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Women’s College Opens: Ottawa EZ-Flex Invitational and the Hastings Open wrap-up and results

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by Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling

Action image courtesy of Ottawa University.

Two women’s freestyle Open Tournaments hosted by college programs were held this weekend, offering numerous teams and athletes a strong test during the start of 2021.

OTTAWA EZ-FLEX INVITATIONAL

OTTAWA, Kansas - Six different teams had at least one individual champion in the competitive EZ-Flex Invitational, which drew eight different college teams.

NAIA No. 3 ranked Grand View had three individual champions, with Alaura Couch (110), Emma Cochran (116) and Alexis Gomez (155) bringing home titles.

Couch 3, Cochran 4, Gomez 5

NAIA No. 10 Baker had a pair of champions, Nichole Moore (123) and Elisa Robinson (191).

Other individual champions were Karoline Ortiz of Missouri Baptist (130), Lyric Gonsalves of Ottawa (136), Elizabeth Carrillo of Waldorf (143) and Danielle Saldivar of Missouri Valley (170).

Saldivar, ranked No. 5 in the NAIA, defeated Mahealani Ramirez of Missouri Valley in the finals, 4-1. Ramirez, ranked No. 7 in the NAIA, beat NAIA No. 2 Jennifer Curry of Baker in the semifinals, 5-1.

Ottawa University EZ-Flex Invitational
At Ottawa, Kansas


101 pounds
1st Place - Alaura Couch of Grand View University
2nd Place - Kylie Marlin of York College
3rd Place - Kylie Hernandez of Baker University
4th Place - Ella Whitaker of York College
Alaura Couch (Grand View University) won by tech fall over Kylie Marlin (York College) (TF 10-0)
Kylie Hernandez (Baker University) won by tech fall over Ella Whitaker (York College) (TF 10-0)
Alaura Couch (Grand View University) won by tech fall over Ella Whitaker (York College) (TF 10-0)
Kylie Marlin (York College) won by injury default over Kylie Hernandez (Baker University) (Inj. 1:21)
Alaura Couch (Grand View University) won by forfeit over Kylie Hernandez (Baker University) (FF)
Kylie Marlin (York College) won by fall over Ella Whitaker (York College) (Fall 0:53)

116
1st Place - Emma Cochran (Grand View University) won by tech fall over Chloe Krebsbach (Grand View University) (TF 10-0)
3rd Place - Jessica Corredor (Missouri Baptist University) won by tech fall over Emily Fergeson (York College) (TF 10-0)

123
1st Place - Nichole Moore of Baker University
2nd Place - Gigi Loza of Central Methodist University
3rd Place - Da`viona Bonner of Central Methodist University
4th Place - Aaliyah Bueno of Baker University
5th Place - Olivia Branson of Baker University
Nichole Moore (Baker University) won by tech fall over Olivia Branson (Baker University) (TF 11-1)
Gigi Loza (Central Methodist University) won by tech fall over Aaliyah Bueno (Baker University) (TF 11-0)
Da`viona Bonner (Central Methodist University) won by tech fall over Aaliyah Bueno (Baker University) (TF 11-0)
Gigi Loza (Central Methodist University) won by injury default over Olivia Branson (Baker University) (Inj. 2:46)
Gigi Loza (Central Methodist University) won by decision over Da`viona Bonner (Central Methodist University) (Dec 10-2)
Nichole Moore (Baker University) won by fall over Aaliyah Bueno (Baker University) (Fall 2:10)
Nichole Moore (Baker University) won by fall over Da`viona Bonner (Central Methodist University) (Fall 1:33)
Aaliyah Bueno (Baker University) won by forfeit over Olivia Branson (Baker University) (FF)
Da`viona Bonner (Central Methodist University) won by forfeit over Olivia Branson (Baker University) (FF)
Nichole Moore (Baker University) won by fall over Gigi Loza (Central Methodist University) (Fall 2:11)

130
1st Place - Karoline Ortiz (Missouri Baptist University) won by decision over Ashley Venegas (Missouri Valley College) (Dec 6-3)
3rd Place - Isabella Gonzalez (Grand View University) won by fall over Savanna McCutchen (Missouri Valley College) (Fall 2:40)

136
1st Place - Lyric Gonsalves (Ottawa University) won by tech fall over Abigail Cordia (Missouri Valley College) (TF 10-0)
3rd Place - Corinne Robertson (Ottawa University) won by tech fall over Jocelyn Murphy (Missouri Valley College) (TF 10-0)

