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Pair of IW wrestlers hit All-American status
Andy Krutsinger
Mar. 8, 2021 12:00 am
TIFFIN, OH - Two members of the Iowa Wesleyan women's wrestling team were named All Americans at the National Collegiate Women's Wrestling Championships on Saturday. Freshmen Alaina Sunlin and Daisy Scholz each finished in the Top-6 of their respective brackets to make the All American list.
Sunlin and Scholz were two of five Tigers to make the tournament. All five were freshmen.
Sunlin (109) had to battle back after dropping her first match on a 10-2 major against Adrian College's Emily Mendoz. Sunlin won her next three matches, a 17-10 decision over Tiffin University's Brooke Richards, a pin against North Central College's Angelina Graff, and a technical fall over McKendree University's Carly Valleroy.
Sunlin was pinned in the consolation semifinals, losing out to Cassy Lopez of Presbyterian College, but ended the day by inacting some revenge on Mendez, beating her on a 5-3 decision.
Like Sunlin, Scholz (136 pounds) lost her first match, losing ona 13-7 decision to Emmanuel University's Julia Padilla. Scholz won the next two rounds by forfeit before getting a 10-0 technical fall over Adrian's Elisa Coxto move to 1-1. She fell in the consolation semifinals, getting done in by McKendree's Michelle Camacho on a 10-0 technical fall, and then dropped the fifth place match to Padilla, who pinned Scholz in 1:48.
Ashden Welte (116), Claara Padua-Cruz (155) and Kassandra Ayard (191) all went 0-2 to get knocked out of the tournaemnt after two matches.
Alaina Sunlin (109)
Champ. Round 1 - Emily Mendez (Adrian) 12-7 won by major decision over Alaina Sunlin (Iowa
Wesleyan) 5-3 (MD 10-2)
Cons. Round 1 - Alaina Sunlin (Iowa Wesleyan) 5-3 won by decision over Brooke Richards (Tiffin)
7-6 (Dec 17-10)
Cons. Round 2 - Alaina Sunlin (Iowa Wesleyan) 5-3 won by fall over Angelina Graff (North
Central) 3-7 (Fall 2:02)
Cons. Round 3 - Alaina Sunlin (Iowa Wesleyan) 5-3 won by tech fall over Carly Valleroy
(McKendree) 6-4 (TF-1.5 6:00 (12-2))
Cons. Semi - Cassy Lopez (Presbyterian) 3-2 won by fall over Alaina Sunlin (Iowa Wesleyan) 5-3
(Fall 3:41)
5th Place Match - Alaina Sunlin (Iowa Wesleyan) 5-3 won by decision over Emily Mendez
(Adrian) 12-7 (Dec 5-3)
116: Ashden Welty
Champ. Round 1 - Melanie Mendoza (King) 3-2 won by fall over Ashden Welty (Iowa Wesleyan)
1-3 (Fall 1:09)
Cons. Round 1 - Nikoly Dos Santos (Gannon) 1-2 won by fall over Ashden Welty (Iowa
Wesleyan) 1-3 (Fall 1:08)
136: Daisy Scholz (136)
Champ. Round 1 - Julia Padilla (Emmanuel) 13-7 won by fall over Daisy Scholz (Iowa Wesleyan)
3-5 (Fall 3:38)
Cons. Round 1 - Daisy Scholz (Iowa Wesleyan) 3-5 received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 2 - Daisy Scholz (Iowa Wesleyan) 3-5 won by forfeit over Dalia Garibay (Colorado
Mesa) 4-2 (For.)
Cons. Round 3 - Daisy Scholz (Iowa Wesleyan) 3-5 won by tech fall over Elisa Cox (Adrian) 16-4
(TF-1.5 2:48 (10-0))
Cons. Semi - Michelle Camacho (McKendree) 7-3 won by tech fall over Daisy Scholz (Iowa
Wesleyan) 3-5 (TF-1.5 1:11 (10-0))
5th Place Match - Julia Padilla (Emmanuel) 13-7 won by fall over Daisy Scholz (Iowa Wesleyan)
3-5 (Fall 1:48)
155: Clara Padua-Cruz
Champ. Round 1 - Annibel Helm (Gannon) 1-2 won by decision over Clara Padua-Cruz (Iowa
Wesleyan) 1-3 (Dec 3-2)
Cons. Round 1 - Julianna Moreno (Lindenwood) 1-2 won by tech fall over Clara Padua-Cruz
(Iowa Wesleyan) 1-3 (TF-1.5 2:05 (12-2))
191: Kassandra Ayard (191)
Champ. Round 1 - Jessie Lee (Tiffin) 9-4 won by fall over Kassandra Ayard (Iowa Wesleyan) 1-4
(Fall 2:09)
Cons. Round 1 - Destiny Baltierra (Limestone) 2-7 won by tech fall over Kassandra Ayard (Iowa
Wesleyan) 1-4 (TF-1.5 5:07 (10-0))