Lampe earns breakthrough win to reach U.S. Open women's finals
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by Craig Sesker USA Wrestling
Alyssa Lampe takes control in her semifinal victory on Friday night in Las Vegas. Larry Slater photo.
LAS VEGAS – Alyssa Lampe has won two World medals.
But Friday night’s win was one of the biggest in her superb career.
Lampe recorded a fall over World champion and Olympic medalist Clarissa Chun in the U.S. Open women’s freestyle semifinals on Friday night at the South Point Arena
The finals are set for 7 p.m. Saturday.
Lampe will face No. 1 seed and 2013 World fifth-place finisher Victoria Anthony in the finals at 48 kg/105.5 lbs.
“My favorite move is a trapped arm gut and I like doing the bar arm,” Lampe said. “Clarissa and Vicky have a shorter frame, so I focus on, after I get a takedown, to get a wing or a trapped arm and put away the match.”
Two-time World champion Adeline Gray, World champion Elena Pirozhkova and Olympic medalist Randi Miller also reached the finals.
Gray recorded a fall over Victoria Francis in the semis at 75 kg/165 lbs. She will face 2014 U.S. Open champion Jackie Cataline in the finals.
Pirozhkova and Miller will meet in the finals at 69 kg/152 lbs. Pirozhkova won the 2014 U.S. Open at 63 kg and Miller won the same event at 69 kg.
Two-time World medalist and returning champion Helen Maroulis earned an 11-0 technical fall over 2014 Cadet World champion Teshya Alo in the semifinals.
Maroulis will face 2012 Olympian Kelsey Campbell in the finals. Campbell defeated 2014 World fifth-place finisher Alli Ragan 3-1 in the semis.
“I don’t know her much,” Maroulis said of Alo. “Wrestling is wrestling. She is talented and up and coming. I remember being in that position, being 17 and wrestling at the nationals. I respect her a lot for coming out fighting. I haven’t officially chosen to go up to this weight, I just decided to wrestle here.”
2006 U.S. Open champion Sharon Jacobson knocked off 2014 World Team Trials runner-up Sarah Hildebrandt 3-2 in the semis at 55 kg/121 lbs.
Jacobson, now competing in mixed martial arts, is wrestling for the first time since 2012.
U.S. Open
May 8, South Point Arena, Las Vegas
Women’s freestyle finals matchups
48 kg/105.5 lbs.
Victoria Anthony (Titan Mercury WC) vs. Alyssa Lampe (Sunkist Kids)
53 kg/116.5 lbs.
Whitney Conder (U.S. Army) vs. Carlene Sluberski (Titan Mercury WC)
55 kg/121 lbs.
Jacarra Winchester (Titan Mercury WC) vs. Sharon Jacobson (U.S. Army)
58 kg/128 lbs.
Helen Maroulis (Sunkist Kids) vs. Kelsey Campbell (Sunkist Kids)
60 kg/132 lbs.
Leigh Jaynes-Provisor (U.S. Army) vs. Jenna Burkert (New York AC)
63 kg/138.75 lbs.
Erin Clodgo (Sunkist Kids) vs. Amanda Hendey (Titan Mercury WC)
69 kg/152 lbs.
Randi Miller (U.S. Army) vs. Elena Pirozhkova (Titan Mercury WC)
75 kg/165 lbs.
Adeline Gray (New York AC) vs. Jackie Cataline (Titan Mercury WC)
LAS VEGAS – Alyssa Lampe has won two World medals.
But Friday night’s win was one of the biggest in her superb career.
Lampe recorded a fall over World champion and Olympic medalist Clarissa Chun in the U.S. Open women’s freestyle semifinals on Friday night at the South Point Arena
The finals are set for 7 p.m. Saturday.
Lampe will face No. 1 seed and 2013 World fifth-place finisher Victoria Anthony in the finals at 48 kg/105.5 lbs.
“My favorite move is a trapped arm gut and I like doing the bar arm,” Lampe said. “Clarissa and Vicky have a shorter frame, so I focus on, after I get a takedown, to get a wing or a trapped arm and put away the match.”
Two-time World champion Adeline Gray, World champion Elena Pirozhkova and Olympic medalist Randi Miller also reached the finals.
Gray recorded a fall over Victoria Francis in the semis at 75 kg/165 lbs. She will face 2014 U.S. Open champion Jackie Cataline in the finals.
Pirozhkova and Miller will meet in the finals at 69 kg/152 lbs. Pirozhkova won the 2014 U.S. Open at 63 kg and Miller won the same event at 69 kg.
Two-time World medalist and returning champion Helen Maroulis earned an 11-0 technical fall over 2014 Cadet World champion Teshya Alo in the semifinals.
Maroulis will face 2012 Olympian Kelsey Campbell in the finals. Campbell defeated 2014 World fifth-place finisher Alli Ragan 3-1 in the semis.
“I don’t know her much,” Maroulis said of Alo. “Wrestling is wrestling. She is talented and up and coming. I remember being in that position, being 17 and wrestling at the nationals. I respect her a lot for coming out fighting. I haven’t officially chosen to go up to this weight, I just decided to wrestle here.”
2006 U.S. Open champion Sharon Jacobson knocked off 2014 World Team Trials runner-up Sarah Hildebrandt 3-2 in the semis at 55 kg/121 lbs.
Jacobson, now competing in mixed martial arts, is wrestling for the first time since 2012.
U.S. Open
May 8, South Point Arena, Las Vegas
Women’s freestyle finals matchups
48 kg/105.5 lbs.
Victoria Anthony (Titan Mercury WC) vs. Alyssa Lampe (Sunkist Kids)
53 kg/116.5 lbs.
Whitney Conder (U.S. Army) vs. Carlene Sluberski (Titan Mercury WC)
55 kg/121 lbs.
Jacarra Winchester (Titan Mercury WC) vs. Sharon Jacobson (U.S. Army)
58 kg/128 lbs.
Helen Maroulis (Sunkist Kids) vs. Kelsey Campbell (Sunkist Kids)
60 kg/132 lbs.
Leigh Jaynes-Provisor (U.S. Army) vs. Jenna Burkert (New York AC)
63 kg/138.75 lbs.
Erin Clodgo (Sunkist Kids) vs. Amanda Hendey (Titan Mercury WC)
69 kg/152 lbs.
Randi Miller (U.S. Army) vs. Elena Pirozhkova (Titan Mercury WC)
75 kg/165 lbs.
Adeline Gray (New York AC) vs. Jackie Cataline (Titan Mercury WC)
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