DENTON, Texas – The No. 7 Colorado Mesa women's wrestling team competed in a pair of duals on Sunday (Nov. 10) afternoon at Texas Woman's University's Kitty Magee Arena. The Mavericks came away with a pair of wins including an important Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference dual.
#7 Colorado Mesa 41, Texas Woman's 6
Colorado Mesa opened Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference duals on a solid note as they won nine of the ten bouts in a 41-6 win over the Texas Woman's Pioneers. Four of their nine wins came via the pin while two others were technical falls.
Maddison Heinzer opened the dual with a forfeit win followed by a win by pin by RMAC Wrestler of the Week
Sophia Cornish. The freshman earned the pin at 1:31 over Pioneer Victoria Pena.
After a Texas Woman's technical fall win at 117 pounds, the Mavericks rattled seven consecutive wins.
Alejandra Valdiviezo (124) and
Keyla Ajoleza (138) scored technical fall wins while
Celina Cooke (145) had the lone win by decision in the dual.
Hania Halverson (131),
Gretchen Donally (160), and No. 4
Jayleen Sekona (207) all picked up wins by pin. Halverson was trailing for portions of her bout before scoring the pin over Zejeda while both Donally and Sekona led wire-to-wire.
Maggie Smith picked up an injury default win at 180 pounds.
Bout-by-Bout Results vs. Texas Woman's
103: Maddison Heinzer (CMU) wins by forfeit
110:
Sophia Cornish (CMU) pins Victoria Pena, 1:31
117: Alexis Hanks (TWU) tech fall JoJo McDaniel, 11-0 (0:45)
124:
Alejandra Valdiviezo (CMU) tech fall Inergee Donald, 11-1 (1:28)
131:
Hania Halverson (CMU) pins Brooke Zejada, 5:18
138:
Keyla Ajoleza (CMU) tech fall Cora-Yvette Carr, 10-0 (4:11)
145:
Celina Cooke (CMU) dec. Maegan Flaherty, 8-5
160:
Gretchen Donally (CMU) pins Poorna Babu, 1:43
180:
Maggie Smith (CMU) injury default over Faith Perez, 1:02
207: #4
Jayleen Sekona (CMU) pins Pauline Grace Heimuli, 2:33
110 EXH: Mackenzie Peterson (TWU) tech falls
Isabella Cruz, 12-1 (4:25)
117 EXH:
Brooke McCurley (CMU) pins Inergee Donald, 1:24
180 EXH: Kim Carlin (CMU) pins Mia Howell, 2:56
180 EXH:
Alison Evans (CMU) tech falls Audrina Mauldin, 10-0 (1:43)
#7 Colorado Mesa 37, #21 William Jewell 9
The Mavericks won eight of the ten matches to come away with a 37-9 non-conference victory over the No. 21 ranked William Jewell Cardinals to close out the day of matches. They had four match wins by pin, two by decision and two forfeit victories.
Heinzer (103) and Cornish (110) each received forfeit victories while
Alejandra Valdiviezo (124) earned a pin of Emarie Bolosan at 2:49 to give the Mavericks a 16-3 lead after four bouts.
After a technical fall win for the Cardinals at 131 pounds,
Keyla Ajoleza (138) and
Celina Cooke (145) recorded back-to-back pins to give the Mavericks a big edge heading into the final three bouts of the dual.
Freshman
Gretchen Donally trailed her 160-pound match 6-1 heading to the second period of action. Donally scored three takedowns in the second period, including the final one with roughly 10 seconds left, to give the Montana native a 7-6 decision victory.
Maggie Smith (180) earned a 12-7 decision victory followed by a pin at the two-minute mark by
Jayleen Sekona (207) capped the dual for Colorado Mesa.
Bout-by-Bout Results vs. William Jewell
103: Maddison Heinzer (CMU) wins by forfeit
110:
Sophia Cornish (CMU) wins by forfeit
117: #5 Alex Waitsman (WJC) dec JoJo McDaniel, 12-3
124:
Alejandra Valdiviezo (CMU) pins Emarie Bolosan, 2:49
131: Shelby Kemp (WJC) tech fall
Hania Halverson, 10-0 (3:23)
138:
Keyla Ajoleza (CMU) pins Ellisa Jimenez, 4:09
145:
Celina Cooke (CMU) pins Paige Barber, 2:48
160:
Gretchen Donally (CMU) dec Athena Willden, 7-6
180:
Maggie Smith (CMU) dec Nylease Yzagere, 12-7
207: #4
Jayleen Sekona (CMU) pins Sydni Scott, 2:00
EXH 110: Miyah Palacios (WJC) pins
Isabella Cruz, 0:58
EXH 117:
Brooke McCurley (CMU) injury default Jada Hernandez, 4:34
After taking next weekend off, the Mavericks will head to Marhall, Mo. for the prestigious Missouri Valley Open on November 22.
