By: SOU Sports Information
TOURNAMENT CENTRAL
TEAM SCORES (top-5 of 35) – 1. Campbellsville (Ky.) 189, 2. Southern Oregon 158.5, 3. Menlo (Calif.) 157, 4. Life (Ga.) 155.5, 5. Texas Wesleyan 135.5
JAMESTOWN, N.D. – Freshman
Carolina Moreno and the Southern Oregon University women's wrestling team saved their best performances of the season, and in program history, for last Saturday at the NAIA Invitational.
Moreno knocked off the top-two seeds in the 123-pound bracket on Day 2 at Newman Arena, capturing a national championship and lifting the Raiders to second place in the team standings after they came into the tournament with a No. 5 ranking.
Moreno's title put an exclamation mark on a near-perfect showing for the Raiders in their placing matches, where they went 7-2. With nine top-eight placers, SOU finished with more than any of the 34 other teams in attendance.
Campbellsville (Ky.) won the team title with 189 points. The Raiders scored 158 ½ to finish 1 ½ points in front of third-place Menlo (Calif.) – the team that edged them for the Cascade Conference championship – and three ahead of fourth-place Life (Ga.).
Four Raiders joined Moreno as All-Americans: 116-pounder
Tara Othman, 136-pounder
Emily Se and 155-pounder
Sienna Ramirez took third place, while 170-pounder
Bailey Dennis finished fourth. Three more Raiders earned honorable mention All-America status with seventh-place finishes:
Emma Baertlein (101 pounds),
Carolina Johnson (116) and
Desinee Lopez (130).
Karrah Smith (191) was honorable mention in eighth.
Moreno, a product of Yuma, Ariz., followed Ramirez as SOU's second-ever national champion after taking the 123-pound bracket's No. 4 seed into the tourney. She was one of six Raider placers who outperformed their seeds.
After defeating three unseeded opponents on Friday, Moreno started Saturday by shutting out top-ranked Nichole Moore of Baker (Kan.) 8-0 in the semifinals. Her championship match was even more lopsided – an 11-0 technical fall over No. 2 seed Leilah Castro of Campbellsville that was called with just over a minute left in the second round.
Moreno, who placed second in the CCC, finished with a 31-5 record. She outscored her five tournament opponents by a combined margin of 47-4.
Othman, the No. 5 seed at 116, went down by fall against Menlo's top-seeded Allieda Martinez in the first period of the semifinals. She came back with a 10-0 technical fall against No. 3 seed Camille Fournier of Texas Wesleyan in the consolation semis, then defeated No. 6 seed Ashley Gooman of Providence on criteria after they wrestled to a 4-4 score in the third-place match.
Se, after losing Friday in the round of 16, dominated the 136-pound bracket the rest of the way with four pins and two technical falls. On Saturday, the No. 5-seeded junior started with consecutive technical-fall shutouts over Samantha Barragan of Life Pacific (Calif.) and No. 12 seed Diana Dzasezeva of Waldorf (Iowa). In the third-place match, she pinned No. 4 seed Paige Respicio of Providence (Mont.) in the second round.
Ramirez, the top seed at 155, was equally dominant after being upset in the Round of 16 with six straight consolation wins to finish her senior season with a 44-3 record. SOU's all-time wins leader started Saturday with a 14-8 decision over No. 3 seed India Page of Brewton-Parker (Ky.) before beating Campbellsville's Kendra Thompson 12-1. In the third-place match, she stayed in control throughout a 4-1 win over Providence's No. 11 seed Sadie Antoque.
Dennis, the No. 8 seed at 170, lost to the Nos. 3, 5 and 7 seeds Saturday after finishing Friday's action with an upset of the top seed in the quarterfinals.
The Raiders went 3-1 in seventh-place matches. Baertlein pinned Menlo's Tianna Fernandez in 4:52; Johnson won by technical fall against Corban's Kendall Martin; Lopez pinned No. 8 seed Kaylee Moore of Eastern Oregon in 1:10; and Smith was pinned by Baker's Elisa Robinson.
