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The University of Jamestown women’s wrestling team is in seventh place out of 31 teams after the first day of the NAIA National Women’s Wrestling Invitational.
The invitational, hosted by the University of Jamestown at Harold Newman Arena, wraps up Saturday with championship semifinals, consolation semifinals, and placement matches (3rd, 5th, and 7th place) beginning at 10 a.m. The championship matches will begin at 7 p.m.
Josie Bartishofski (SO/Weston, Wis.) (116 pounds) and Sierra Talmadge (JR/Bismarck, N.D.) (170 pounds) are in the hunt for a national championship. Both wrestlers made the semifinals after defeating both of their opponents Friday.
Rayana Sahagun (FR/Rockford, Mich.) (109), Arianna Marrufo (JR/Dos Palos, Calif.) (116), Allie Baudhuin (SO/Coppell, Texas) (130), Luisita Jara (FR/Menifee, Calif.) (136), and Kelly La Cost (FR/Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) (191) will wrestle in the consolation bracket and join Bartishofski and Talmadge as NAIA All-Americans.
Bartishofski, the fourth seed in the 116 bracket, defeated Campbellsville’s Cierra Broukal by 10-0 tech fall in her opening bout, and won a 4-0 decision over fifth-seeded Serenity Durham-Goree of Midland in the quarterfinals. She will face top-seeded Peyton Prussin of Life in the semifinals.
Talmadge, seeded fifth at 170, won by 9-2 decision over Baker’s Kiya Jones and 9-5 decision over fourth-seeded Chamira Cooper of University of the Cumberlands. She will face top-seeded Alexandra Castillo of Campbellsville in the semifinals.
Sahagun, the second seed at 109, opened with a 9-3 decision over Korigan Wilkey of Indiana Tech, then was pinned by Macie Stewart of Southern Oregon in the quarterfinals. She came back with an 11-8 decision over Lilliana Campbell of Missouri Valley and will face fifth seed Emma Cochran of Grand View on Saturday.
Marrufo, seeded eighth at 116, pinned Sydney McGhee of Missouri Baptist in 2:58 and York’s Emily Fergeson in 4:22, before being pinned by top seed Peyton Prussin of Life in the quarterfinals. She stayed alive in the consolation bracket with a 7-2 decision over Grand View’s Jasmine Alexander and will face fifth seed Serenity Durham-Goree of Midland Saturday.
Baudhuin, the seventh seed at 130, won by 10-0 tech fall over Wayland Baptist’s Emily Alderman and 10-4 decision over Sophia Smith of Oklahoma City. She lost by 13-2 tech fall to second seed Mea Mohler of Texas Wesleyan but came back with a 10-0 tech fall over Missour Valley’s Willow Barnes. Baudhuin faces sixth seed Briana Kellin of Life on Saturday.
Jara, seeded sixth at 136, was pinned by Savanna McCutchen in 3:31 in her opening match, then won three straight bouts in the consolation bracket. She won a 2-1 decision over Rebekah Garcia of Lyon, a 12-4 decision over Ottawa’s Lyric Gonsalves, and a 5-5 decision over Mattison Parker of Oklahoma City. Jara gets a second chance against McCutchen in Saturday’s first match.
La Cost, the seventh seed at 191, won a 12-1 tech fall over Serena Sanchez of Midland and pinned Rayana Vigil of Southern Oregon in 2:32. Second seed Elisa Robinson of Baker pinned La Cost in 1:08, and La Cost came back to win a 3-0 decision over Olivia Robinson of Eastern Oregon. She will face third seed MaQuoia Bernabe of University of the Cumberlands on Saturday.
Samantha Weeks (SO/Tacoma, Wash.) (123) went 2-2, Remy Vargas (JR/Orlando, Fla.) (136) went 1-2, and Joycelyn Katcheak (SO/Stebbins, Alaska) (155) went 1-2 for the Jimmies’ other victories.
UJ has 65 team points, 3.5 points behind sixth place University of the Cumberlands and 6.5 points behind Southern Oregon. Campbellsville leads the team race with 126.5 points, followed by Life with 100.5 points in second, and Oklahoma City with 78.5 points in third.
