Ottawa, Kan.— USM women's wrestling had a solo outing yesterday, Saturday November 7 at the ultra-competitive Hinderliter Invite hosted by fellow KCAC opponent, the Ottawa University Braves. For complete results, please visit Flo Wrestling.


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The Spire women will be back in action this Friday, November 13, as they travel to Missouri Valley, Missouri, to compete in the Missouri Valley Open, hosted by the Vikings. Matches are scheduled to begin at noon inside the Burns Athletic Center.


Three time All-American, Alexsys Jacquez, would continue her dominance, taking first overall in the 103lb. weight class. Alexsys ended her first match before the day even began, opening with a 21-second pin over Martinez of Colby Community College. Two tech fall wins would follow in each subsequent match for the all-star, defeating Millage (Grand View) 13-0 and Robinson (Friends University) 12-2. The championship match for Jacquez would again end in triumph, winning by fall over Smith of Northeastern State to claim the top spot.

Holly Thacher would finish in the top five in the 117lb. weight class at Ottawa. Holly opened her day with a win by fall over Rodriguez of Iowa Central CC, but follow that with a loss to Martinez of Grand View. Thacher would bounce back with two straight wins over Huggins (Iowa Central CC) and Vanderpool (Ottawa University), by decision 10-3 and tech fall 10-0, respectively. After the second loss on the day in the consolation semifinal round to Metzger of OU, Holly would rally for her final outing of the weekend in the 5^th place match for a tech fall win over Lay of Bellevue.

Ka'aulani Hew-Len (117lb.) would face a tough outing yesterday. Hew-Len would drop her first two matches of the day, ending her time at the Hinderliter Invite with a round one loss to Hodge of Avila and her second loss coming from Huggins of Iowa Central CC.

Madison Kalamau would battle in the 124lb. weight class after facing a round one loss to Benwell of Grand View. Madison would go on to grind out three straight wins in consolation rounds one through three, defeating Marquez of NSU, Arsola of Baker, and Guerrero of Friends University all by tech fall. However, she would run out of gas in the consolation round four, falling to Baca of Quincy University to end her Saturday.

The freshman Kalli Hamilton (131lb.) would battle through two losses at OU, cutting her afternoon short as well. Kalli would face a tough opening bout tech fall loss to Jahangir of Grand View (12-2) and a consolation round loss to Silva of Grand View by tech fall (10-0).

After a first-round bye, newcomer Anna Vogt's weekend would sing a similar tune with two consecutive losses. Vogt (138lb.) battled against Krum of Iowa Central CC but ultimately faced a tech fall loss 16-6. In the consolation round two, Anna competed against Schlapfer of Bellevue, losing by tech fall 12-2.

Allison King would round out the top five placements for the Spire women in the 145lb. weight class. Allison would claim three victories in the first three bouts yesterday, defeating Alfaro of Grand View 8-6, Sheppard of Friends 5-2, and Crabtree of Baker 10-0. Her first roadblock would come in the semifinal match, falling to Schramm of Midland University by Fall, sending King to the consolation semi's where she would also fall to Ortmann of OU. Allison would rally back to place in the 5^th place bout, winning by forfeit over Stiefel of Iowa Central CC.

Amelia Frounfelter (160lb.) would start the morning with an opening round bye and a one-minute win by fall in round two over Barchak of CMU. Amelia would face a round-three TF loss to Jackson of Ottawa, sending her to the consolation round where she would rally back to defeat Baynes of Quincy by fall. Her outing would end however in the consolation round five, falling to Weaver of Quincy to put an end to her weekend.