After finishing eighth as a team at the inaugural 2019 NAIA Invitational, the Raiders have improved by three spots in both subsequent appearances.
COMPLETE SOU RESULTS
101 – No. 6 Emma Baertlein (7th place)
FRIDAY'S RESULTS
Round of 32 – Angelique Cervantes, Life, p. Baertlein, 1:27.
Consolation – Baertlein tech. fall Bemnet Tesfa, Hastings, 10-0.
Consolation – Baertlein tech. fall No. 12 Sydney Kutzke, Indiana Tech, 10-0.
Consolation – Baertlein tech. fall Kassidy Ramirez, Lyon, 10-0.
Consolation – Baertlein dec. No. 7 Emma Cochran, Grand View, 7-6.
SATURDAY'S RESULTS
Consolation – No. 9 Iva Navarro, Providence, dec. Baertlein, 8-4.
7th-place Match – Baertlein p. Tianna Fernandez, Menlo, 4:52.
109 – No. 9 Macie Stewart
FRIDAY'S RESULTS
Round of 32 – Stewart tech. fall Riley Horvath, Indiana Tech, 10-0.
Round of 16 – No. 8 Kory Phillips, Life, dec. Stewart, 9-5.
Consolation – No. 7 Jessica Corredor, Missouri Baptist, p. Stewart, 2:26.
116 – No. 8 Carolina Johnson (7th place)
FRIDAY'S RESULTS
Round of 32 – Johnson tech. fall Carly Courcier, Oklahoma City, 10-0.
Round of 16 – Johnson dec. No. 9 Katherine Heath, Baker, 5-1.
Quarterfinals – No. 1 Allieda Martinez, Menlo, p. Johnson, 0:55.
Consolation – Johnson dec. Briana Funakoshi, Life, 8-1.
SATURDAY'S RESULTS
Consolation – No. 4 McKayla Campbell, Campbellsville, p. Johnson, 2:58.
7th-place Match – Johnson tech. fall Kendall Martin, Corban, 12-2.
116 – No. 5 Tara Othman (3rd place)
FRIDAY'S RESULTS
Round of 32 – Othman tech. fall Gigi Loza, Central Methodist, 10-0.
Round of 16 – Othman tech. fall No. 12 Tess Barnett, Corban, 10-0.
Quarterfinals – Othman dec. No. 4 McKayla Campbell, Campbellsville, 11-2.
SATURDAY'S RESULTS
Semifinals – No. 1 Allieda Martinez, Menlo, p. Othman, 1:24.
Consolation Semifinals – Othman tech. fall No. 3 Camille Fournier, Texas Wesleyan, 10-0.
3rd-place Match – Othman dec. No. 6 Ashley Gooman, Providence, 4-4.
123 – No. 4 Carolina Moreno (1st place)
FRIDAY'S RESULTS
Round of 32 – Moreno tech. fall Allison Doppenburg, York, 10-0.
Round of 16 – Moreno tech. fall Lizzete Young, Menlo, 10-0.
Quarterfinals – Moreno dec. Adrienna Turner, Grand View, 8-4.
SATURDAY'S RESULTS
Semifinals – Moreno dec. No. 1 Nichole Moore, Baker, 8-0.
Championship – Moreno tech. fall No. 2 Leilah Castro, Campbellsville, 11-0.
130 – Desinee Lopez (7th place)
FRIDAY'S RESULTS
Round of 32 – No. 3 Andrea Schlabach, Grand View, tech. fall Lopez, 12-0.
Consolation – Lopez tech. fall Cassidy Anderson, Central Christian Kansas, 12-1.
Consolation – Lopez dec.
Julissa Taitano, Southern Oregon, 6-5.
Consolation – Lopez p. Corinne Robertson, Ottawa, 2:42.
Consolation – Lopez dec. No. 10 Leidaly Rivera, Brewton-Parker, 7-2.
SATURDAY'S RESULTS
Consolation – No. 11 Allie Baudhuin, Jamestown, tech. fall Lopez, 14-4.
