Schuck third at Grand View Open
DES MOINES, Iowa – Madilyn Schuck led the way for Minot State University (MWU), picking up four wins and finishing third at the power-packed Grand View Open tournament.
Schuck won three matches by pin and claimed third place in the 207-pound weight class, leading the way for the Beaver women’s wrestling team which also saw Haleigh Lematta, Pua Beebe, and Nina Sandoval each pick up a win, and Skye Shelmerdine rack up for more wins for MSU.
Schuck started off her day with a win by pin in 3 minutes, 27 seconds over Madison Haley of Friends University and added a quarterfinal win by pin in 1:00 over Tanairy Esquilin Martinez of Club Titans Humacao.
After a semifinal loss, Schuck quickly rebounded with a pin of Nevaeh Hast from Morningside in 3:45 before claiming the consolation title with a forfeit victory over Ileen Castrejon of Indian Hills Community College.
Adding a big performance on the mats was Shelmerdine at 124 pounds as she went on a run in the consolation bracket that started with a 16-6 technical fall victory over Wachipi Hamelryck of Oklahoma City.
Shelmerdine then picked up wins by pin in 2:00 over Sammie Vasquez of Dickinson State, in 5:34 over Alexandra Escobar of Askren Wrestling Academy, and in 1:16 over Dylan Hernandez from the University of the Cumberlands before her march through the consolation bracket ended just short of medaling.
As for MSU’s other winners, Lematta won by decision over Haidyn Snyder of Grand View in their 145-pound match, Sandoval won by pin in 37 seconds over Jaclyn Daley of Baker in their 180-pound match, and Beebe won by pin in 2:44 over Kennedi Lewis of William Penn in their 138-pound match.
The MSU women’s wrestling team wraps up the regular season next weekend on the road, wrestling a dual at Midland on Friday, February 7, then in the Warrior Open on Saturday, February 8, hosted by Midland.