No. 11 Wilkes (14-4) vs. No. 10 Ithaca (9-2)
2014-15 SCHEDULE
NOVEMBER
Nov. 1 at Monarch Invitational 4th place (two champions)
(Wilkes-Barre, PA - King’s College)
Nov. 5 Penn College
Win 51-0
Nov. 8 John Reese Duals
York (Pa.)
Loss 15-19
Johns Hopkins
Win 38-6
Gloucester Win 27-11
Nov. 15 at NY/PA Challenge
Nassau
Win 22-16
NYU
Loss 12-22
Hunter
Win 22-17
Nov. 21 Elizabethtown Win 31-6
DECEMBER
Dec. 5 -Dec. 6 at Messiah Petrofes 2nd place (one champion)
(Grantham, PA - Messiah College)
Dec. 28 Wilkes Open Three top four finishers (one champion)
JANUARY
Jan. 5
Centenary
Win 29-16
Jan. 9
at NWCA National Duals
Dubuque
Win 35-9
Wisconsin La-Crosse
Loss 13-28
Saint John’s
Win 20-16
Luther
Win 19-15
Coe
Loss 9-29
Jan. 18 at Will Abele Invitational 2nd place (four champions)
(Collegeville, PA - Ursinus College)
Jan. 24 Middle Atlantic Conference Championships 3rd place
(Wilkes-Barre, PA - Wilkes University)
Jan. 31 Scranton
Win 45-3
Trinity
Win 50-6
Alfred State
Win 49-3
FEBRUARY
Feb. 6 TCNJ Win 27-12
Feb. 7 at Messiah Open Six Top Seven Finishers
(Grantham, PA - Messiah College)
Feb. 13 at Ithaca 7:00 p.m.
Feb. 19 at King’s 7:00 p.m.
MARCH
Mar. 1
Mar. 13-14
East Regionals
TBA
(Roanoke, VA - hosted by Ferrum College)
at NCAA Championships TBA
(Hershey, PA - Elizabethtown College)
Home Matches in Bold at the Marts Center
Friday, February 13
Start Time: 7:00 p.m.
Ithaca, N.Y. • Glazer Arena
Colonels Notebook
• Wilkes upended No. 25 TCNJ 27-12 in its final home dual match of the season.
• The Colonels went a perfect 3-0 at its home quad match last Saturday with wins
against Scranton (45-3), Trinity (50-6) and Alfred State (49-3).
• Wilkes finished third of five teams at the 2015 Middle Atlantic Conference
Championships with ten Colonels claiming top four finishes.
• Of the ten Wilkes finishers, four finished runner up including Matthew Grossmann (133), Sean Lombardi (157), Kyle Diesel (174) and Dave Oberrender (285).
• Four Colonels earned titles at the Will Abele Invitational as Matthew Grossmann
(133), Josh Evans (149), Stephen Turner (157) and Kyle Diesel (174) all claimed
crowns for Wilkes at the event.
• Wilkes moved to 10-4 overall after going 3-2 at the NWCA National Duals in
Fort Wayne, IN. The Colonels posted wins over ranked opponents in Dubuque,
Saint John’s and Luther.
• Three wrestlers earned top four finishes at the Wilkes Open including 125-pound
champion Guesseppe Rea.
• Wilkes finished in second place at the Messiah Petrofes Tournament with 154 total team points, just 7.5 points behind champion and No. 1 ranked UW Whitewater who finished with 161.5 points while the Colonels posted 17 more team points
than third place and No. 2 Messiah College in the event.
• The Colonels went 2-1 at the NY/PA Challenge at King’s posting wins over Nassau (22-16) and Hunter College (22-17).
• Wilkes finished 2-1 at the John Reese Duals posting wins over Johns Hopkins
(38-6) and Gloucester (27-11).
• Wilkes posted a 51-0 victory over Penn College in its season opening dual match.
Four Colonels earned extra point wins in the match.
• The Colonels finished fourth at the 2014 Monarch Invitational to open the
season. Wilkes had ten wrestlers finish in the top-six including two individual
champions at 133-pounds (Michael Fleck) and 141-pounds (Pankil Chander).