143
1st Place - Elizabeth Carrillo of Waldorf University
2nd Place - Neveah Cassidy of Central Methodist University
3rd Place - Emely Carrillo of Waldorf University
4th Place - Tess Kinne of Missouri Valley College
5th Place - Andrea Montoya of Central Methodist University
Elizabeth Carrillo (Waldorf University) won by fall over Neveah Cassidy (Central Methodist University) (Fall 1:25)
Emely Carrillo (Waldorf University) won by fall over Tess Kinne (Missouri Valley College) (Fall 3:37)
Emely Carrillo (Waldorf University) won by fall over Andrea Montoya (Central Methodist University) (Fall 2:30)
Neveah Cassidy (Central Methodist University) won by fall over Tess Kinne (Missouri Valley College) (Fall 5:29)
Tess Kinne (Missouri Valley College) won by tech fall over Andrea Montoya (Central Methodist University) (TF 12-0)
Elizabeth Carrillo (Waldorf University) won by fall over Emely Carrillo (Waldorf University) (Fall 2:30)
Elizabeth Carrillo (Waldorf University) won by fall over Andrea Montoya (Central Methodist University) (Fall 2:56)
Neveah Cassidy (Central Methodist University) won by decision over Emely Carrillo (Waldorf University) (Dec 11-10)
Neveah Cassidy (Central Methodist University) won by decision over Andrea Montoya (Central Methodist University) (Dec 13-4)
Elizabeth Carrillo (Waldorf University) won by fall over Tess Kinne (Missouri Valley College) (Fall 4:14)

155
1st Place - Alexis Gomez (Grand View University) won by tech fall over Taylor Proffitt (Baker University) (TF 11-0)
3rd Place - Berenice Espino (Waldorf University) won by fall over Bella Mitchell (York College) (Fall 0:28)

170
1st Place - Danielle Saldivar (Missouri Valley College) won by decision over Mahealani Ramirez (Missouri Valley College) (Dec 4-1)
3rd Place - Shania Gowan (Missouri Baptist University) won by forfeit over Jennifer Curry (Baker University) (FF)

191
1st Place - Elisa Robinson of Baker University
2nd Place - McKenzie Kent of Grand View University
3rd Place - Jythssel Mascorro of Ottawa University
4th Place - Martha Vizcarra of Baker University
Jythssel Mascorro (Ottawa University) won by decision over Martha Vizcarra (Baker University) (Dec 10-7)
Elisa Robinson (Baker University) won by tech fall over McKenzie Kent (Grand View University) (TF 10-0)
Elisa Robinson (Baker University) won by tech fall over Martha Vizcarra (Baker University) (TF 10-0)
McKenzie Kent (Grand View University) won by fall over Jythssel Mascorro (Ottawa University) (Fall 1:16)
McKenzie Kent (Grand View University) won by fall over Martha Vizcarra (Baker University) (Fall 4:58)
Elisa Robinson (Baker University) won by fall over Jythssel Mascorro (Ottawa University) (Fall 0:33)

HASTINGS OPEN

HASTINGS, Neb. – Three different teams had two individual champions at the Hastings Open.

NAIA No. 1 Wayland Baptist earned a pair of champion, Nina Pham (116) and Olivia Ricci (170). Pham, ranked No. 1 in the NAIA at 101 pounds, won a five athlete-round robin to secure her title.

Two Senior-level wrestlers from the Victory WC entered the tournament, and both won gold medals, Alisha Howk (130) and Koral Sugiyama (136), both placing ahead of runners-up from Wayland Baptist. Howk won a five-athlete round robin with a 4-0 record, including three technical falls. Sugiyama went 3-0 in a four-athlete round robin, including a 7-4 win over runner-up Jordan Suarez of Wayland Baptist, who is ranked fourth in the NAIA at 143 pounds.

NAIA No. 15 Midland had a pair of champions, Esther Walker (101) and Waipuilani Estrella-Beauchamp (143), Walker is ranked No. 4 in the NAIA in her weight class.

Other individual champions were Kimberly Pollak of host Hastings (155) and Melissa Jacobs of Twin Cities RTC (191). Jacobs competes for Augsburg University

Hastings Open
At Hastings, Neb.


101
1st Place - Esther Walker of Midland University
2nd Place - Caryssa Aguirre of Wayland Baptist University
Caryssa Aguirre (Wayland Baptist University) won by tech fall over Esther Walker (Midland University) (TF 14-4)
Esther Walker (Midland University) won by tech fall over Caryssa Aguirre (Wayland Baptist University) (TF 12-2)
Esther Walker (Midland University) won by tech fall over Caryssa Aguirre (Wayland Baptist University) (TF 10-0)

