FORT WAYNE, Ind. – In search of their third straight NWCA National Duals championship, the top-ranked King University women's wrestling team started the tournament with an emphatic win in the quarterfinals on Friday evening. The Tornado cruised to the 44-0 victory over Ottawa University behind six technical fall victories and four pins to move to Saturday's semifinals.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: #1 King 44, Ottawa 0
LOCATION: Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, Fort Wayne, Ind.
RECORDS: King 16-1, Ottawa 5-4
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Tornado didn't waste any time taking the momentum in the match as Marina Doi started the match with a 10-0 technical fall victory at 101 pounds and Ashley Iliff followed with a 10-0 technical fall win at 109 pounds.
- Samantha Klingel and Hanna Grisewood followed with 10-0 technical fall victories at 116 and 123 pounds before Rachel Hale earned a win by the same score at 130 pounds to give King a commanding 20-0 lead.
- At that point, the Tornado rolled off four straight pins starting with Jessi Kee at 136 pounds in 1:01.
- Hannah Jewell followed with a 0:20 pin at 143 pounds before Forrest Molinari took a 1:05 pin at 155 pounds.
- At 170 pounds, Torey Barrett took a 2:20 pin, stretching the Tornado lead to 40-0 before Jacqueline Williams capped the 44-0 victory with a 10-0 technical fall at 191 pounds.
UP NEXT
- King continues their pursuit of their third straight NWCA National Duals title Saturday morning in the semifinals when they take on #5 Campbellsville University. Campbellsville defeated #8 McKendree University 29-26 in the quarterfinal.
#1 King (16-1) 44, Ottawa (5-4) 0
Friday, January 08, 2016 – Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, Fort Wayne, Ind.
101 – No. 2 Marina Doi (KING) tech. fall Valera Revira (OTT) 10-0 (King 4-0)
109 – No. 1 (101)Ashley Iliff (KING) tech. fall Shainia Madaleno (OTT) 10-0 (King 8-0)
116 – No. 2 Samantha Klingel (KING) tech. fall Meranda Homan (OTT) 10-0 (King 12-0)
123 – No. 2 Hanna Grisewood (KING) tech. fall Sarah Rocker (OTT) 10-0 (King 16-0)
130 – No. 10 Rachel Hale (KING) tech. fall Lacey Henderson (OTT) 10-0 (King 20-0)
136 – No. 3 Jessi Kee (KING) pinned Anna Ernst (OTT) 1:01 (King 25-0)
143 – No. 1 (136) Hannah Jewell (KING) pinned Samantha Edwindson (OTT) 0:20 (King 30-0)
155 – No. 2 (143) Forrest Molinari (KING) pinned Darla Allen (OTT) 1:05 (King 35-0)
170 – Torey Barret (KING) pinned Graces Chambers (OTT) 2:20 (King 40-0)
191 – No. 5 Jacqueline Williams (KING) tech. fall Jocelyn Ayala (OTT) 10-0 (King 44-0)