• Thirteen wrestlers have fifteen wins or better and 27 wrestlers stand .500 or better.
Weighing In
Wilkes University Colonels (14-4)
Weight Name 125
#10 Guesseppe Rea
133
Matthew Grossmann
141
Pankil Chander
149
Josh Evans
157
Sean Lombardi
165
Mason McIntyre
165
Stephen Turner
174
Kyle Diesel
174
Robert Wright
184
Levi Veppert
197
Eric Bach
285
David Oberrender
285
Nick Dawson
Year Sr.
Fr.
So.
Fr.
Sr.
Sr.
Sr.
Jr.
Fr.
Jr.
Sr.
Sr.
Sr.
Season Rcd.
27-2
26-6
23-13
10-3
15-12
14-7
18-11
17-7
5-4
19-13
12-11
22-5
16-6
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Career Rcd.
85-20
26-6
39-31
10-3
47-45
23-8
54-42
42-21
5-4
62-40
57-34
84-38
45-22
2014-15 Wilkes University Roster
Head Coach Jon Laudenslager
Jon Laudenslager will begin his 12th season at the
helm of the Wilkes University wrestling program in
the 2014-15 season. During his eleven years as head
coach, Laudenslager has led Wilkes to a dual match
record of 172-72-5 (.705), including ten winning
seasons, and has posted at least 13 wins eight times.
Prior to appointment as head coach for the 2003-04
season, Laudenslager served as an assistant coach for
the Colonels for three years.
Wrestler Yr. Wt. Hometown / High School
Dustin Zuzulock
Fr.
125
West Deptford, NJ / West Deptford
Guesseppe Rea
Jr.
125
Stroudsburg, PA/ Stroudsburg
Matthew Grossmann Fr.
133
Lancaster, PA / Manheim Township
Thomas Stokes
Fr.
133
Bensalem, PA / Bensalem
Michael Fleck
Jr.
133
Easton, PA / Wilson Area
Corey Fleming
So.
133
Long Valley, NJ / West Morris
Bilal Bici
Fr.
141
Totowa, NJ / Passaic Valley
Kashif Alston
Fr.
141
Wilkes-Barre, PA / Meyers
Jessie Lopez
Fr.
141
Everett, WA / Everett
James Palys
Fr.
141
Scotrun, PA / Pocono Mountain East
Pankil Chander
So.
141
Cedarhurst, NY / Lawrence
Matthew Evans
Jr.
141
Honesdale, PA / Honesdale
Climbing as high as 15th nationally during the 200910 season, the Colonels finished the year with a school
record 22 wins and a second place Metropolitan Conference finish. Wilkes boasted seven place-winners,
with Frank Heffernan and Zach Pizarro taking home
individual titles, while Pizarro earned All-American
status.
Edwin Fiscal
So.
141
Bogota, NJ / Bogota
Ryan Smith
Jr.
141
Honesdale, PA / Honesdale
Mark Misczenski
So.
141
Easton, PA / Easton
Morgan Fuller
Fr.
149
Hamlin, PA / Western Wayne
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
(514 career wins).
Nicholas Racanelli
Fr.
149
West Creek, NJ / Southern Regional
Andrew Tonnesen
Fr.
149
Manahawkin, NJ / Southern Regional
In 2008-09, Laudenslager guided the Colonels to a
17-6-2 record, winning the Metropolitan team championship. The Colonels placed seven wrestlers into the
conference tournament finals, with 133 Josh Pauling,
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
national tournament in Iowa.
Josh Evans
Fr.
149
Palmerton, PA / Palmerton
Stephen Turner
Sr.
149
Plains, PA / Coughlin
Lucas Kline
So.
157
Elizabethtown, PA / Elizabethtown
Sean Lombardi
Sr.
157
Newton, NJ / Kittatiny
In the summer of 2010, Laudenslager was selected
by the NWCA as a mentor for the 2010 Leadership
Academy. He also served on the Division III NCAA
Committee from 2006-2010.