116
1st Place - Nina Pham of Wayland Baptist University
2nd Place - Serenity Durham Goree of Midland University
3rd Place - Mia Arceneaux of Wayland Baptist University
4th Place - Felicity Ortega of Wayland Baptist University
5th Place - Salem Scobee of Midland University
Mia Arceneaux (Wayland Baptist University) won by fall over Felicity Ortega (Wayland Baptist University) (Fall 0:38)
Nina Pham (Wayland Baptist University) won by tech fall over Serenity Durham Goree (Midland University) (TF 10-0)
Nina Pham (Wayland Baptist University) won by tech fall over Salem Scobee (Midland University) (TF 10-0)
Serenity Durham Goree (Midland University) won by tech fall over Felicity Ortega (Wayland Baptist University) (TF 10-0)
Serenity Durham Goree (Midland University) won by tech fall over Salem Scobee (Midland University) (TF 10-0)
Nina Pham (Wayland Baptist University) won by fall over Mia Arceneaux (Wayland Baptist University) (Fall 1:09)
Mia Arceneaux (Wayland Baptist University) won by fall over Salem Scobee (Midland University) (Fall 1:24)
Nina Pham (Wayland Baptist University) won by tech fall over Felicity Ortega (Wayland Baptist University) (TF 10-0)
Felicity Ortega (Wayland Baptist University) won by tech fall over Salem Scobee (Midland University) (TF 18-7)
Serenity Durham Goree (Midland University) won by tech fall over Mia Arceneaux (Wayland Baptist University) (TF 10-0)

130
1st Place - Alisha Howk of Victory School of Wrestling
2nd Place - Rebekah Cordova of Wayland Baptist University
3rd Place - Avery Thomason of Midland University
4th Place - Prethy Enriquez of Midland University
5th Place - De`Anna Prince of Wayland Baptist University
De`Anna Prince (Wayland Baptist University) won by decision over Rebekah Cordova (Wayland Baptist University) (Dec 8-2)
Alisha Howk (Victory School of Wrestling) won by tech fall over Prethy Enriquez (Midland University) (TF 10-0)
Alisha Howk (Victory School of Wrestling) won by tech fall over Avery Thomason (Midland University) (TF 10-0)
Rebekah Cordova (Wayland Baptist University) won by tech fall over Prethy Enriquez (Midland University) (TF 11-0)
Avery Thomason (Midland University) won by decision over Prethy Enriquez (Midland University) (Dec 6-4)
Alisha Howk (Victory School of Wrestling) won by injury default over De`Anna Prince (Wayland Baptist University) (Inj. 1:24)
Avery Thomason (Midland University) won by forfeit over De`Anna Prince (Wayland Baptist University) (FF)
Alisha Howk (Victory School of Wrestling) won by tech fall over Rebekah Cordova (Wayland Baptist University) (TF 10-0)
Rebekah Cordova (Wayland Baptist University) won by tech fall over Avery Thomason (Midland University) (TF 10-0)
Prethy Enriquez (Midland University) won by forfeit over De`Anna Prince (Wayland Baptist University) (FF)

136
1st Place - Koral Sugiyama of Victory School of Wrestling
2nd Place - Jordan Suarez of Wayland Baptist University
3rd Place - Ashanti Harvey of Wayland Baptist University
4th Place - Amy Fuller of Hastings
Jordan Suarez (Wayland Baptist University) won by fall over Amy Fuller (Hastings) (Fall 2:48)
Koral Sugiyama (Victory School of Wrestling) won by fall over Ashanti Harvey (Wayland Baptist University) (Fall 2:36)
Koral Sugiyama (Victory School of Wrestling) won by tech fall over Amy Fuller (Hastings) (TF 12-0)
Jordan Suarez (Wayland Baptist University) won by fall over Ashanti Harvey (Wayland Baptist University) (Fall 1:45)
Ashanti Harvey (Wayland Baptist University) won by fall over Amy Fuller (Hastings) (Fall 1:45)
Koral Sugiyama (Victory School of Wrestling) won by decision over Jordan Suarez (Wayland Baptist University) (Dec 7-4)

143
1st Place - Waipuilani Estrella-Beauchamp of Midland University
2nd Place - Sadie Forman of Wayland Baptist University
3rd Place - Samantha Segura-Veliz of Midland University
Sadie Forman (Wayland Baptist University) won by fall over Samantha Segura-Veliz (Midland University) (Fall 0:56)
Waipuilani Estrella-Beauchamp (Midland University) won by fall over Sadie Forman (Wayland Baptist University) (Fall 1:21)
Waipuilani Estrella-Beauchamp (Midland University) won by fall over Samantha Segura-Veliz (Midland University) (Fall 0:42)

155
1st Place - Kimberly Pollak of Hastings
2nd Place - Elena Vasquez of Wayland Baptist University
3rd Place - Jacqueline Carreras of Hastings
Elena Vasquez (Wayland Baptist University) won by fall over Jacqueline Carreras (Hastings) (Fall 1:54)
Kimberly Pollak (Hastings) won by fall over Elena Vasquez (Wayland Baptist University) (Fall 1:49)
Kimberly Pollak (Hastings) won by fall over Jacqueline Carreras (Hastings) (Fall 1:13)

170
1st Place - Olivia Ricci of Wayland Baptist University
2nd Place - Jasmin Ballesteros of Midland University
Olivia Ricci (Wayland Baptist University) won by fall over Jasmin Ballesteros (Midland University) (Fall 2:55)
Olivia Ricci (Wayland Baptist University) won by fall over Jasmin Ballesteros (Midland University) (Fall 1:01)

191
1st Place - Melissa Jacobs of Twin Cities RTC

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