GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – Beginning the year at home and showing out in dominant fashion, the #6 Colorado Mesa University Women's Wrestling Team defeated a pair multi-level schools this evening as they beat both Snow College and Texas Woman's University in the final two legs of the Maverick tri-dual at Brownson Arena.
Outscoring the combined schools 78-11, the Mavericks worked their way to an exhibition win against Snow College to start the day by a score of 40-5, before winning their first RMAC dual of the season against Texas Woman's in the nightcap, 38-6.
Since the dual versus Snow College was an exhibition matchup team scores will not be counted, but head-to-head records will.
Prior the two schools facing the Mavs, Snow College and Texas Woman's faced off in the first leg of the tri-dual with Texas Woman's taking the victory by a score of 31-16.
Below is a short recap of each dual:
Colorado Mesa 40, Snow College 5:
Working their way to nine wins in 10 matches, the Mavs dominated Snow College for the second year in a row to start their day as they earned every single win of the dual by either pin or technical fall.
Earning those wins by pin were the group of Kinlee Brandley, Brooke McCurley and Mollie Dare with all three pins coming in under two minutes. Brandley also is a Snow College alum coming into this year after she transferred in this fall.
The remaining five wins all came by technical fall with that group being represented by Adriana Gomez, #10 Jojo McDaniel, Thalia Vogelsang, #7 Gretchen Donally, Taylor Colangelo and #4 Jayleen Sekona.
The quartet of McDaniel, Vogelsang, Donally and Sekona also did so without allowing a single point to their opponents.
Bout-by-Bout Results
103: Kinlee Brandley (CMU) pins Alicia Hansen, 0:49
110: Adriana Gomez (CMU) tech falls Kathryn Christensen, 17-6
117: #10 Jojo McDaniel (CMU) tech falls Kaylee Young, 12-0
124: Brooke McCurley (CMU) pins Emily Pasillas, 1:06
131: Thalia Vogelsang (CMU) tech falls Julissa Miranda, 10-0
138: Mollie Dare (CMU) pins Inaily Samaniego, 1:36
145: #7 Gretchen Donally (CMU) tech falls Isabelle Morgan, 12-0
160: Taylor Colangelo (CMU) tech falls Leticia Garcia, 12-1
180: Maeli Howard (Snow) dec Kimberly Carlin, 13-4
207: #4 Jayleen Sekona (CMU) tech falls Chloe Colvin, 10-0
Colorado Mesa 38, Texas Woman's 6:
Building on their showing in the first dual, the Mavs continued with another win in their second dual of the night as they earned their first RMAC win over Texas Woman's.
A few different wrestlers appeared for Colorado Mesa in the matchup, but the result was still the same as dominance was prevalent in there being three pins and four technical falls.
#2 Lorianna Piestewa, Hania Halverson and Keyla Ajoleza all secured pins in their bouts with Piestewa owning the fastest of the group at 1:33.
Adriana Gomez, Sophia Cornish, #7 Gretchen Donally and #4 Jayleen Sekona earned the technical fall wins. This was Donally's and Sekona's second straight wins of the evening as well.
#4 Mia Zuniga had a tight win by a score of 8-2 in her Maverick debut while Celina Preston had the biggest win of the match winning in a 7-7 split at the 160-pound weight class after criteria granted her the victory. Her win came over #10 Poorna Babu who is the Pioneers lone ranked wrestler and only qualifier for Nationals a year ago.
Bout-by-Bout Results
103: #4 Mia Zuniga (CMU) dec Alexa Rodriguez, 8-2
110: Adriana Gomez (CMU) tech falls Victoria Pena, 11-0
117: Sophia Cornish (CMU) tech falls Natalie Powell, 11-0
124: #2 Lorianna Piestewa (CMU) pins Brooke Zejada, 1:33
131: Hania Halverson (CMU) pins Laisha Rios, 2:20
138: Keyla Ajoleza (CMU) pins Kira Phillips, 5:13
145: #7 Gretchen Donally (CMU) tech falls Maegen Flaherty, 16-6
160: Celina Preston (CMU) dec by criteria #10 Poorna Babu, 7-7
180: Samaria Bennett (TWU) dec Maggie Smith, 10-6
207: #4 Jayleen Sekona (CMU) tech falls Jaycee Portee, 10-0
Continuing their busy weekend of wrestling, the Mavs now host the Maverick Open tomorrow with over 150 wrestlers competing and 10 schools being apart of the field. Action begins at 9:00 am in Brownson Arena.
