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Women's Wrestling 2/7/2020 4:28:00 PM David Rung, Director of Athletics Media Relations

Quartet Earn Gannon Women's Wrestling's First All-America Honors At First Day Of WCWA Nationals

THE RUNDOWN

Event: 2020 WCWA National Tournament| Host: Life University (Marietta, Ga.)
Competing Teams: 20
Result: 10th place (34.0 points).
The Short Story: Pushing three to the quarterfinals and putting up a sparkling 4-0 mark in the round of 12, the Gannon women's wrestling team finished the first day at the WCWA National Tournament with four All-Americans.

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GANNON RESULTS

101 – Chrystal Raine (Dallas, Texas/Liberty) – 1-1 (All-American)
109 – Araceli Cruz (Neptune City, N.J./Neptune) – 0-2
116 – Jordan Jarvi (Conneaut, Ohio/Conneaut) – 0-2
116 – Mikayla Vega (Escalon, Calif./Escalon) – 0-2
123 – Alexandra Alers (Buena Park, Calif./Kennedy) – 2-2
130 – Mikayla Dockweiler (Corpus Christi, Texas/Richard King) – 0-2
143 – Jezebel Garcia (Santa Clara, Calif./Adrian C. Wilcox) – 1-2
143 – Stephanie Floor (Pago Pago, American Samoa/Leone) – 0-2
155 – Annabelle Helm (Vancouver, Wash./Union) – 3-1 (All-American)
170 – Amara Devericks (Capistrano Beach, Calif./Corona) – 2-1 (All-American)
170 – Daniela Morales Dardon (Palmdale, Calif./Highland) – 0-2
191 – Kendall McGarity (Spring Branch, Texas/Smithson Valley) – 1-1 (All-American)

EVENT NOTES

The four All-America honors are the first for the Gannon program in just its second year of competition.
All four had to bounce back after their first loss of the tournament to go in the round of 12 in consolations. Raine benefitted from a forfeit, while Devericks notched an 18-second fall and Helm and McGarity each picked up a tech fall to earn top-eight placements.
The trio of upperweights all reached the quarterfinals.
Helm grabbed a pin in the first round at 155 before a comfortable 11-4 decision over No. 8 Marlynne Deede of Augsburg in the second round. Her loss in the quarterfinals came to top-ranked Jayden Laurent of Lakeland, and she'll have a rematch with Emma Justo, who she pinned in the first round, in Saturday's consolation quarters.
Devericks opened things up with a tech fall at 170, but was edged by Life's fourth-ranked Jordan Nelson in the quarterfinals. A quick fall over No. 8 Samantha Cushard of Adrian got her into the consolation quarterfinals, where she will face Ashley Molina of Texas Wesleyan.
McGarity had the unlucky fate to draw No. 1 Nkechinyere Nwankwo of Oklahoma City after a bye at 191. She bounced back from the defeat with an impressive tech in 1:42 in the round of 12, but she'll get another tough task Saturday morning, when she'll meet No. 2 Leilani Camargo-Naone of Midland.
The Knights sit 10th in the team standings after the first day. Campbellsville leads the team race with 11 wrestlers still in the championship bracket.

UP NEXT

Day 2 at the WCWA Nationals kicks off with the championship semifinals and consolation quarterfinals at 9 a.m. Place matches for third, fifth and seventh are expected to begin around 1 p.m.

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