WESTMINSTER, Md. - First-year
McKenzie Koon picked up her first career win as the McDaniel College women's wrestling team split a home tri-meet with Felician and Maine Maritime on Saturday inside the Gill Center.
The Green Terror (5-6) picked up their fifth dual meet win of the season against the Mariners, 44-5, before falling to the Golden Falcons, 38-11.
McDaniel won nine out of 10 matches against Maine Maritime (0-2), including the first seven to take a commanding 35-0 advantage. After three-straight forfeits, first-year
Alize Franze recorded her third fall of the season, all of which have come in 45 seconds or less.
The Green Terror picked up two more forfeits, including a medical forfeit before the Mariners got on the board with a fall from Mary Smith.
First-year
Morgan Linton picked up her 11th win of the season and her eighth by fall with a pin against Isa Thesing at 180 pounds before Koon earned her first win with a win by technical superiority over Kelly Malcom, 11-0.
First-year
Liana Samuel recorded a win by injury default at in an exhibition at 145 pounds.
Against Felician, McDaniel led 5-4 after the first two matches as first-year
Sofia Molina earned her second win of the day by forfeit at 110 pounds.
Triling 5-4, the Golden Falcons (8-5) won the next six consecutive matches, the first five of which came by fall, including one by Christina Borgmann who is currently ranked 10th in the nation at 131 pounds. The visitors also had wins from Theresa Zeppetelli and Liliana Zaku-Ramos who are ranked second and fifth in Region 2, respectively.
Linton received her second win of the day with a forfeit at 180 pounds before Felician sealed the win with a fall at 207 by Talisha Lewis who is ranked second in Region 2.
McDaniel returns to action next Saturday, January 31 with another home tri-meet against Muhlenberg and Ursinus in conjunction with a men's wrestling quad match with Gettysburg, Merchant Marine, and Ursinus beginning at noon.
McDaniel 44, Maine Maritime 5
103: Sabina Alvarez-Prats (MCD) won by forfeit (5-0)
110:
Sofia Molina (MCD) won by forfeit (10-0)
117:
Ariana Carnahan (MCD) won by forfeit (15-0)
124:
Alize Franze (MCD) fall Kylie Coxon (MMA)Â 0:37 (20-0)
131:
Madison Rich (MCD) won by forfeit (25-0)
138:
Alex Adams (MCD) won by forfeit (30-0)
145:
Lena Black (MCD) over Daniella Myers (MMA) by medical forfeit (35-0)
160: Mary Smith (MMA) fall Maddux Wukitch (MCD) 0:56 (35-5)
180:
Morgan Linton (MCD) fall Isa Thesing (MMA) 0:53 (40-5)
207:
McKenzie Koon (MCD) tech fall Kelly Malcolm (MMA) 11-0, 2:50 (44-5)
Exhibition
145:
Liana Samuel (MCD) over Piper Baumgarten (MMA) by injury default, 0:01
Felician 38, McDaniel 11
103: Emily Doolittle (FEL) tech fall Sabina Alvarez-Prats (MCD) 13-0, 1:03 (4-0)
110:
Sofia Molina (MCD) won by forfeit (4-5)
117: Theresa Zeppetelli (FEL) fall
Ariana Carnahan (MCD) 0:30 (9-5)
124: Liliana Zaku-Ramos (FEL) fall
Alize Franze (MCD) 1:04 (14-5)
131: Christina Borgmann (FEL) fall
Madison Rich (MCD) 1:03 (19-5)
138: Valerie Iglesias (FEL) fall
Liana Samuel (MCD) 1:09 (24-5)
145: Lina Rodriguez (FEL) fall
Lena Black (MCD) 2:33 (29-5)
160: Destiny Rivera (FEL) tech fall Maddux Wukitch (MCD) 11-1, 4:39 (33-6)
180:
Morgan Linton (MCD) won by forfeit (33-11)
207: Talisha Lewis (FEL) fall
Kaia Condon (MCD) 0:59 (38-11)
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