Mark Maloney
So.
165
Fleetwood, PA / Bethlehem Catholic
Mason McIntyre
Jr.
165
Bethlehem, PA / Easton
Robert Wright
Fr.
165
Sweet Valley, PA / Lake Lehman
James Ilvento
So.
174
Holmdel, NJ / Holmdel
Kyle Diesel
Jr.
174
Westtown, NY / Minisink Valley
Jordan Nochimson
So.
184
Nutley, NJ / Nutley
Levi Veppert
Jr.
184
Kempton, PA / Northwestern Lehigh
Jacob Brook
So.
184
Layton, NJ / Kittatiny
Eric Bach
Sr.
197
Newton, NJ / Kittatiny
Kelly Pullen
So.
197
Salisbury, MD / Wicomico
John Austin
Fr.
285
Glenmoore, PA / Downingtown West
David Oberrender
Sr.
285
Freeland, PA / Hazleton
Nicholas Dawson
Sr.
285
Montoursville, PA / Montoursville
David Wilke
Sr.
285
Nazareth, PA / Nazareth
Under Laudenslager’s guidance, the Colonels have
become a consistent force in Division III, ranking
as high as 5th nationally during the 2013-14 season.
Wilkes finished 18-3 capturing the program’s firstever East Regional championship while sending six
wrestlers to NCAA’s including All-American Mark
Hartenstine (4th/149).
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 sending four wrestlers to NCAA’s including its second
straight National Runner-Up Kris Krawchuk.
With six Metropolitan Conference place-winners,
including two-time conference champion and National Runner-Up (two-time All-American) Anthony
Dattolo, Laudenslager led Wilkes to a 19-4 record in
2011-12, the fifth straight year with atleast 15 victories.
Laudenslager is a former standout wrestler for the
Colonels, earning four varsity letters from 1994 to
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
134 pounds. Laudenslager finished fifth at the EIWA
Championships and earned EIWA Rookie of the Year
honors. His performance helped Wilkes fashion a dual
match record of 14-10-1 and cop a tenth place finish
at the EIWA Championships. He also ended his freshman season with a team-leading nine wins by fall.
As a junior Laudenslager concluded the season with
an overall record of 17-10 at 134 pounds. He posted
six wins by fall and came close to knocking off EIWA
champion Carl Keske from Cornell University, dropping a hard-fought 11-9 decision. He also earned a
second-place finish at the West Point Open, while
claiming the team’s Shawn Galbreath Academic
Coaches Award.
A graduate of Wilkes with a degree in Psychology,
Laudenslager is only the seventh head coach in the
long and storied history of the Colonels wrestling
program.
2014-15 Individual Records
(thru 2/12/15)
Wt. Class Name Yr.
Season Record/Tournaments
Career Record
125
#10 Guesseppe Rea
Jr.
27-2/3rd Messiah Petrofes/1st Wilkes Open
85-20
125
Dustin Zuzlock
Fr.
3-15
3-15
133
Michael Fleck
Jr.
18-5/1st Monarch Invitational/5th Messiah Petrofes
66-22
133
Corey Fleming
So.
16-14/6th Monarch Invitational/7th Messiah Petrofes
36-24
133
Matthew GrossmannFr.
26-6/2nd Monarch Invitational/3rd Messiah Petrofes/2nd Wilkes Open/1st Will Abele/2nd MAC26-6
133
Thomas Stokes
Fr.
6-1/3rd Monarch Invitational
6-1
141
Bilal Bici
Fr.
8-5/2nd Will Abele
8-5
141
Kashif Alston
Fr.
5-10
5-10
141
Jessie Lopez
Fr.
0-0
0-0
141
James Palys
Fr.
20-10/4th Messiah Petrofes/3rd Will Abele
20-10
141
Pankil Chander
So.
23-13/1st Monarch Invitational/4th Wilkes Open/Messiah Open39-31
141
Matthew Evans
Jr.
12-12/4th Will Abele
27-28
141
Edwin Fiscal
So.
