SUMMARY: Iowa Women's Wrestling competes at the North Central Invitational

The Iowa women’s wrestling team sent three student-athletes and two unattached wrestlers to the North Central College Invitational on Sunday. They came away with four top four finishes, including a pair of second place finishes.

At 123 pounds, Ava Rose got to the finals behind a pair of tech. falls and a 14-8 decision over Alexandra Waitsman of William Jewell. Rose fell to #1 Amani Jones of North Central via tech. fall in the finals, but finished in second place. Also at 123, freshman Cali Leng had a good showing. She got a narrow 7-6 victory over Dakota Drew of North Central in the first round and a pair of tech. falls to advance to the semis, where she fell to eventual champ #1 Amani Jones. After a consolation match win, Leng lost to Alexandra Waitsman of William Jewell, 8-7 and finished in fourth place.

At 136 pounds, Anakya Besco earned three tech. falls to begin her day, before hard fought decision wins over Marissa Sanabria (Lindenwood) and Gabriella Perez (Cambellsville) to advance to the finals. There, she fell to Alondra Morales of North Central, 8-0 and finished in second place.

At 191 pounds, Jaycee Foeller wrestled unattached and picked up a win over #10 Caroline Ward (North Central) to advance to the semifinals, but fell to #1 Brittyn Corbishley (North Central). Foeller went on to finish in fourth place.

Head Coach Clarissa Chun

“They wrestled hard and battled within themselves and on the mat to come out with a strong finish. The women that came to wrestle are learning and growing in specific areas and finding ways to execute on the mat in competitions. This is a great time of year to work on it. A lot of great things happened today; I am very proud of them. They all made mid-match and mid-competition adjustments and brought out their best selves in the end. Nothing to hang our heads on, great efforts from each and every one of them today.”

123 lbs – Ava Rose – Second Place

First Round: over Jayden Bazemore (Gannon University), Inj. Default Second Round: tech. fall over Sandie Pfeil (Augustana),12-2 Quarterfinal: tech. fall over Angela LoRusso (Adrian College),10-0 Semifinal: decision over Alexandra Waitsman (William Jewell), 14-8 Finals: #1 Amani Jones (North Central) tech. fall over Rose, 10-0

123 lbs – Cali Leng – Fourth Place

First Round: decision over Dakota Drew (North Central), 7-6 Second Round: fall over Ileah Brown (Schreiner University), 2:34 Quarterfinal: tech. fall over Bethany Regione (Aurora),12-2 Semifinal: #1 Amani Jones (North Central) fall over Leng, 2:35 Consolation: decision over Josie Davis (Campbellsville University), 8-2 3rd Place: Alexandra Waitsman (William Jewell) decision over Leng, 8-7

136 lbs – Anakya Besco – Second Place

First Round: tech. fall over Jennifer Villagomez (Carthage), 11-1
Second Round: tech. fall over Brooke Schuenemann (UW-Stevens Point),14-4 Third Round: tech. fall over Halle White (North Central),10-0
Quarterfinal: decision over Marissa Sanabria (Lindenwood), 2-0 Semifinal: decision over Gabriella Perez (Campbellsville), 3-2 Finals: Alondra Morales (North Central) decision over Besco, 8-0

136 lbs – Emmily Patneaud (Unattached)

First Round: tech. fall over Kiza Williams (Eureka), 10-0 Second Round: Gabriella Perez (Campbellsville) decision over Patneaud, 9-6 Consolation: tech. fall over Alexis Ross (Iowa Central),10-0 Consolation: tech. fall over Autumn Flanigan (Augsburg),11-0 Consolation: Natasha Markoutsis (Aurora) tech. fall over Patneaud, 12-2

191 lbs – Jaycee Foeller (Unattached) – Fourth Place

First Round: decision over Logan Ryan (Albion), 3-0 Quarterfinal: decision over #10 Caroline Ward (North Central), 3-1 Semifinal: #1 Brittyn Corbishley (North Central) decision over Foeller, 8-6 Consolation: decision over Sydney Manos (Aurora), 9-2 3rd Place: Traeh Haynes (North Central) decision over Foeller, 4-2

Up Next, the Hawkeyes will travel west for the Last Vegas Desert Duals against Wartburg on Sunday, December 17th.