By: Madie Brink
MINOT, N.D. - USF Women's Wrestling stormed back with a strong 3-0 outing at the Beaver Bash Duals after dropping their duel season opener last weekend. The Cougars defeated No. 24 Dickinson State, 22-21, before rolling past Chadron State, 31-14, and Minot State, 30-14, to move to 3-2 in dual competitions this season. Today's duals marked the first wins for first season head coach Griffin Osing.
"I'm extremely proud of how our team competed for each other today," stated head coach Griffin Osing. "We had a little bit of a tough go last weekend and we were able to respond the right way today. Our program preaches about wrestling with a high effort each time out and not focusing on the results. Today, our record is the result of those high efforts from each member on our team. Knowing we had to move some wrestlers around to fill our lineup, they were able to come together and get the job done."
SIOUX FALLS vs NO. 24 DICKINSON STATE – W, 22-21
Both teams were open at 103-pounds.
Starting at 110-pounds, Paw Hobza fell to Myriam Riley in a 4:57 fall.
At 117-pounds, Abby Wilfong fell to No. 10 Jazmine Turner in a 13-2, 3:00 tech fall.
Hanah Schuster fell to Brita McCaskill at 124-pounds in a 3:45 fall.
Mackenzie Armagost got the Cougars going at 131-pounds with a 2:17 fall over Makenzie Shaw.
At 138-pounds, Johanna Steinlicht fell to No. 2 Jumoke Adekoye in a 13-0, 3:19 tech fall.
Ciana Grate defeated Kaytlin McAnelly at 145-pounds in a quick 1:35 fall.
Aliyah Villarreal added to the Cougars' score with a 3:48 fall over Olivia Anderson to pull USF within two points.
At 180-pounds, Rachel Berger wrestled up to take on Bridgette Price falling in a hard fought 8-2 decision.
At 207-pounds, Zoe Adam defeated Isabella Urias in a 2:07 fall to seal the 22-21 team win for USF.
SIOUX FALLS vs CHADRON STATE – W, 31-14
USF was open at 103-pounds with Chadron State accepting the forfeit with Brianna Vollendrogg.
At 110-pounds, Paw Hobza fell to No. 11 Rylee Balcazar in a 10-0, 1:39 tech fall.
Abby Wilfong fell to Shania Wear at 117-pounds in a 13-0, 3:00 tech fall.
At 124-pounds, Hanah Schuster scored first for The Coo with a 10-0, 4:37 tech fall win over Trona Bates.
Mackenzie Armagost defeated Maddox Gehlhausen at 131-pounds in a 2:07 fall.
At 138-pounds, Brinley Green-Griffin added to the win column with an 8-3 decision over Nevaeh Leonard.
Ciana Grate defeated Desza Munson at 145-pounds in a second period, 3:25 fall.
Aliyah Villarreal and Rachel Berger accepted forfeits at 160- and 180-pounds, respectively. Berger moves to 1-1 in dual settings and 1-1 on the season.
Zoe Adam closed out the second dual of the day with a quick 0:37 fall at 207-pounds over Estrella Vazquez-Gutierrez.
SIOUX FALLS vs MINOT STATE – W, 30-14
Starting at 110-pounds, Paw Hobza picked up her first win of the day with a 4:10 fall over Kaiya Lopes to finish 1-2 on the day, 2-3 in dual settings and 5-5 on the season.
Abby Wilfong accepted the forfeit at 117-pounds to move to 1-2 on the day, 3-2 in dual settings and 3-4 on the season.
At 124-pounds, Hanah Schuster defeated Skye Shelmerdine in a 4:04 fall to go 2-1 on they day and advance to 2-3 in dual settings and 2-3 on the season.
Mackenzie Armagost fell to Alyssa Jones at 131-pounds to move to 2-1 on the day, 2-2 in dual settings and 4-4 on the year.
Johanna Steinlicht defeated Lovey Beebe at 138-pounds in a 12-1, 5:19 pin advancing to 1-1 on they day, 2-1 in dual settings and 8-2 on they season.
Brinley Green-Griffin wrestled up to defeat Haleigh Lematta at 145-pounds in a 4:04 fall to move to 2-0 on they day, 3-0 in dual settings and 6-2 on they year.
Aliyah Villarreal fell to Madilyn Schuck at 180-pounds in a tough 6-3 decision moving to 2-1 on they day, 2-2 in dual settings and 2-4 on the season.
No. 15 Zoe Adam went a perfect 3-0 at 207-pounds to advance to 4-1 in dual settings and 6-3 on the year.
UP NEXT
The Cougars will be competing in the Beaver Bash Open tomorrow with matches scheduled to start at 9am.
USF will return home Wednesday, December 3rd to host Bismarck State and Dakota Wesleyan in the USF Duals at the Stewart Center. Duals will start at 5pm, 6pm and 7pm.
