OKLAHOMA CITY – Wayland Baptist's fifth-ranked women's wrestling team swept a tri-dual against 15
th-ranked Missouri Baptist and Bacone on Thursday in Muskogee, Okla., before falling short against ninth-ranked Oklahoma City University in a dual Friday night at OCU.
On Thursday, the Pioneers defeated Missouri Baptist and Bacone by almost identical scores, 38-10, and 38-9, respectively. The going was tougher Friday when WBU took the lightest three weight classes but fell in the rest and came up short against the Stars, 28-15.
The WBU men, ranked the equivalent of 41
st in the NAIA, also competed in Muskogee and Oklahoma City. Against 19
th-ranked OCU, the Pioneers went down, 34-15. In results reported Thursday, the Pioneers edged Missouri Baptist, ranked the equivalent of 30
th, 25-24, while narrowly falling to Bacone, ranked the equivalent of 33
rd, 29-24.
Winning all three of their match-ups over the two days were, for the WBU women,
Asia Ray at 101,
Rhonda Johnson at 109 and 116, and
Gabriela Ramos-Diaz at 116 and 123. Sweeping their three match-ups for the WBU men were
Tommy Rosen-St. John, including a pair of pins, at 174, and
Riley Williams at 197.
The trip was telling for the WBU women.
"This trip was a two-day test to mirror our next competition, which is the two-day national tournament," Wayland coach
Aaron Meister said. "We now know that we're not ready, but I feel confident that we will improve on some of the things that we came up short on and get the outcome that we want."
As for the Pioneer men, assistant coach
Chad Cook said his wrestlers also felt the effects of the back-to-back competitions.
"We didn't bring the same energy as (Thursday), which would have been tough to do on consecutive days, but it's also something that we have to figure out to be successful at the national tournament, which is a two-day weigh-in. At 174, Tommy capped off a good two days with a pin and really seems to be hitting his stride.
"We have three weeks to heal up, make a few technical adjustments and get our minds ready to bring home SAC championships."
Next up for the Wayland women, now sporting a 5-3 duals record, are WCWA Nationals Feb. 9 and 10 back in Oklahoma City. Next for the WBU men (5-6), is the Sooner Athletic Conference Championships Feb. 17 also in Oklahoma City. NAIA Nationals is set for March 2 and 3 in Des Moines, Iowa.
Women
No. 9 Oklahoma City 28, No. 5 Wayland Baptist 15
101:
Asia Ray, WBU, by forfeit (WBU leads 5-0)
109:
Rhonda Johnson, WBU, dec. Leiana Nacapuy, 10-6 (WBU leads 8-1)
116:
Gabriela Ramos-Diaz, WBU, tech. fall Kailyn Ramos, 10-0 (WBU leads 12-1)
123: Monica Mendoza, OCU, tech. fall
Rebekah Cordova, 10-0 (WBU leads 12-5)
130: Daniela Flores, OCU, dec.
Leah Olguin, 8-3 (WBU leads 13-8)
136: Erin Redford, OCU, tech. fall
Asia Igafo, 12-2 (WBU leads 14-12)
143: Natalia Hinojo, OCU, tech. fall Marina Briceño, 10-0 (OCU leads 16-14)
155: Yvonne Galindo, OCU, tech. fall
Skylar Brock, 10-0 (OCU leads 20-14)
170: Rachel Watters, OCU, dec.
Brittany Marshall, 10-7 (OCU leads 23-15)
191: McKyla Kerr, OCU, pinned Ja'Keai Capell, 1:38 (OCU wins 28-15)
Friday's Results
No. 5 Wayland Baptist 38, No. 15 Missouri Baptist 10
(WBU listed first)
123:
Gabriela Ramos-Diaz def. Nadia Escamilla by TF, 12-0; WBU leads 5-0
130:
Rebekah Cordova lost to Erika Mihaka by TF, 14-3; WBU leads 6-4
136:
Breanna Dudoit-Vasquez def. Crystal Zamarripa by TF, 10-0; WBU leads 10-4
143: Marina Briceno def. Marki Simmons by dec, 12-6; WBU leads 13-5
155:
Skylar Brock def. Brighton Hutton by fall; WBU leads 18-5
170:
Brittany Marshall won by forf.; WBU leads 23-5
191: Ja'Keai Capell lost to Darcie Manning-O'Brien by pin; WBU leads 23-10
101:
Asia Ray won by forf.; WBU leads 28-10
109:
Evelynn Simmons def. Kayla Walker by fall; WBU leads 33-10
116:
Rhonda Johnson won by forf.; WBU wins 38-10
Exhibitions
130:
Jill Blanchard lost to Yulissa Medrano by fall
123:
Leah Olguin def. Nadia Escamilla by dec., 7-6
No. 5 Wayland Baptist 38, Bacone 9
(WBU listed first)
101:
Asia Ray def. Kassidy Ramirez by TF, 10-0; WBU leads 5-0
109:
Evelynn Simmons won by forf.; WBU leads 10-0
116:
Rhonda Johnson won by forf.; WBU leads 15-0
123:
Gabriela Ramos-Diaz won by forf; WBU leads 20-0
130:
Rebekah Cordova lost to Mireyna Hernandez by dec., 11-2; WBU leads 21-4
136:
Breanna Dudoit-Vasquez def. Laylani Allen by dec. 4-4; WBU leads 25-5
143: Marina Briceno def. Linette Ambriz by dec., 8-0; WBU leads 29-5
155:
Skylar Brock def. Tatiana Velazquez by dec., 9-0; WBU leads 33-5
170:
Brittany Marshall def. Jasmine Jones by TF, 10-0; WBU leads 37-5
191: Ja'Keai Capell lost to Rayanna Carlon by dec., 10-6; WBU wins 38-9
Exhibitions
101: Alisha Elzade def. Kass Ramirez by dec., 10-9
130:
Leah Olguin def. Mireya Hernandez by TF, 14-3
Men
No. 19 Oklahoma City 34, (RV) Wayland Baptist 15
125: Montana Moon (OCU) over Jesus Gomez (WBU) (MD 10-2)
133: Coulton Parker (OCU) over
Cody Castelline (WBU) (SV-1 5-3)
141:
Jacob Campa (WBU) over (OCU) (For.)
149: Matt Landgraff (OCU) over DeMarco Speller (WBU) (Fall 2:16)
157: Brok Williams (OCU) over
Damarea Speller (WBU) (Dec 8-1)
165: Chase Vincent (OCU) over (WBU) (For.)
174: Tommy Rosen-St John (WBU) over Kaden Truelove (OCU) (Fall 4:03)
184: Brian Buser (OCU) over
Fernando Serje (WBU) (Fall 4:04)
197:
Riley Williams (WBU) over Andres Villa (OCU) (Dec 9-4)
285: Gage Johnson (OCU) over (WBU) (For.)
