GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – The Colorado Mesa women's wrestling team closed out their opening weekend with the Maverick Open on Saturday (Nov. 4) in Brownson Arena. The Open featured several teams competing including four of the five Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference teams having representation in the open.
 
Fourth-ranked Colorado Mesa had four champions and had several wrestlers place inside the top six at their respective weight.
 
Jennesis Martinez and Bella Morales finished 1-2 at 101 pounds in what has become routine it seems when the two compete in the same weight class. Martinez earned the no contest win over Morales in the final but had a pair of technical fall wins leading up to the final with the first coming against Mana Chanthasone of Chadron State followed by a 13-0 tech fall win over Britley Lopez in the semis.
 
Morales, like her teammate, earned a pair of technical fall wins on her way to the final. The Toppenish, Wash. native picked up a 10-0 win over Taylor Lindstrom of Chadron State followed by a 10-0 win over Jennifer Thomas of Snow College in the semifinals.
 
Adraina Gomez had a spectacular rebound day at 109 pounds. Gomez won the championship with a 12-0 technical fall win over Nadiya Trujillo of Trinidad State in the final. But it was her first match of the day that was impressive as she avenged her loss from the previous night with a pin of Heavynne Robles-Wright at 5:39.
 
At 155 pounds, Celina Cooke won the championship defeating Fort Hays State's Marissa Porsch by fall in the waning seconds of the first period. Cooke picked up a big 6-5 decision victory over Mishell Rebisch from the USA Wrestling Elite Accelerator Program.
 
Sophomore Hailey Chapman finished second at 130 pounds falling to national team member Alex Hedrick by technical fall in the championship bout. Chapman earned a 10-0 tech fall win in the quarters over Raquel Moore of Chadron State and followed it up with a 52 second pin of teammate Alyssa Jackson in the semis.
 
Freshman Kaydence Boyd placed third at the weight after defeating teammate Alyssa Jackson 4-1 in the third-place match.
 
Hania Halverson placed third at 123 pounds as she defeated her teammate Anja Tschohl with a pin at 1:04. The duo battled through the largest bracket in the tournament to finish in the top four. All five of Halverson's wins came by pin while Tschohl recorded four wins via the technical fall.
 
A pair of freshman earned placings at 136 pounds with local product Apple Middleton placing third and Keyla Ajoleza placing fifth. Middleton fell in her first match of the day before rattling off four straight wins including a 10-0 technical fall win over Liana Fernandez of Adams State in the third-place match.
 
Melena Jones placed third at 170 pounds in a five wrestler round robin.
 
Jayleen Sekona earned a 4-1 win over Chadron State's Kamila Montenegro in the 191-pound final. The two-time All-American earned a semifinal win over her teammate Maggie Smith before her finals matchup. Smith defeated her teammate Shandin Largo in the third-place match.
 
The Mavericks will be back in action two weeks from now when they travel to the Missouri Valley Open, one of the largest women's wrestling tournaments in the country.