[Women's Wrestling] Two Titles Won by Women's Wrestling in Home Meet
Doane Women's Wrestling hosted their first-ever home event as they held the Conner/Oppenheim Doane Women's Open on Saturday. The event featured a little over 100 women's competitors.
The Tigers walked away with 23 wins and two champions from the 12 wrestlers competing. In the 101 bracket, Karina Vang (FR/Fresno, Calif.) posted a 3-0 record on her way to the title. Her match was the first championship match, making her the first-ever women's wrestler to win a title in a Doane-hosted meet. She opened with a pin of Alyssa Cordova of Saint Mary (Kan.) in 2:18. Her semifinal match pitted her against Dutchess King of Indian Hills, ranked No. 6 in the junior college ranks. She picked up another pin, winning in 1:22. The title match saw her defeat Jalen Bets of Grand View, 10-0.
Brooke Cox (FR/Lawson, Mo.) collected a win at 109, defeating Kylee Slyter of Baker, 11-0. In the 116 bracket, Emily Cano (FR/Fresno, Calif.) picked up three wins and Savannah Smith (FR/Aurora, Colo.) added two wins as they took fourth and fifth place, respectively.
Cano defeated Ali Andersen of Grand View in her first match by pin in 1:40. She needed just 28 seconds to dispatch Kennedy Harris of Friends by pin. After dropping a match, she came back with a pin of Javanica Mickens of Indian Hills in 4:34. Smith picked up a win over Carysa Corrado of Friends by pin in 1:43 and of Mickens in 3:24 after having a bye in the opening round.
Winning the 123 bracket was Cristelle Rodriguez (FR/Clovis, Calif.) with a 4-0 record. She opened with a pin of Lauren Lopez in 0:50 and followed with a tech fall win over Emily Fergeson of York, 10-0. In the semifinals, she took on Liannette Ortiz of Indian Hills, ranked No. 2 in the junior college rankings. Rodriguez topped Ortiz by tech fall, 12-2. In the championship, she defeated NAIA No. 12 Larissa Kaz of Hastings, 11-1.
In the 143 bracket, Aevri Ciha (FR/Cambridge, Wis.) and Andrea Jones (SO/Toledo, Wash.) advanced to face each other in the third place match. Ciha opened with a tech fall win, 11-0, over Kaitlyn Hain of Indian Hills, who is ranked No. 6 in the weight class for junior colleges. After a loss, she bounced back with a pin of Sidali Jaramillo from Saint Mary (KS) in 36 seconds.
Jones opened with a pin of Jaramillo in 1:54 but would drop her second match of the day. She bounced back with a win over Naveah Briggs, wrestling unattached, by tech fall, 10-0. Ciha won the third place match over Jones by pin at the 0:48 mark.
In the 170 bracket, Lamia Benn (FR/Compton, Calif.) went 2-2 on the day. She opened and closed the day by taking on Suravieve Robertson of Indian Hills, ranked No. 5 in the junior college ranks. In between, she picked up a medical forfeit victory followed by a come-from-behind win over Gracie Goldsmith-Ding. She trailed 6-0 before getting two takedowns, the last leading to a pin in 3:42. Benn took fourth place.
In the 191 bracket, Jessica Villanueva (FR/San Juan, Texas) opened with a win over Makinzie Parsons of Iowa Western, ranked No. 7 in the junior college 191 rankings. After dropping a match, she pinned Christina Page of Friends in 0:53. Her final loss came by decision as she placed fourth. Victoria Hernandez (FR/Orange, Calif.) picked up one win on the day, defeating teammate Amy Parra (FR/Dallas, Texas) by a 5-2 decision.
The Tigers will return to action in 2023 at the York Open on January 14.