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Match of the Day: Stephanie Murata defeats Mary Kelly to make the 2005 World Team

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by USA Wrestling

The 2005 women’s freestyle World Team Trials finals at 51 kg featured six-time World team member Stephanie Murata vs. five-time age group World medalist Mary Kelly. Murata, a 2001 World silver medalist, proved too much for the up-and-coming Kelly.

Murata would make one more World Team in 2007, to bring her total Senior World appearances to eight. In 2009, she earned a silver medal at the No-Gi Grappling World Championships. Kelly would make a Senior World Team at 48 kg in 2006.

Watch Murata and Kelly wrestle below:

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