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College Women’s Dual Results

SOU captures title at NWCA National Dual Meet Championships

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Southern Oregon University women’s wrestling team hit its biggest program milestone yet Saturday, taking down No. 5 Menlo (Calif.) in the semifinals and No. 2 Grand View (Iowa) in the final to capture the NAIA title at the U.S. Marine Corps/NWCA National Dual Meet Championships inside the Kentucky Expo Center.

The top-ranked Raiders came from behind in both duals, ultimately topping Menlo 25-18 and Grand View 22-18, thanks to a pair of upper-weight seniors: 170-pounder Joye Levendusky and 191-pounder Grace Kristoff. Trailing the Oaks 18-17, Levendusky, ranked No. 3, and Kristoff, ranked No. 5, scored back-to-back technical fall shutouts against Jessica Mendietta and Nikita Dhaliwal. And trailing the Vikings 17-15, Levendusky put the Raiders on top with a 10-0 technical fall over No. 4 Abby McIntyre before Kristoff clinched the championship with a 3-1 decision over No. 11 Olivia Brown.

SOU’s previous best finish at the tournament had been last year’s third-place showing. The team went on to take second place at the NAIA National Tournament. … rest of story at SOUraiders.com/news/2023/1/7/womens-wrestling-sou-captures-title-at-nwca-national-dual-meet-championships

King, SOU Women Win Down-To-The-Wire National Duals Thrillers

It came down to the last match, but King and Southern Oregon pulled off dramatic wins at the NWCA National Duals.

If dramatic finishes are your thing, then King and Southern Oregon delivered must-watch finals at the NWCA National Duals.

The top-seeded Tornado entered the tournament short-handed and still pulled out the win. Head coach Jason Moorman didn’t have a 191-pounder all weekend but he used a strategic move for a 22-20 win over a powerful North Central squad. 

King was ahead 20-15 after 155 pounds when the team forfeited against North Central’s nearly unstoppable Yelena Makoyed at 170 pounds. How good is Makoyed? Well, she won three international ranking tournaments in 2022 and pinned the reigning World champion at the World Cup. 

So, yeah, she’s pretty stellar. 

Moorman bumped up Cheyenne Bowman to take on Traeh Haynes at 191 pounds. Bowman controlled the match from the start for a 5-1 win and a team title for the Tornado.

The turning point was at 136 pounds when King’s Viktorya … rest of story at Flowrestling.org/articles/10306569-king-sou-women-win-down-to-the-wire-national-duals-thrillers

Auggie women take fifth at NWCA National Duals

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — For the second straight year, the No. 5-ranked Augsburg University women’s wrestling team finished in fifth place at the National Wrestling Coaches Association NCAA Women’s National Duals, winning both of its matches on Saturday.
 
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORES: No. 5 Augsburg 27, No. 8 Gannon (Pa.) 18; No. 5 Augsburg 29, No. 7 Presbyterian (N.C.) 17
LOCATION: Kentucky Exposition Center, Louisville, Ky.
RECORDS: Augsburg 4-2 overall
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Augsburg, ranked No. 5 in the latest NWCA women’s NCAA national rankings, won seven of the eight matches wrestled in a 27-18 victory over No. 8-ranked Gannon University (Pa.) in the consolation semifinals, then scored three technical falls in five matches wrestled in a 29-17 victory over No. 7-ranked Presbyterian College (N.C.) in the fifth place match. 
• Top-ranked 155-pounder Marlynne Deede (SR, Springville, Utah/Springville HS), top-ranked 136-pounder Nina Makem (SO, Shakopee, Minn./Shakopee HS) and 123-pounder Gabrielle Torgerson (SR, Spooner, Wis./Cumberland HS) all claimed a pair of technical fall wins on Saturday to lead the Auggie attack.
• Deede, now 22-1 on the season and 68-19 in her collegiate career, claimed a 10-0 victory over Gannon’s Annabelle Helm, the No. 7-ranked 170 pounder nationally, and a 10-0 win over Presbyterian’s Isabella Badon. Deede, who had two pins and a technical fall in Friday’s action, now has 14 technical falls and six pins among her 22 victories this season.
• Makem claimed two technical fall wins over ranked opponents to improve to 20-2 on the season, beating Gannon’s No. 8-ranked Lana Perez 10-0 and Presbyterian’s No. 3-ranked Paige Wehrmeister 10-0. She claimed three technical falls and a pin on the weekend. Makem now has 12 technical falls and six pins on the year.
• Torgerson claimed five bonus-point wins on the weekend — two pins and three technical falls — and had two technical falls on Saturday, 10-0 and 11-0, to improve to 20-8 on the season with nine technical falls and seven pins. She is now 61-23 in her collegiate career. … rest of story at Augsburg.edu/news/2023/1/7/

January 12, 2023 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized