BEREA, Ohio – For the first time in university history and for the first time ever at home, the Baldwin Wallace University women's wrestling team defeated the University of Mount Union in a dual match by a final score of 35-16 in the Ursprung Gymnasium inside the Lou Higgins Center.
BW (1-0), who added women's wrestling in 2022, had only competed this season in one open tournament. The Yellow Jackets won eight of 10 matches. Mount Union (0-1) won two matches.
Match Results
- 103 pounds: Freshman Callie Helton (Norwalk) won by forfeit
- 110 pounds: Freshman Molly Lehman (North Olmsted won by forfeit
- 117 pounds: Freshman Victoria Bernard (Buellton, Calif./Dos Pueblos) won an 12-3 technical fall
- 124 pounds: Freshman Abby DiCenzo (Tampa, Fla./Bell Creek) won by pinfall
- 131 pounds: Freshman Lexie Beadle (Youngstown/Boardman) won by pinfall
- 138 pounds: Mount Union won by forfeit
- 145 pounds: Freshman Hattie Rose Hobar (Avon Lake) fell by a score of 6-1
- 160 pounds: Freshman Leyna Rumpler (Wexford, Pa./North Allegheny) won by forfeit
- 180 pounds: Freshman Gillian Coulson (Lakewood) won by pinfall
- 207 pounds: Freshman Gabby Kennedy (Dayton/Chaminade-Julienne) loss by pinfall
BW is back in action on Friday, November 22 when it hosts the first match of a women's and men's doubleheader against Delaware Valley (Pa.) University at 7 p.m.
The Yellow Jackets host the inaugural BW Open on Sunday, November 24 in the Lou Higgins Center Fieldhouse at 10 a.m.
