Depleted Statesmen Fall Twice in Heart Duals

Forest City--Competing with just a fraction of its normal lineup, the William Penn women's wrestling team dropped two Heart of America Athletic Conference dual meets Monday.

WPU (2-5, 0-3 Heart) lost 40-6 to Missouri Valley and was nipped 25-23 by host Waldorf.

Catherine Steinkamp (Jr., Quincy, Ill., Exercise Science) managed the lone victory for the navy and gold against Missouri Valley, defeating Maddie Lincoln by a 10-0 technical fall at 116 pounds.

155-pounder Kaylah Johnson (So., Houston, Texas, Biology) and 191-pounder Samantha Ruano (Sr., Romeoville, Ill., Business Management) also both scored in losses by decision to give William Penn one point each against the Vikings.

The Waldorf meet began at 136 pounds and after losing the opening bout, the Statesmen flipped roles when 143-pounder Isabelle Hawley (So., Winchester, Calif., Sociology) pinned Yana Paskar in the first period for a 5-4 team advantage.

Johnson then jumped up to 170 pounds and rolled over Amaya Lopez with an 11-0 technical fall to knot things up at 9-9.  Eventually going down 19-9, the visitors got right back in the matchup with back-to-back forfeits for Teya Garner (Fr., San Antonio, Texas, Biology) at 109 pounds and Steinkamp at 116 pounds.

Grecia Martinez (So., Horizon City, Texas, Engineering) then put WPU back on top at 23-20 as she won 12-2 over Amanda Durrant.  Unfortunately, the Statesmen came up short in the final match and lost the dual.

Next Up: William Penn travels to Waverly Saturday for another triangular.  The Statesmen will meet Augsburg at 1 p.m. with a matchup against host Wartburg to follow later at approximately 2 p.m.

Missouri Valley 40, WPU 6

101--Sage Beltran (M) won by forfeit (0-5)
109--Hailey Holland (M) won by fall over Teya Garner, 0:22 (0-10)
116--Catherine Steinkamp (W) won by technical fall over Maddie Lincoln, 10-0 (4-10)
123--Ashley Whetzel (M) won by fall over Grecia Martinez, 1:53 (4-15)
130--Chase Kiel (M) won by fall over Alexis Cervantes, 2:30 (4-20)
136--Willow Barnes (M) won by fall over Sandra Arellano, 1:46 (4-25)
143--Ani Acosta (M) won by technical fall over Naida Abdijanovic, 10-0 (4-29)
155--Elizabeth Hubbard (M) won by decision over Kaylah Johnson, 7-3 (5-32) (WPU earned a team point by scoring in the match)
170--Elise Falcetti (M) won by fall over Kylee Eastwood, 1:43 (5-37)
190--Tylah Allen (M) won by decision over vs Samantha Ruano, 7-1 (6-40) (WPU earned a team point by scoring in the match)

Waldorf 25, WPU 23

136--Kayla Reddick (WU) won by technical fall over Sandra Arellano, 10-0 (0-4)
143--Isabelle Hawley (WP) won by fall over Yana Paskar, 1:26 (5-4)
155--Ku'uipo Chan (WU) won by fall over Kylee Eastwood, 1:44 (5-9)
170--Kaylah Johnson (WP) won by technical fall over Amaya Lopez, 11-0 (9-9)
191--Jojo Hendricks (WU) won by fall over Samantha Ruano, 2:37 (9-14)
101--Alanis Serrano (WU) won by forfeit (9-19)
109--Teya Garner (WP) won by forfeit (14-19)
116--Catherine Steinkamp (WP) won by forfeit (19-19)
123--Grecia Martinez (WP) won by technical fall over Amanda Durrant, 12-2 (23-20) (WU earned a team point by scoring in the match)
130--Jennifer Castaneda (WU) won by fall over Alexis Cervantes, 1:42 (23-25)