EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. – Three members of the top-ranked King University women's wrestling team won titles Sunday at the season-opening East Stroudsburg Open. No. 1
Claire DiCugno, no. 2
Aine Drury and no. 3
Melanie Mendoza all won the championships at their weight classes.
THE BASICS
LOCATION: Koehler Fieldhouse; East Stroudsburg, Pa.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- C. DiCugno won the title at 138 pounds, with four wins coming via tech fall, including a 10-0 win over Kryssceah Ravenelle of Lehigh in the finals match. Her one win that wasn't via tech fall was a pin of Isis France, and took 2:49 to accomplish.
- Drury, wrestling at 145 pounds, won five matches via tech fall en route to the finals, including a 10-0 semifinals win over Violette Lasure. In the championship match, she pinned Zoey Lints to claim the title. In her quest for the title, she didn't concede a single point.
- At 117 pounds, it was an all-King matchup in the finals, as Mendoza won an 8-5 victory over Clare Booe to take the title. Mendoza advanced to the finals after four wins, three of which were pins. Booe also won four times en route to the finals, with all of her victories coming via tech fall.
- No. 6 Avery Kibelbek went 3-1 on the day, with two wins via pin, including a win over Ahsia Torres of Sacred Heart in the semifinals. She would finish second after dropping the championship bout.
- Mia Zuniga placed third at 103 pounds, with two wins via fall, including a 16-second pin of Taylor Goguen of Emmanuel. After falling in the semifinals, she won a 10-0 tech fall over Ahsia Torres of Sacred Heart in the third-place match.
- After getting a first round bye, no. 3 Montana DeLawder won three matches to advance to the finals, including wins via pin over Ariel Casella, Riley Flickinger and no. 7 Jayden Bazemore. In the finals, she fell 9-2 to Emma Bacon.
- After winning her first two matches via pin, Anna DiCugno earned a win over Mary Manis in the quarterfinals before a 5-4 win over Alexandra Fitzgerald to advance to the championship match, where she faced teammate no. 2 Virginia Foard, who was wrestling unattached. Foard won the matchup, 10-0 to take the title at 131 pounds.
- Jessica Corredor earned a first round bye at 131 pounds, then won four straight matches in the consolation rounds after dropping the round of 16 match. In the fifth-place match, she faced Brianna Holcomb of Frostburg State, who she beat via pin to take fifth-place.
- Alicen Dillard won her first match via pin before winning 10-0 over Rachel DeGiulio to advance to the quarterfinals, where she lost to C. DiCugno. After winning her first consolation match, she lost in the consolation round of four.
- Kenisha keke Jacsaint, making her King debut at 207 pounds, lost her first match of the day before rattling off three consecutive wins, including two wins via tech fall and a 3-2 victory over Lorelei Hartman of Frostburg State.
RESULTS BY WEIGHT CLASS
103 –
Avery Kibelbek 2nd, 3-1;
Mia Zuniga 3rd, 3-1
117 –
Melanie Mendoza 1st, 5-0;
Clare Booe 2nd, 4-1
124 –
Montana DeLawder 2nd, 3-1
131 –
Anna DiCugno 2nd, 4-1;
Jessica Corredor 5th, 5-1
138 –
Claire DiCugno 1st, 5-0; Allicen Dillard 2-2;
Annabel Garcia 2-2
145 –
Aine Drury 1st, 6-0
207 –
Kenisha keke Jacsaint 6th, 3-1
UP NEXT
- Next weekend, the Tornado will head to Adrian, Mich. for the Adrian Duals on Saturday, followed by the Adrian Invitational on Sunday