1-10
11-21
141
Ryan Smith
Jr.
4-2/5th Monarch Invitational
19-20
141
Mark Misczenski
So.
10-7/3rd Will Abele/4th MAC/5th Messiah Open
21-21
149
Morgan Fuller
Fr.
14-13/4th Will Abele/7th Messiah Open
14-13
149
Nicholas Racanelli
Fr.
16-10/5th Messiah Petrofes/3rd MAC/3rd Messiah Open 16-10
149
Andrew Tonnesen
Fr.
9-4
9-4
149
Stephen Turner
Sr.
18-11/1st Will Abele
54-42
149
Josh Evans
Fr.
10-3/1st Will Abele/4th MAC
10-3
157
Lucas Kline
So.
1-9/4th Will Abele
5-15
157
Sean Lombardi
Sr.
15-12/4th Messiah Petrofes/2nd MAC
47-45
165
Patrick Swenson
Fr.
0-2
0-2
165
Mark Maloney
So.
4-8
5-9
165
Mason McIntyre
Jr.
14-7/6th Monarch Invitational/7th Messiah Petrofes
23-8
165
Robert Wright
Fr.
5-4
5-4
174
Kieran Gerrity
Fr.
2-4
2-4
174
James Ilvento
So.
12-9/7th Messiah Petrofes/3rd Will Abele
14-19
174
Kyle Diesel
Jr.
17-7/3rd Monarch Invitational/1st Will Abele/2nd MAC
42-21
184
Brady Butler
Fr.
0-2
0-2
184
Daniel VanBrunt
Fr.
0-5
0-5
184
James McNally
So.
8-5/4th Monarch Invitational
19-13
184
Jordan Nochimson
So.
6-12/3rd Will Abele/7th Messiah Open
6-18
184
Levi Veppert
Jr.
19-13/4th MAC
62-40
184
Jacob Brook
So.
2-6
7-13
197
Eric Bach
Sr.
12-11/2nd Messiah Petrofes/4th MAC
57-34
197
Alex Pullen
So.
0-2
13-12
285
John Austin
Fr.
1-2
1-2
285
David Oberrender
Sr.
22-5/3rd Monarch Invitational/1st Messiah Petrofes/2nd MAC84-38
285
David Wilke
Sr.
8-5
8-5
285
Nicholas Dawson
Sr.
16-6/2nd Will Abele/3rd MAC/5th Messiah Open
45-22
National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III Individual Ranking – January 28, 2015
125
133
1. Mike Fuenffinger – Augsburg College (sr)
2. Lucas Malmberg – Messiah College (so)
3. Jesse Gunter – Baldwin Wallace College (jr)
4. Asher Kramer – SUNY Brockport (jr)
5. Paul Bewak – Johns Hopkins University (sr)
6. Jake Angnitsch – Wartburg College (sr)
7. Daniel Page – Central College (sr)
8. Nick Mancini – University of Mount Union (fr)
9. Connor Kirkegard – Delaware Valley College (jr)
10. Guesseppe Rea – Wilkes University (jr)
1. Jeremy Border - University of Mount Union (jr)
2. Nathan Giorgio – US Coast Guard Academy (sr)
3. Alex Gomez – Ithaca College (sr)
4. Ryan O’Boyle – McDaniel College (jr)
5. Evan Obert – Luther College (jr)
6. Connor Campo – Wartburg College (so)
7. Sean Ambrocio – Concordia College - Wisconsin (sr)
8. Aaron Anderson – Central College (jr)
9. Chad Bartschenfeld – Augsburg College (sr)
10. Dustin Weinmann – UW La Crosse (so)
1. Kaleb Loht – Messiah College (sr)
2. Cary Palmer – Hunter College (jr)
3. Brandon Jones – New York University (sr)
4. Jacoby Bergeron - Concordia College – Moorhead (sr)
5. Nick Steger – Loras College (jr)
6. Nick Wahba – Ithaca College (so)
7. Michael Ferinde – Johnson & Wales University (sr)
8. Ben Henle – Saint John’s University (jr)
9. Jared Kust – UW Stevens Point (jr)
10. Matt Adcock - UW Whitewater (jr)
1. Vincent Fava – Delaware Valley College (sr)
2. Kenny Martin – Wartburg College (so)
