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Week in Women’s Collegiate Wrestling

This Week in Women’s Collegiate Wrestling (1/24/2024)
Key Takeaways from the week
Several teams are in the heart of their dual seasons and taking on ranked and conference opponents. While the weather took a toll on the number of events that actually happened, there was still some great wrestling this past week. Let’s take a look at some of those results, a few open tournament results, and a huge dual matchup between two #1 teams.
Bearcats Shred the Competition at MoBap Open
McKendree finished the day with 5 champions at the Missouri Baptist Open. A few notable wins were Julia Vidallon, who is listed on the roster as a 123lber, winning the tournament at 116lbs including a 7-4 decision win in the finals over #6 Caitlyn Thorne of Lindenwood. Vidallon had a tough draw at National Duals losing to both #2 Sydney Petzinger of North Central and #4 Melanie Mendoza of King. The win over Thorne is a big one, and seeing that 116 lbs is one of three weights where McKendree does not have a ranked wrestler, we could see Vidallon continuing to battle it out at the weight. 
#2 Cam Guerin showed her dominance winning her first three matches by fall in under a minute. Cayden Condit of Lindenwood held out a little longer in the finals match, but inevitably took the loss via fall to Guerin after 1:56 seconds. Guerin has been consistently dominant this season, with her toughest match being a close loss to then #3, now #1 Victoria Baez-Dilone of King. If the brackets line up correctly, these two could find themselves at the finals of the NCWWC in March, and I think after the close decision last time, I would take Guerin to get her revenge and win for the title. Nichole Moore at 123 lbs, #5 Alex Szkotnicki at 136 lbs, and #6 Viktorya Torres at 143 lbs were the other champs on the day for McKendree. The team had plans to compete in their own Bearcat Open, but that was unfortunately canceled due to weather. Their next dual will be Senior Night against Missouri Baptist before competing at regionals and then NCWWCs. It will be interesting to see how many Bearcats qualify for nationals and the much-anticipated return of Emma Bruntil. If I had to guess, I think that McKendree will outperform their fourth-place team ranking at Nationals.
A Top-10 Conference Dual More Lopsided than Expecte
The #8 William Penn Statesmen hosted the #3 Grand View Vikings in a conference matchup this past week with potential for several ranked matchups. While the Vikings have more ranked wrestlers in their starting lineup, the Statesmen certainly have the talent to keep duals interesting. However, in this matchup, Grand View came out swinging winning the first 6 matches. Jalen Bets got the Vikings started with a tech fall followed by teammate Judy Sandoval getting a pin at 109 lbs. At 116 lbs, Mayagelie Colon got the upset win over #9 Catherine Steinkamp. … story at … Intermatwrestle.com/This-week-in-womens-collegiate-wrestling

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HAWKEYES DOMINATE IOWA DUALS
IOWA CITY, Iowa – The second-ranked University of Iowa women’s wrestling team defeated Missouri Valley College and top-ranked NAIA, Life University in Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Sunday afternoon. The Hawkeyes outscored their opponents 77-47 in team points, recording five pins and ten technical falls. Iowa started its day of competition with a, 42-0, win over Missouri Valley College. Emilie Gonzalez, Brianna Gonzalez and Alivia White all notched wins via pin over their opponents in the first period. Ava Bayless, Emily Frost and Lilly Luft recorded, 11-0, tech. falls, while Felicity Taylor, Ella Schmit, and Bella Mir downed their opponents with 10-0 tech. falls. The Hawkeyes kept the momentum going into final dual of the afternoon, capturing a, 35-6, win against NAIA National Duals Champions, Life University. Sterling Dias started things at 101 with a win over Devyn Gomez via a 10-0 tech. fall. Bayless downed Diana Gonzalez at 109, also earning a quick 10-0 tech. fall. B. Gonzalez worked a pin in 2:07 over Ariana Martinez at 116, followed by Taylor taking the 10-0 tech. fall against Anna Krejsa at 123. … rest of story at Hawkeyesports.com/Hawkeyes-dominate-iowa-duals

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D’Youville Wrestling Goes 4-0 at the Terrier Duals
HIRAM, OH – D’Youville Women’s Wrestling had a successful Saturday after winning all four duals at then Terrier Duals hosted by Hiram College.
The Saints (8-7) won their duals against John Carroll, Slippery Rock, Alfred State and Hiram.
D’Youville University 26 vs John Carroll University 6
The first six bouts of the dual resulted in forfeits with three coming from double forfeits, John Carroll winning one and the Saints winning two. D’Youville’s Alessandra Elliott (Staten Island, N.Y./ Tottenville) won 10-0 by technical fall in her first dual and was quickly followed by Saniyah Ward (The Colony, TX/ The Colony) earning the 13-9 win by decision and Elizabeth Stricklin (San Antonio, TX / Winston Churchill) getting the 11-0 win by technical fall. Riley Wentlent (Cheektowaga, N.Y. / Depew) wrapped up the dual with a forfeit win to give the Saints the 26-6 lead.

D’Youville University 25 vs Slippery Rock University 5
After the first three weight classes were double forfeits, Slippery Rock earned their five points after a fall. Following another double forfeit, Madison Wellen (East Berlin, Pa / Wyoming Seminary) won her matchup with a fall. Ward, Elliott, Stricklin, and Wentlent all earned the Saints points by forfeit in their matches. … rest of story at Dyusaints.com/Wrestling-goes-4-0-at-the-terrier-duals

January 26, 2024 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized