Takedown Report

4th Women’s Wrestling Notes, Results & News

Bulldogs Dominate in Wisconsin at LU Muskie Women’s Duals
PLYMOUTH, Wis. —The Adrian College women’s wrestling team put an exclamation point on the end of the first half of the season by going 4-0 at the Lakeland University Duals and outscoring opponents 131-39 on Saturday in Woltzen Gymnasium. The Bulldogs were 32-8 overall in individual matches on the day and picked up convincing dual wins over Wisconsin Stevens Point, North Central (Illinois), Lakeland and MacMurray by scores of 30-13, 36-11, 34-3 and 31-12, respectively. “I was most impressed with the way the women went out and kept control of almost every match — even the losses,” Adrian coach Cliff Cushard said about his team’s performance. Wrestlers who went 4-0 for the Bulldogs included sophomore Zoe Nowicki and freshmen Megan Vondrasek and Arys Onstott. Adrian also saw four individuals go 3-1 on the day, including senior Mara Eason, sophomores Angela Goldwire, Mackenzie Tayerle and freshman Angela LoRusso. “Finishing up with four dual wins is a great way to lead into national duals,” Cushard said. “We really pulled together as a team.” With fall semester final exams complete, Adrian is off for the winter break and the Bulldogs are back in action on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 10-11, for the National Wrestling Coaches Association multidivisional duals in Louisville, Ky. Rest of the results and story at https://adrianbulldogs.com/sports/w-wrestl/2019-20/releases/20191214qf569l?mc_cid=654ae3350c&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

MacMurray Women’s upsets No. 7 North Central, goes 3-1 at Lakeland
PLYMOUTH, Wis. – Highlighted by a win over the No. 7 ranked team in the nation, the MacMurray College women’s wrestling team had a great day at the Lakeland Duals, as the team went 3-1 overall. The team defeated No. 7 North Central, while Tory Marrufo, Jocelyn Hernandez, and Samantha Bush all had three wins individually.
MacMurray 27 No. 7 North Central 21
Starting the day strong, MacMurray used wins from Marrufo, Hernandez, Bush and Tiffany Tiepelman to push ahead early. 
At 109, Hernandez pinned her opponent in 4:09.
MacMurray 35 Lakeland 10
Dominating the host school, the Highlanders crusied to a win in their second match of the day. MacMurray earned victories via fall at the 136, 143 and 155 weight classes. At 136, Mia Dow pinned her opponent in 1:35, while Moreno and Bush needed under a minute each to earn the wins in their respective matches. 
Adrian 36 MacMurray 12
The Highlanders dropped a tough match to a very good Adrian team, as Shropshire and Johnvanique Porter picked up the lone wins in the match.  The rest of the story at https://mchighlanders.com/news/2019/12/14/womens-wrestling-wwrs-upsets-no-7-north-central-goes-3-1-at-lakeland.aspx?mc_cid=654ae3350c&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

NWCA Launches NCAA Women’s Coaches Poll
Manheim, PA – The National Wrestling Coaches Association has released its first edition of their 2019-2020 NCAA Women’s team and individual rankings compiled by the ranking committee.

• Individual Rankings

The Tournament Team rankings are based on points for each individual ranking in correlation with what that respective placement would earn at the National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Championships to be held March 6-7 in Adrian, Michigan. That point system is as follows:

Rank	Team	Points
1	McKendree University (IL)	116
2	King University (TN)	97
3	Colorado Mesa University (CO)	50
4	Emmanuel College (GA)	49
5	Simon Fraser University (BC)	48
6	Augsburg University (MN)	44
7	Gannon University (PA)	28
8	Tiffin University (OH)	25
9	UW Stevens Point (WI)	22
10	Adrian College (MI)	21

Ranking Committee: Cliff Cushard (Adrian College), Link Davis (Emmanuel College), Travis Mercado (Colorado Mesa University), Jason Moorman (King University), Joe Norton (North Central College), Sam Schmitz (McKendree University). Rest of the story at https://portal.nwcaonline.com/articles/NWCA_News/NWCA-Launches-NCAA-Women-s-Coaches-Poll-17-12-2019

UWSP women’s wrestling looks to blaze new path
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAW)- UW-Stevens Point has a new team on the mat, the first of their kind in the entire Midwest.

Team Practice

“We do have a vision in mind that we want to be at in a few years,” said Johnny Johnson, UWSP wrestling head coach. Nekoosa native Brooke Thurber knew UWSP was where she wanted to go to college. However, in doing so, she never had the opportunity to pursue her passion, wrestling, at the collegiate level.
That is until this year.
“It’s really just been an amazing experience,” said Thurber. “I never thought I was going to get the opportunity to be on a women’s wrestling team.” UWSP is the first public institution in the Midwest to offer women’s wrestling as a sanctioned sport. Rest of the story at https://www.wsaw.com/content/news/Your-Town-UWSP-Womens-Wrestling–566230701.html?mc_cid=e30f8eb0f1&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

HMA Interview #20: Rebecca Roper
For the 20th edition of Home Mat Advantage’s Interview Podcast, Rebecca Roper joins Sam Herring to chat about her experiences in wrestling as a kid, her relationship with her husband, Lee Roper, who is the head associate coach at the University of Northern Iowa, as well as her job at the Dan Gable Museum in Waterloo, Iowa. Rest of the story at http://www.hmawrestling.com/podcast/hma-interview-20-rebecca-roper/?mc_cid=e30f8eb0f1&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

December 28, 2019 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized