Statesmen Roll Past Eagles 31-13 in Heart Dual
Fayette, Mo.–Courtesy of seven victories, the William Penn women’s wrestling team handled No. 18 Central Methodist 31-13 in a Heart of America Athletic Conference dual meet Wednesday.
No. 5 WPU (4-4, 2-1 Heart) stormed out to a commanding lead and was never threatened against CMU (3-3, 1-2 Heart).
103-pounder Lily Zapata (Fr., Lewisville, Texas, Sociology) put the visitors on the board right away with a quick 10-0 technical fall over Gabriella Cedeno.
Rachel Cotter (Jr., Katy, Texas, Public Accounting) then tacked on five more points with a forfeit at 110 pounds, while Zao Estrada (Fr., Bluffton, S.C., Sociology) cruised past Victoria Nunez with a 10-0 tech fall at 117 pounds.
In the tightest match of the night, Joanna Vanderwood (Sr., Graham, Wash., Nursing) scored last in a 1-1 decision to come away victorious at 124 pounds over Allison Hynes.
131-pounder Devin Patton (Jr., Plano, Texas, Business Management) concluded her team’s five-match winning streak with a 10-0 tech fall against Corinne McClure.
Following a pair of Statesmen losses, Alexa Wolf (Fr., Rogers, Ark., Business Management) got the proverbial train back on the tracks with a fall in 2:18 over Emma Cole at 160 pounds.
180-pounder America Lopez (So., ??, Calif.) notched WPU’s final victory, claiming her Statesmen debut by pinning Grace Timmons in 3:24.
“I am proud of our performance tonight,” Head Coach Jake Kadel said. “Central Methodist was pretty scrappy and had a little extra energy from its home crowd, but our team has come a long way since the start of the year and it showed. The longer a match goes, the more it favors our wrestlers. We had some calls not go our way, but I think our team definitely had the ability to win all of tonight’s matches.”
Next Up: William Penn travels to Fort Wayne, Ind. Saturday to compete in the Indiana Tech Open at 9 a.m. (Central)
103–Lily Zapata (W) won by technical fall over Gabriella Cedeno, 10-0 (4-0)
110–Rachel Cotter (W) won by forfeit (9-0)
117–Zao Estrada (W) won by technical fall over Victoria Nunez, 10-0 (13-0)
124–Joanna Vanderwood (W) won by decision over Allison Hynes, 1-1 (16-1) (CMU earned a team point for scoring in the match)
131–Devin Patton (W) won by technical fall over Corinne McClure, 10-0 (20-1)
138–Lillian Gough (C) won by fall over Kendall Bostelman, 2:11 (20-6)
145–Mina Himmel (C) won by technical fall over Sandra Arellano, 10-0 (20-10)
160–Alexa Wolf (W) won by fall over Emma Cole, 2:18 (25-10)
180–America Lopez (W) won by fall over Grace Timmons, 3:24 (30-10)
207–Christina Page (C) won by decision over Phoebe Burt, 8-7 (31-13) (WPU earned a team point for scoring in the match)
