PARK CITY — Texas Wesleyan University women's wrestling recorded 22 victories at the Falcon Open on Friday, Oct. 30, highlighted by undefeated performances from Emily Beltran, Vanessa De La Cruz, Aubrey Yauger and Abigail Fonseca.
Beltran went 5-0 at 110 pounds, earning four victories by fall and one decision. She opened with a pin of Sophia Castillo of Baker, followed by a fall against Camilla Delgado of Central Methodist. Beltran then earned an 8-5 decision over Angelica Vicente Gonzalez of Doane before recording consecutive falls against Deyton Young of Missouri Baptist and Megan Morales of Wayland Baptist.
At 124 pounds, De La Cruz finished 3-0. She opened with a 10-0 technical fall against Bettie Chambers of Doane before earning a hard-fought 10-8 decision over Peyton Hand of Ottawa. De La Cruz closed her undefeated performance with another 10-0 technical fall against Myra Pressnell of Wayland Baptist.
Camille Rainey posted a 4-1 record at 138 pounds. After opening with a loss by fall to Esperanza Almazan of Bellevue, Rainey responded with an 11-0 technical fall over Almazan in a rematch. She followed with two victories by fall over Norah Roettgen of Missouri Valley before finishing with a pin of Natalia Posada of Oklahoma City.
At 145 pounds, Yauger went undefeated with two victories. She pinned Elise Twait of Bellevue in 40 seconds before recording a 17-6 technical fall against Breanne Gibbs of Missouri Valley.
Marli Denmark competed at 145 pounds, falling to Twait of Bellevue by fall and Bridgette Sotomayor of Doane by decision.
Carla Campos recorded two victories at 180 pounds, finishing 2-1. Campos earned a 10-0 technical fall over Audree Willess of Missouri Valley before edging Siara Arrington of Ottawa, 9-8. Campos' other match resulted in a 4-3 decision loss to Lexington Johnson of Missouri Baptist.
Kaley Rice also competed at 180 pounds, earning an 11-0 technical fall against Julia Stevens of Graceland. Rice fell to Arrington of Ottawa by technical fall.
Fonseca completed an undefeated performance at 207 pounds, going 5-0. She opened with a 12-2 technical fall over Kara Pope of Baker before pinning Malia Meyer of Bellevue in 2:07 and Rebekah Sorrell of Central Methodist in 30 seconds. Fonseca added a fall against Mckenzie Mills of Missouri Baptist in 2:26 before closing with an 8-4 decision over Izzy Kouokam of Wayland Baptist.
Texas Wesleyan's performances at the Falcon Open featured strong showings across multiple weight classes, with the Rams combining falls, technical falls and decisions to produce 22 victor