Wilkes at NCAA National Championships
Friday-Saturday, March 11-12, 2011
Host: University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Start Time: 11:00 a.m.
La Crosse Center / La Crosse, WI

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Dattolo talks about NCAA championships

Colonels Notebook
• The Colonels Anthony Dattolo (Succasunna, NJ/Roxbury) is the team's lone qualifying wrestler as he represents WU at the 2011 NCAA Division III National Championships in La Crosse, WI on March 11-12.
• The national championships are hosted by the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and will take place Friday and Saturday, with first day of action set to get underway at 11:00 a.m. at the La Crosse Center.
• Dattolo enters the NCAAs as the Metropolitan Conference's champion at 149, defeating Centenary's John Stillo 1-0 in the title match for the automatic qualifying bid.
• Dattolo finished his day at the Metro championships 4-0; As the No. 1 seed, he pinned NYU's Dan Gorman in 1:52 before beating Christian Mazzochi 7-4; In the semfinals he got a 6-3 decision over TCNJ's John Darling, moving on to the
championship match with Stillo.
• He's received the No. 5 seed, getting a first round bye for the championships; He'll square off against unseeded Andrew Johnson from Heidelberg in the second round; Johnson has a 19-13 overall record for the 'Berg, who wrestle out of the OAC.
• This will be the first meeting between Dattolo and Johnson, however they do have two like-opponents: Mazzocchi of King's (Johnson pinned Mazzocchi in 6:32), and Kevin Shadrach of Mount Union (Dattolo won a 5-0 decision; Johnson went 1-2)
• Dattolo is 27-2 overall this season, including an undefeated 22-0 mark against
Division III competition; He's 2-0 against nationally ranked wrestlers, defeating Lycoming's Isaiah Britton (No. 10) on Nov. 13 at the John Reese Duals and Jacob Groth (No. 7) of Wartburg on Jan. 8 at the NWCA National Duals.
• He's 5-0 against other national qualifying wrestlers this season, getting two wins over Britton, the win over Groth, a 5-3 win over Kris Magruder of Wisc-Stevens Point, and a major decision over Delaware Valley's Zac Andrews back on Dec. 11 at Muhlenberg College.
• Dattolo is also 3-2 against Division I competition, defeating Cal Stack and Dillon Smith from Lehigh and Aaron Fry from Lock Haven at the Wilkes Open on Dec. 28. 


Dattolo Match-by-Match

John Reese Duals (Marts Center / Wilkes-Barre, PA)
11/13 Lycoming #10 Isaiah Britton W, Dec 7-5
11/13 Stevens CJ Caserta W, Dec 7-2
11/13 Centenary John Stillo W, Dec 6-3

Mount Union Duals (MAAC / Alliance, OH)
11/20 #19 Ohio Northern Jonathon Hoopes W, Dec 9-3
11/20 Mt. St. Joseph Joseph Conrad W, Dec 9-3

Messiah Petrofes Invitational (Hitchcock Arena / Grantham, PA)
12/3 Lycoming Isaiah Britton W, Dec 5-2
12/3 #25 Springfield Ryan McGilvray W, Dec 9-0
12/3 #29 Mount Union Kevin Shadrach W, Dec 5-0
12/3 Bridgewater St. Joe Catino W, TF
12/3 #25 Springfield Kimberly Pearce W, Fall 0:43

Muhlenberg Quad (Memorial Hall / Allentown, PA)
12/11 Delaware Valley Zac Andrews W, MD 20-7
12/11 #18 York Danial Miller W, TF5 15-0 (7:00)

Wilkes Open (Marts Center / Wilkes-Barre, PA)
12/28 Lehigh Cal Stack W, TF5 15-0 (3:12)
12/28 Lehigh Dillon Smith W, Dec 5-1
12/28 Lehigh Shane Welsh L, Dec 9-6
12/28 Lock Haven Aaron Fry W, Dec 5-3
12/28 Nassau CC Mac Malderelli W, Dec 13-6
12/28 Rutgers Jordan Beverly L, Fall 1:43

NWCA National Duals (UNI Dome / Cedar Falls, IA)
1/8 #2 Wartburg #7 Jacob Groth W, Dec 13-6
1/8 #13 Dubuque Derek Mizaur W, Fall 0:42
1/8 #10 WI-Stevens Pt. Kris Magruder W, Dec 5-3

vs. East Stroudsburg (Marts Center / Wilkes-Barre, PA)
1/13 East Stroudsburg Forfeit

Wilkes Quad (Marts Center / Wilkes-Barre, PA)
1/30 RIT Adam Hugunine W, Fall 1:08
1/30 Trinity Daniel Lofrese W, Fall 0:49

vs. TCNJ (Marts Center / Wilkes-Barre, PA)
2/4 #14 TCNJ John Darling W, Dec 3-2

Metropolitan Conference Championships (Scandlon Gym / Wilkes-Barre, PA)
2/27 NYU Dan Gorman W, Fall 1:52
2/27 King's Christian Mazzocchi W, Dec 7-4
2/27 #12 TCNJ John Darling W, Dec 6-3
2/27 #10 Centenary John Stillo W, Dec 1-0


Team and Individual Rankings: That match's most recent Brute-Adidas NWCA Poll