3. Elroy Perkin – UW Whitewater (sr)
4. Kasey Einerson – UW La Crosse (jr)
5. Dan Mirman – John Carroll University (jr)
6. Luke Lohr – Waynesburg University (sr)
7. Brad Mayville – Rochester Institute of Technology (sr)
8. Derek Arnold – Ursinus College (so)
9. Brian Travis – University of Dubuque (sr)
10. Will Keeter – Augsburg College (sr)
1. Nick Carr – Washington & Jefferson College (jr)
2. Jorge Lopez – Williams College (jr)
3. Reece Lefever – Wabash College (jr)
4. Richard Jasinski – Ursinus College (sr)
5. Jon Garrison – University of Mount Union (sr)
6. Steve Dewitt – Loras College (sr)
7. Drew Wagenhoffer – Wartburg College (sr)
8. Larry Cannon – Messiah College (so)
9. Mike Polizzi – Stevens Institute of Technology (sr)
10. Tom Gerszewski – UW Whitewater (jr)
1. Dylan Foley – Springfield College (sr)
2. Farai Sewera – Coe College (jr)
3. Andrew Steiert – Wartburg College (so)
4. Jake Krogstad - Concordia College – Moorhead (sr)
5. Terner Gott – John Carroll University (sr)
6. Matt Tuttle – Alma College (sr)
7. Tyler Schneider – UW La Crosse (so)
8. Jesse Bader – Hunter College (sr)
9. David Shapiro – Baldwin Wallace College (so)
10. Francisco Colom – Roger Williams University (jr)
1. Zach Zotollo – The College of New Jersey (sr)
2. Conner Lefever – Wabash College (jr)
3. Josh Thomson – Messiah College (jr)
4. Ryan Harrington – Coe College (so)
5. Brandon Welter – Wartburg College (sr)
6. Nicholas Allen – Olivet College (sr)
7. Jamie Jakes – Alma College (jr)
8. Sebastian Gardner - Concordia College – Moorhead (jr)
9. Jordan Newman – UW Whitewater (fr)
10. Josh Sibblies – Centenary College (so)
1. Riley Lefever – Wabash College (so)
2. Christopher Chorzepa – Williams College (so)
3. Jayden DeVilbiss – Luther College (sr)
4. Tyler Beckwith – Cortland State (sr)
5 Richard Carlson – UW La Crosse (jr)
6. Jon Deupree – University of Southern Maine (sr)
7. Ryan Aprahamian – UW Whitewater (jr)
8. Devin Peterson – Wartburg College (so)
9. Phil Woods – Stevens Institute of Technology (fr)
10. Patrick Sheehan – New York University (sr)
1. Shane Siefert – UW Whitewater (jr)
2. Aaron Karns – Delaware Valley College (sr)
3. Joe Giaramita – Cortland State (jr)
4. David Welch – Roger Williams University (jr)
5. Eric Twohey – UW La Crosse (sr)
6. Bryan Levsen – Wartburg College (so)
7. Matt Hechsel – Augsburg College (sr)
8. Dennis Melendez – Hunter College (jr)
9. Jake Reuteler - Concordia College – Wisconsin (sr)
10. Matt Seabold – Central College (so)
1. Cody Lovejoy – Ohio Northern University (sr)
2. Mackenzie Green – Trine University (jr)
3. Nino Majoy – Heidelberg College (jr)
4. Zach Roseberry – Delaware Valley College (so)
5. Ben Nagle – Wartburg College (sr)
6. Terrance Jean-Jacques – Rhode Island College (so)
7. Donny Longendyke – Augsburg College (so)
8. Anthony Edgren – UW Whitewater (sr)
9. James Bethel – Oneonta State (fr)
10. Lance Moore – Cortland State (sr)
141
157
174
197
149
165
184
285