7th-place Match – Lopez p. No. 8 Kaylee Moore, Eastern Oregon, 1:10.
130 – Julissa Taitano
FRIDAY'S RESULTS
Round of 32 – Taitano tech. fall No. 9 Cindy Zepeda, Menlo, 11-1.
Round of 16 – No. 8 Kaylee Moore, Eastern Oregon, tech. fall Taitano, 11-0.
Consolation –
Desinee Lopez, Southern Oregon, dec. Taitano, 6-5.
136 – No. 5 Emily Se (3rd place)
FRIDAY'S RESULTS
Round of 32 – Se p. Julia Mata, Missouri Valley, 0:46.
Round of 16 – No. 12 Diana Dzasezeva, Waldorf, dec. Se, 4-2.
Consolation – Se p. Mikinlee Smith, Ottawa, 0:13.
Consolation – Se. p. Kamry Ellis, Brewton-Parker, 0:16.
Consolation – Se p. No. 7 Louisa Schwab, Menlo, 0:50.
SATURDAY'S RESULTS
Consolation – Se tech. fall Samantha Barragan, Life Pacific, 10-0.
Consolation Semifinals – Se tech. fall No. 12 Diana Dzasezeva, Waldorf, 11-0.
3rd-place Match – Se p. No. 4 Paige Respicio, Providence, 4:15.
143 – Ramona Jimenez
FRIDAY'S RESULTS
Round of 32 – Jimenez dec. No. 8 Lianna Souza, Wayland Baptist, 5-3.
Round of 16 – No. 9 Josette Partney, Missouri Baptist, p. Jimenez, 2:08.
Consolation – Brelane Huber, Campbellsville, p. Jimenez, 2:00.
155 – No. 1 Sienna Ramirez (3rd place)
FRIDAY'S RESULTS
Round of 64 – Ramirez p. Priscilla Luevano, Lyon, 1:13.
Round of 32 – Ramirez tech. fall Brittani Burgess, Ottawa, 10-0.
Round of 16 – Kendra Thompson, Campbellsville, p. Ramirez, 1:37.
Consolation- Ramirez tech. fall Autumn Terhune, Indiana Tech, 10-0.
Consolation – Ramirez p. No. 9 Dempsi Talkington, Eastern Oregon, 1:39.
Consolation – Ramirez tech. fall No. 10 Salima Omari, William Penn, 10-0.
SATURDAY'S RESULTS
Consolation – Ramirez dec. No. 3 India Page, Brewton-Parker, 14-8.
Consolation Semifinals – Ramirez tech. fall Kendra Thompson, Campbellsville, 12-1.
3rd-place Match – Ramirez dec. No. 11 Sadie Antoque, Providence, 4-1.
170 – No. 8 Bailey Dennis (6th place)
FRIDAY'S RESULTS
Round of 16 – Dennis p. No. 9 Angelina Adams, Oklahoma City, 6:00.
Quarterfinals – Dennis dec No. 1 Abby McIntyre, Cumberlands, 8-2.
SATURDAY'S RESULTS
Semifinals – No. 5 Dymond Guilford, Cumberlands, tech. fall Dennis, 10-0.
Consolation Semifinals – No. 3 Brittyn Corbishley, Texas Wesleyan, p. Dennis, 0:39.
5th-place Match – No. 7 Chamira Cooper, Cumberlands, tech. fall Dennis, 10-0.
191 – No. 7 Karrah Smith (8th place)
FRIDAY'S RESULTS
Round of 16 – Smith p. No. 10 Kelly Lacost, Jamestown, 2:28.
Quarterfinals – No. 2 Kelani Corbet, Lyon, tech. fall Smith, 13-0.
Consolation – Smith dec. Jojo Hendricks, Waldorf, 6-0.
SATURDAY'S RESULTS
Consolation – No. 9 Natalia Villegas, Grand View, p. Smith, 4:02.
7th-place Match – No. 8 Elisa Robinson, Baker, p. Smith, 2:19.
