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Two Wilkes wrestlers are still alive for national championship bids after Guesseppe Rea and Matthew Grossmann each won two matches on Friday at the NCAA Division III Championships in Hershey.
Rea, the fourth seed at 125 pounds, picked up two decisions on the day, edging Jakob Stageberg and Daniel Page 6-2 and 3-2, respectively, to reach the semifinals.
Fifth-seeded Grossman moved into the semis of the 133-pound bracket with a pair of pins, decking Jacob Spearman in 3:56 and Connor Campo in 6:02.
Both Rea and Grossman are guaranteed All-America status, giving the Colonels seven straight years with at least one All-American. They will each face the top seed in their brackets this morning as Rea takes on Mike Fuennffinger (Augsburg) and Grossman goes up against Nathan Giorgio (U.S. Coast Guard Academy).
Two other Wilkes wrestlers competed at NCAAs. Kyle Diesel (174) lost his opener and answered with a major decision before bowing out in his second consolation match. Josh Evans lost twice at 149.
INDOOR TRACK
Record day for Viti
Misericordia’s Amy Viti is off to an impressive start at the NCAA Division III Track and Field Championships.
The Cougars junior broke her own school record with a first-place time of 2:11.83 in the women’s 800-meter prelims in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Viti will go for gold in the event finals, scheduled for 3:45 p.m. today.
Also competing for the Cougars was Cory Poepperling, who is in seventh place following the completion of the first four events of the men’s heptathlon.
Poepperling opened the day with a 12th place finish in the 60-meter dash (7.33). He followed that with a ninth-place finish in the long jump (6.53) and then added a seventh-place finish in the shot put (11.78).
He finished the day with a jump of 1.85 in the high jump to move into seventh place overall with a total of 2,736 points.
The heptathlon concludes Saturday with the 60-meter hurdles, pole vault and the 1,000-meter run.
WOMEN’S LACROSSE
Wilkes 21, Old Westbury 7
A 10-point day from Carley Smith (four goals, six assists) helped lift the Lady Colonels to a non-conference win.
Madeleine Brownsey scored a team-high six goals on eleven shots. Tori Kerr had four goals while Maura Brownsey and Jessyca Held each had two.
MEN’S LACROSSE
King’s 16, Keystone 3
Freshmen Cam Trick and Brock Johnson each finished with four goals and three assists to help the Monarchs pick up their first win on the young season.
Kevin Sweeney and Mike DiCarlo added three goals apiece for King’s.