William Penn Stomps Central Methodist in Home Finale
Oskaloosa–The Statesmen women’s wrestling team rolled in its final home dual meet, defeating Central Methodist 37-8 in Heart of America Athletic Conference action Wednesday.
WPU (5-5, 1-3 Heart), which donned custom National Guard singlets on Military Appreciation Night, won six of the eight contested bouts and also earned free points twice.
Teya Garner (Fr., San Antonio, Texas, Biology) put the navy and gold up 5-0 with a forfeit at 101 pounds.
Mia Palumbo (Jr., Oak Lawn, Ill., Exercise Science) then took to the mat for the first time in over a month and cruised to a 10-0 technical fall over Abby Jastal at 109 pounds.
Catherine Steinkamp (Jr., Quincy, Ill., Exercise Science) received a forfeit at 116 pounds, while the Eagles (2-4, 1-3 Heart) finally broke through after a tight matchup at 123.
Fortunately, Devin Patton (So., Plano, Texas, Business Management) immediately reignited the Statesmen at 130 pounds as she pinned Nonnie Justice in 3:56.
Adaugo Nwachukwu (Jr., San Jose, Calif., Exercise Science) then blanked Lilly Gough via a 10-0 technical fall at 136 pounds before 143-pounder Isabelle Hawley (So., Winchester, Calif., Sociology) earned a mat slap from the referee when she won by fall over Emily Neumann (2:36).
CMU took the following bout, but the navy and gold put an exclamation point on the team win with back-to-back technical fall shutouts. Kaylah Johnson (So., Houston, Texas, Biology) won 11-0 over Tambria Wilson at 170 pounds, and Andrea Smith (Jr., Rochester, N.Y., Sociology) dropped Shainne Whited 10-0 at 191 pounds.
“Big shout-out to Coach Megan Black-Campion for making tonight’s dual so memorable,” Head Coach Jake Kadel said. “She did an amazing job organizing a special event to commemorate the outstanding soldiers we have on our team and they showed up to compete tonight. Our ladies were excited to compete and the results showed. I thought we did a pretty good job of getting to our offense and scoring points. We look forward to making this event bigger every year.”
Next Up: William Penn travels to Baldwin City, Kan. Saturday to compete in the Baker Duals. WPU will face Ottawa (Kan.) at 11:30 a.m., Avila at 1:30 p.m., Saint Mary (Kan.) at 2:30 p.m., and host Baker at 3:30 p.m.
101–Teya Garner (W) won by forfeit (5-0)
109–Mia Palumbo (W) won by technical fall over Abby Jastal, 10-0 (9-0)
116–Catherine Steinkamp (W) won by forfeit (14-0)
123–Allison Hynes (C) won by decision over Grecia Martinez, 10-5 (15-3) (WPU earned a team point for scoring in the match)
130–Devin Patton (W) won by fall over Nonnie Justice, 3:56 (20-3)
136–Adaugo Nwachukwu (W) won by technical fall over Lilly Gough, 10-0 (24-3)
143–Isabelle Hawley (W) won by fall over Emily Neumann, 2:36 (29-3)
155–Berlin Kiddoo (C) won by fall over Kylee Eastwood, 1:58 (29-8)
170–Kaylah Johnson (W) won by technical fall over Tambria Wilson, 11-0 (33-8)
191–Andrea Smith (W) won by technical fall over Shainne Whited, 10-0 (37-8)
