Wesleyan wrestling off to hot start

The Iowa Wesleyan wrestling teams had their first duals last week. The Tiger women flied to a 35-11 win over William Penn University on Thursday, and the men went 1-1 on Wednesday, beating Saint Ambrose 32-16 but falling to Cornell College 26-23.

The Tiger women won a pair of matches by forfeits and lost two by forfeit as well, but every match that took place on the mats went the way of the Tigers.

The Tigers had two pins on the day. Nadia Adbijanovic won her match by fall at 143 points, and Grace Gray won the 191-pound bout by fall as well.

The Tiger women won by technical fall in two-straight matches, as Destiny Campbell (130 lbs.) and Adaugo Nwachukwu (136 lbs.) both won 10-0.

Iowa Wesleyan’s win over St. Ambrose was anchored by two pins and two major decisions.

The pins happened on opposite ends of the weight classes. Lane Scorpil pinned his man at 125 pounds, and Isaac Boucher picked up a pin at 285 pounds. Both of those wins were in the first period.

Major decisions happened in back-to-back mkatches, as Brent Ward won the 157-pound match 20-6, and Adin Garay took the 165-pound match 14-5.

Despite the loss to Cornell, the Tigers did win five matches. Two of those were tech falls from Austin Abitua at 149 pounds and Ward at 157. Boucher had another pin at 285.

IOWA WESLEYAN 35, WILLIAM PENN 11

101 – Alaina Sunlin (IW) winner by forfeit 5 0

109 – Mia Palumbo (IW) winner by forfeit 10 0

116 – Faith Cole (IW) tech fall over Grecia Martinez (WP) 12-2 14 0

123 – Nonnie Justice (IW) won by decision over Catherine Steinkemp (WP) 7-4 17 1

130 – Destiny Campbell (IW) tech fall over Mariah Webster (WP) 10-0 21 1

136 – Adaugo Nwachukwu (IW) tech fall over Alexis Cervantes (WP) 10-0 25 1

143 – Naida Abdijanovic (IW) won by fall over Ashleigh Denny (WP) 2:34 30 1

155 – MayLee Edwards (WP) winner by forfeit 30 6

170 – Payge Fuller (WP) winner by forfeit 30 11

191 – Grace Gray (IW) won by fall over Samantha Ruano (WP) 2:11 35 11

IOWA WESLEYAN 32, ST. AMBROSE 16

125 - Lane Scorpil (IW) pinned Michael Chagnon (SA) 1:59 6 0

133 - Brendan Ferenchik (IW) forfeit 12 0

141 - Riley Woods (SA) pinned Carson Coleman (IW) 1:45 12 6

149 - Austin Abitua (IW) decision over Daniel Terronez (SA) 9-8 15 6

157 - Brent Ward (IW) major decision over Diego Machado (SA) 20-6 19 6

165 - Adin Garay (IW) major decision over Parker Terronez (SA) 14-5 23 6

174 - Thade Gottschalk (SA) pinned Jesus Diaz (IW) 2:01 23 12

184 - Kaden Kaiser (IW) decision over Jack Merlo (SA) 7-4 26 12

197 - Tyler Casey (SA) major decision Elias Cordero (IW) 11-2 26 16

285 - Isaac Boucher (IW) pinned Abdullah Razzak (SA) 1:07 32 16

CORNELL COLLEGE 26, IOWA WESLEYAN 23

125 - Jayden Rael (CC) pinned Travis Hodges (IW) 3:56 0 6

133 - Brendan Ferenchik (IW) major decision over Ayden Nicklaus (CC) 14-6 4 6

141 - Eli Sneed (CC) pinned Carson Coleman (IW) 6:46 4 12

149 - Austin Abitua (IW) tech fall over Jacob Ramirez (CC) 17-2 5:19 9 12

157 - Brent Ward (IW) tech fall over Joey Shaw (CC) 18-1 2:58 14 12

165 - Cory Stewart (CC) tech fall over Jesus Diaz (IW) 17-2 3:29 14 17

174 - Adin Garay (IW) decision over Austin Wilkins (CC) 5-1 17 17

184 - Nick DeMunno (CC) decision over Kaden Kaiser (IW) 10-7 17 20

197 - Jackson Brinker (CC) pinned Elias Cordero (IW) 0:17 17 26

285 - Isaac Boucher (IW) pinned Drake Fox (CC) 1:22 23 26