OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – The top-ranked King University women's wrestling team continued their dominance on the first day of the Cliff Keen Duals on Friday. The Tornado won all five of their matches, only allowing 13 points all day to earn the top seed in tomorrow's championship round.
The day started with a 46-0 trouncing of #7 McKendree University's purple team.Haley Augello (116), Jessi Kee (130), and Forrest Molinari (136) all earned wins by fall to lead the Tornado in the match. Breonnah Neal (109), Sarah Hildebrandt (123), Lorrie Ramos (155) and Julia Salata (191) all earned wins by technical fall, 10-0 while King earned three forfeit wins to cap the near perfect victory.
The Tornado (11-0) followed that victory with an impressive 46-1 triumph over #15 Waldorf College. Molinari started the Tornado with a win by fall in 1:04 at 136 pounds while Kee capped the win with a win by fall in 1:21 at 130 pounds. Salata earned a 10-0 technical fall win at 170, and Regina Doi took an 11-0 technical fall win at 109 pounds.Brenda Perez earned an 8-3 win at 191 pounds while the Tornado took wins by forfeit to take the match 46-1.
In what turned out to be King's tightest match of the day, the Tornado defeated the fifth-ranked Wayland Baptist's gold team 37-7. After Augello started things off with a 10-0 technical fall win at 116 pounds, Hanna Grisewood topped Rizpah Torres-Umi on a fall in 1:16 to put King up 9-0. Following a Wayland Baptist win, King earned three straight wins by fall, started by Molinari defeating Kelsey Baker in 2:00. Amanda Hendey then topped Rachel Bates in 0:44 before Ramos capped the run by defeating Rhina Lopez in 0:43. Marina Doi earned a 7-4 win over third-ranked Vanessa Smith at 101 pounds before Neal capped the 37-7 win with an 11-0 win over Daysha Woods at 109 pounds.
The Tornado then pitched another shutout, topping #9 Missouri Baptist University 44-0. Hildebrandt got the ball rolling with a 10-0 technical fall win at 123 pounds before Kee earned a win by fall in 1:30 at 130 pounds. Molinari followed with a 10-0 technical fall victory, before Hendey earned her second win by fall on the day, defeating Lindsay Villarmia in 0:50. Ashley Iliff defeated Samantha Diaz on a fall in 0:49 at 109 pounds, and Augello capped the win with a fall in 0:19 over Marylou Martinez at 116 pounds.
King closed the day with a 40-5 victory over Warner Pacific College in their final match of the day. A forfeit at 109 got the Tornado going, and Augello and Grisewood followed with back-to-back 10-0 technical fall wins at 116 and 123 pounds, respectively. Kee then earned King's first win by fall, topping Breanne Diaz in 2:23 before three straight technical fall wins. Molinari and Ramos took 11-0 technical fall wins while Hendey earned a 10-0 technical fall victory before Regina Doi capped King's fifth win of the day by topping Kaelynn Canvete on a fall in 2:23.
With the four wins, King won Pool A and will be the top-seed in tomorrow's championship round of the Cliff Keen Duals. The Tornado will need to win three matches to take their second title of the year.
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