Bella Phillips at Baldwin Wallace Open
Gannon's Bella Phillips

Women's Wrestling Jeff Kirik, Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations

Gannon wrestlers Pendergrass, Phillips win titles at Baldwin Wallace Open

BEREA, Ohio – Grad student Kat Pendergrass (Bracey, Va./South Granville (N.C.)) and freshman Bella Phillips (Bellingham, Wash./Squalicum High School) claimed first-place finishes on Sunday to highlight the Gannon women's wrestling team's performance at the Baldwin Wallace Open on Sunday.
 
Pendergrass won the 110-pound weight class by going 3-0, and Phillips won the 180-pound division with a 3-0 mark at Lou Higgins Center Fieldhouse.
 
Pendergrass was dominant, winning by a technical fall and two falls. She claimed the title by pinning Montreat's Chloe Carver in 1:26.
 
Meanwhile, Phillips recorded two technical falls and one fall on her way to her title. She earned a 10-0 tech fall over unattached wrestler Dymanique Jones in the championship match.
 
Gannon's Brenna McCarley (North Tonawanda/North Tonawanda High) also placed second at 117 pounds.
 
Gannon placed third in the team race with 92 points, trailing Baldwin Wallace (111.5) and Alma (97).
 
110 pounds
Kat Pendergrass (Bracey, Va./South Granville (N.C.)) went 3-0 and placed 1st
Quarterfinal - Pendergrass (Gannon) won by tech fall over Nila Bland (West Liberty) (TF 14-4)
Semifinal - Pendergrass (Gannon) won by fall over Aliza Navarro (Montreat) (Fall 0:43)
1st Place Match - Pendergrass (Gannon) won by fall over Chloe Carver (Montreat) (Fall 1:26)

117 pounds
Brenna McCarley (North Tonawanda/North Tonawanda High) went 2-1 and placed 2nd
Quarterfinal - McCarley (Gannon) won by forfeit over Victoria Bernard (Baldwin Wallace) (FF)
Semifinal - McCarley (Gannon) won by fall over Nevaeh Perkins (Montreat) (Fall 3:51)
1st Place Match - Talea Guntrum won by fall over McCarley (Gannon) (Fall 0:50)

131 pounds
Zoe Gaetjens (Mogadore, Ohio/Mogadore) went 2-2 and placed 4th
Quarterfinal - Chloe Zacherl (Unattached) won by fall over Gaetjens (Gannon) (Fall 0:41)
Cons. Round 1 - Gaetjens (Gannon) received a bye
Cons. Semi - Gaetjens (Gannon) won by fall over Calista Gibson (Lincoln Memorial) (Fall 5:15)
3rd Place Match - Anna Skoda (Montreat) won by decision over Gaetjens (Gannon) (Dec 10-5)

138 pounds
Kate Wood (Carlsbad, CA/San Marcos High School) went 0-2 and placed 5th
Quarterfinal - Stepanie Castro (Lincoln Memorial) won by tech fall over Wood (Gannon) (TF 12-2)
Cons. Round 1 - Wood (Gannon University) received a bye
Cons. Semi - Virginia Chapates (Alma) won by fall over Wood (Gannon) (Fall 4:54)
5th Place Match - Wood (Gannon University) received a bye

145 pounds
Ariana Gonzalez (Cypress, Calif./John F. Kennedy) went 1-3 and placed 6th
Quarterfinal - Cadence Butts (Unattached) won by fall over Gonzalez (Gannon) (Fall 0:26)
Cons. Round 1 - Gonzalez (Gannon) won by fall over Marissa Delacruz (Montreat) (Fall 1:32)
Cons. Semi - Hattie Hobar (Baldwin Wallace) won by fall over Gonzalez (Gannon) (Fall 4:10)
5th Place Match - Uriah Peters-Gutierrez (Montreat) won by fall over Gonzalez (Gannon) (Fall 3:38)

145 pounds
Katie Palmer (Marysville, Ohio/Marysville) went 1-2 and placed 7th
Quarterfinal - Grace O`Korn (West Liberty) won by fall over Palmer (Gannon) (Fall 1:56)
Cons. Round 1 - Uriah Peters-Gutierrez (Montreat) won by fall over Palmer (Gannon) (Fall 0:47)
7th Place Match - Palmer (Gannon) won by fall over Marissa Delacruz (Montreat) (Fall 0:47)

180 pounds
Christina Chavez (Chandler, Ariz./Arizona College Preparatory) went 1-2 and placed 7th
Quarterfinal - Dymanique Jones (Unattached) won by fall over Chavez (Gannon) (Fall 0:59)
Cons. Round 1 - Gillian Coulson (Baldwin Wallace) won by fall over Chavez (Gannon) (Fall 2:20)
7th Place Match - Chavez (Gannon) won by fall over Alex Bieszczad (West Liberty) (Fall 1:18)

180 pounds
Bella Phillips (Bellingham, Wash./Squalicum High School) went 3-0 and placed 1st
Quarterfinal - Phillips (Gannon) won by tech fall over Paris Willis (Baldwin Wallace) (TF 13-0)
Semifinal - Phillips (Gannon) won by fall over Gabriella Allen (Alma) (Fall 5:49)
1st Place Match - Phillips (Gannon) won by tech fall over Dymanique Jones (Unattached) (TF 10-0)
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Christina Chavez

Christina Chavez

207
5' 6"
Sophomore
191
Zoe Gaetjens

Zoe Gaetjens

131
5' 2"
Junior
Ariana Gonzalez

Ariana Gonzalez

145
Graduate Student
143
Katie Palmer

Katie Palmer

145
5' 4"
Sophomore
143
Kat Pendergrass

Kat Pendergrass

110
Graduate Student
101
Brenna  McCarley

Brenna McCarley

117
Freshman
Bella  Phillips

Bella Phillips

180
5' 6"
Freshman
Kate Wood

Kate Wood

145
5' 8"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Christina Chavez

Christina Chavez

5' 6"
Sophomore
191
207
Zoe Gaetjens

Zoe Gaetjens

5' 2"
Junior
131
Ariana Gonzalez

Ariana Gonzalez

Graduate Student
143
145
Katie Palmer

Katie Palmer

5' 4"
Sophomore
143
145
Kat Pendergrass

Kat Pendergrass

Graduate Student
101
110
Brenna  McCarley

Brenna McCarley

Freshman
117
Bella  Phillips

Bella Phillips

5' 6"
Freshman
180
Kate Wood

Kate Wood

5' 8"
Freshman
145