WILKES-BARRE (PA) – For the second time in 48 hours, Delaware Valley College had little problem defeating a nationally-ranked team on the road as the third-ranked Aggies notched a 38-3 triumph at No. 19 Wilkes University.

The win improved Delaware Valley to 15-1-1 on the season. Seven of those victories have come against teams ranked in the Division III top 30, including Wednesday night's 46-0 blanking at 27th-ranked Messiah College. Since coming back from the Division III National Duals two weeks ago – where they finished third – the Aggies have wrestled five matches and have won them by a combined score of 226-15.

Friday's match began at 133 pounds where Brandon Clemmer, ranked ninth in Division III, edged Josh Pauling, 1-0 to improve his record to 20-5 on the year.

Eric McCann and Dale Fava followed with victories at 141 and 149 pounds respectively to give the Aggies a 10-0 lead. McCann (16-7) earned a 14-4 major decision over Donny Clarks while Fava (10-4) had a 4-3 decision over Erik Smith.

The Colonels (10-5-1) picked up their lone points of the evening at 157 pounds while James Hiestead blanked Robbie Hickman, 2-0. However, the Aggies responded with two falls and two technical falls over the next four weight classes to take a commanding 32-3 advantage.

Justin Barowski, a transfer from Wilkes, notched a pin against his former school as he downed Richard Pellegrini in 3:56 to improve to 17-5. Rocky Mantella, ranked fifth in the country at 174 pounds, upped his record to a perfect 17-0 thanks to an 18-3 technical fall victory over Frank Heffernan. Mike Wilcox, last year's national runner-up and the current number two ranked wrestler at 184 pounds, notched a technical fall victory of his own, a 19-2 victory over Daniel Brown. Wilcox is now 22-2 on the season.

Delaware Valley's biggest win of the evening occurred at 197 pounds where Jeff Siciliano pinned eighth-ranked Zach Pizzaro 56 seconds into the second period (3:56). The win was the 16th in 21 matches this season for Siciliano.

Returning All-Americans Kyle Bilquist and Chris Sheetz ended the evening with decisions at heavyweight and 125 pounds respectively. Bilquist, currently ranked third in his weight class, improved to 18-3 with a 7-3 triumph over Andrew Feldman. Sheetz, ranked fourth, came from behind in the final 30 seconds to post a 6-3 victory over Shaun Farnham. Sheetz leads the Aggies in wins with 25 (25-3).

Delaware Valley returns to action on Tuesday, January 27 (7:00 p.m.) when it hosts Division II Shippensburg University.

NO. 3 DELAWARE VALLEY COLLEGE 38, NO. 19 WILKES UNIVERSITY 3
133 - Brandon Clemmer (DVC) by decision over Josh Pauling, 1-0 (3-0 DVC)
141 - Eric McCann (DVC) by major decision over Donny Clark, 14-4 (7-0 DVC)
149 - Dale Fava (DVC) by decision over Erik Smith, 4-3 (10-0 DVC)
157 - James Histead (W) by decision over Robbie Hickman, 2-0 (10-3 DVC)
165 - Justin Barowski (DVC) by fall over Richard Pellegrini, 3:56 (16-3 DVC)
174 - Rocky Mantella (DVC) by technical fall over Frank Heffernan, 18-3 (21-3 DVC)
184 - Mike Wilcox (DVC) by technical fall over Daniel Brown, 19-2 (26-3 DVC)
197 - Jeff Siciliano (DVC) by fall over Zach Pizarro, 3:56 (32-3 DVC)
285 - Kyle Bilquist (DVC) by decision over Andrew Feldman, 7-3 (35-3 DVC)
125 – Chris Sheetz (DVC) by decision over Shaun Farnham, 6-3 (38-3 DVC)
* Random draw determined that the match would start at 133 pounds