Takedown Report

Women’s Wrestling News – mid January

NWCA Releases first NCAA Women’s Coaches Dual Team Poll of the Season
MANHEIM, Pa. – For the first time since October, there is a new No. 1 in the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) NCAA Women’s Wrestling Coaches’ Poll. North Central College returns to the top spot over the University of Iowa, which comes in second. King University stayed at third, while McKendree University jumped Colorado Mesa University to round out the top five.
North Central accumulated 125 points, with 17 ranking individuals taking over the top spot, while Iowa is the only other team with at least 100 points, coming in second with 103 points. The Hawkeyes have 14 individuals ranked. King stays at third as they are the third and final team, with at least ten individuals ranked with 13 to accumulate 87 points. McKendree leaped Colorado Mesa to take over the fourth spot with 60 points and eight ranked individuals. The Mavericks have five ranked individuals and 29 points. Simon Fraser University moved up again to sixth with 27 points and six individuals ranked. Sacred Heart University and Aurora University each have 19 points, as Sacred Heart has five ranked individuals, and Aurora has three. New Jersey City University and Lock Haven University round out the top 10 at ninth and 10th, respectively. Each has two ranked individuals, with New Jersey City accumulating 16 points and Lock Haven 14 points. There are three new top-ranked wrestlers, McKendree’s Shelby Moore at 123 pounds, King’s Victoria Baez-Dilone at 130 pounds, and North Central’s Alara Boyd at 143 pounds. 
Greensboro College is ranked for the first time in program history, coming in tied for 24th. Greensboro’s Hailie Misplay becomes the first-ranked wrestler for Greensboro, coming in 10th at 136 pounds. … story at … NWCAonline.com/NWCA-releases-first-ncaa-womens-coaches-dual-team-poll-of-the-season

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North Central College in Chicago suburb grows into women’s wrestling powerhouse
Jan 17, 2024North Central College has been a national powerhouse in Division III football, track and field, and cross country, but there’s another team on campus looking to win back-to-back championships this season. … story and video at … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqIXvswquVA

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On Her Mind: Girls wrestling gaining popularity in Green Country
TULSA, Okla. — Girls wrestling — it’s the fastest-growing high school sport. We came to the first high school in the state to launch a program to find out why girls here love wrestling. Girls wrestling is exploding in popularity in Oklahoma. In just three years, local schools have gone from having one or two girls interested in the sport to having dozens of girls competing. I know when my son was little, there might have been one or two girls at wrestling meets, among dozens of boys — and they’d have to wrestle boys. Now, there are enough girls that want to do it that they can practice and compete against each other. We visited Union High School where the girls have won state two years in a row, and Claremore High School, which was the first high school in the state to add a girls wrestling program. I wanted to know what these girls love about it and what the athletes want you to know about the sport. 
“The guy that I was wrestling was 125 and he threw me over his head, he suplexed me,” said Cambry Suskey, freshman at Claremore High School. “There’s a learning curve and mine was just longer than others,” said Kortlynn Sansom, junior at Claremore High School. 
Cambrey spent years as an all-star cheerleader, and Kortlynn is a high school cheerleader. Now, both swapped cheer bows for singlets to wrestle for Claremore High School, the first school in the state to add a girls program. “I didn’t know how to coach a girl, I didn’t have a clue how I was going to do that,” said Chad Willard, Claremore High School Wrestling Director. 
Willard says he saw how many more girls were showing up at youth tournaments on the weekends. “I knew it was inevitable, it wasn’t because I was dying to start a women’s program, because I was busy enough as it was,” Willard said. “As soon as we did, us and Broken Arrow, Bixby and Union, it just exploded.”
Cambry and Kortlynn both agree wrestling has made them more confident in themselves. Willard says you don’t have to be the best athlete to be a wrestler. … story at … Fox23.com/Girls-wrestling-gaining-popularity-in-green-country

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Women’s Wrestling Continues Five Dual Streak with win over Dakota Wesleyan
By: Madie Brink
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Sioux Falls Women’s Wrestling continues their five dual streak with a 24-20 win over Dakota Wesleyan tonight. Dakota Wesleyan was open at 101-, 109-, 116-, 123- and 191-pounds while USF was open at 116- and 170-pounds. 
At 130-pounds Teila Peters started the dual off with a 10-0 tech. fall in 1:51 over the Tigers Mady Sargent. Peters now sits 10-5 on the year. Mackenzie Armagost competed in an extra match against Sargent resulting in a 1:01 pin. Armagost is now 7-8 on the season. 
McKenna Hendrickson fell to Isabelle Camarillo, at 136-pounds, in a 5:45 pin. Hendrickson moves to 6-9 on the year. At 143-pounds, Ciana Grate fell to Hallie Stone in a 1:34 pin and currently sits at 6-5 on the year. Aliyah Villarreal was defeated by Olivia Smith in a 4:29 pin at 155-pounds. Villarreal is now 4-9 on the season. The Cougars will return home … story at … USFcougars.com/Womens-wrestling-continues-five-dual-streak-with-win-over-dakota-wesleyan

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Women’s Dual Of The Week: #1 Life vs #1 Iowa Wrestling
Life University faces Iowa on Sunday, January 21 at 2:30 p.m. CST in a cross-divisional battle between the two top-ranked teams in the country
What: #1 Life (Marietta, GA), 11-0 (NAIA) vs #1 Iowa (Iowa City), 11-0 (NCAA)
When: Sunday, January 21 at 2:30 p.m. CST
Where: Iowa City, Iowa (Carver-Hawkeye Arena)
How To Watch: B1G+
Possible Line-ups
101: #10 Devyn Gomez (Life), SR vs #2 Emilie Gonzalez (Iowa), SO or #1 Sterling Dias (Iowa), SO
109: #6 Diana Gonzalez (Life), FR vs #3 Ava Bayless (Iowa), SO
116: #8 Ariana Martinez (Life), FR vs #3 Brianna Gonzalez (Iowa), SO
123: #6 Anna Krejsa (Life), SO vs #3 Felicity Taylor (Iowa), SR or Ava Rose (Iowa), FR
130: #2 Sarah Savidge (Life), SO vs #9 Emily Frost (Iowa), FR
136: #5 Zaynah McBryde, SO (Life) vs #10 Lilly Luft (Iowa), FR … story at … Flowrestling.org/Womens-wrestling-dual-of-the-week-1-life-vs-1-iowa

January 21, 2024 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized