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First-time winners McKendree, Northwest Tech highlight champions at NWCA Multi-Divisional National Duals

TDR Editor’s Notes ; A great event. Hope to attend in person next year as it could be the largest gathering of college wrestlers in the regular season.
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Louisville, Kentucky — First-time winners Northwest Tech and McKendree were among the five National Duals champions crowned on Saturday at the Kentucky Expo Center and Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky as NUWAY hosted the 2019 NWCA Multi-Divisional National Duals presented by the United States Marine Corps and Defense Soap. St. Cloud State, Augsburg and Grand View also wrestled their way to championships as 84 teams in five collegiate divisions ended the 18th annual multi-divisional event. All three schools were repeat winners.
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McKendree became just the sixth school to win an women’s National Duals title. The Bearcats topped perennial power King 24-17 in the championship final. The two teams battled back-and-forth for the first seven weights before McKendree won the final three to claim victory. Individually, McKendree’s key wins came at 116 pounds with Felicity Taylor topping Makayla Welch with a 14-3 technical fall and Brenda Reyna topping Allison Petix 5-1 at 130 in a matchup of All-Americans. King made things interesting as the Tornado registered a fall at 136 pounds by top-ranked Nicole Joseph and then freshman Ashlynn Ortega upended top-ranked Alexis Porter of McKendree at 143 pounds 5-1. Rest of the story and details at http://www.nwcaonline.com/first-time-winners-mckendree-northwest-tech-highlight-champions-at-nwca-multi-divisional-national-duals-presented-by-the-united-states-marine-corps-and-defense-soap/?mc_cid=e742e43ef4&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

January 9, 2019 Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized | Leave a comment