Jr. 11-5/3rd Monarch Invitational/4th Messiah Petrofes 53-39 149 Ashton Gyenizs Fr. 3-4 3-4 149 Corey Fleming Jr. 5-7/6th Monarch Invitational 41-31 149 Morgan Fuller So. 3-5 17-19 149 Josh Evans So.