Samara Chavez/Women's Wrestling | King University
Samara Chavez/Women's Wrestling | King University
The top-ranked King University women's wrestling team faced the University of Mount Olive in their first home competition of the season. The Tornado defeated Mount Olive 39-5 with five pins and one technical.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: #1 King 39, Mount Olive 5
LOCATION: Student Center Complex; Bristol, Tenn.
RECORDS: King 5-0; Mount Olive 5-3
HOW IT HAPPENED
- King took a pair of forfeit wins at 101 and 109 pounds before rolling off three straight pins.
- Top-ranked Samara Chavez pinned Gracie Cordasco in 1:43 at 116 pounds and eighth-ranked Melanie Mendoza pinned Jillian Timberlake in 18 seconds at 123 pounds.
- At 130 pounds, third-ranked Montana DeLawder pinned Isabel Rodriguez in 1:29.
- Sixth-ranked Viktorya Torres then took a 10-0 techinical fall over Chloe Lawler at 136 pounds before another Tornado pin.
- In her first action of the season, Ashlynn Ortega pinned Skyler Smith in 2:23.
- Following a Tornado forfeit, second-ranked Chey Bowman pinned Aleksandra Bieszazad in 15 seconds.
- Ther was a double forfeit at 191 pounds as King took the dual 39-5.
- King is in action again on Sunday at the Tornado Open. The tournament starts at 10:00 a.m. in the Student Center Complex.
- Mount Olive returns to the mat again on January 22 at the Robert Horton Memorial.
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