Women's Wrestling Defeats Maine Maritime for First-Ever Dual Meet Win
Purple Knights nab three pins and a tech fall in 19-15 triumph.
FULL RESULTS
CASTINE, Maine – Propelled by a trio of pins and a tech fall, the University of Bridgeport's women's wrestling team earned a 19-15 win at Maine Maritime on Friday night. The narrow triumph marks the Purple Knights' first dual meet win in program history.
Sophomore Lindsey Rywolt along with freshmen Idalia Lopez, Jelene Lainez and Linette Diaz all picked up victories for UB on Friday.
Rywolt earned a dominant 10-0 tech fall win while Lainez and Diaz each registered pins.
Rywolt, who was recently ranked 18th in the country at 124 lbs, improves her record to a sensational 20-3 this season.
Lopez joined in with a pin triumph of her own in an exhibition contest.
FULL RESULTS (Bridgeport 19, Maine Maritime 15)
103: Double Forfeit
110: Double Forfeit
117: Double Forfeit
124: Bethany Ives (MM) over (UB) (For.)
131: Lindsey Rywolt (UB) over Kylie Coxon (MM) (TF 10-0 0:00)
138: Idalia Lopez (UB) over (MM) (For.)
Ex: Defeated Daniela Myers, F 4-2 2:14
145: Jelene Lainez (UB) over Mary Smith (MM) (Fall 3:26)
160: Isabelle Thesing (MM) over Olivia Hopkins (UB) (Fall 3:37)
180: Linette Diaz (UB) over Kelly Malcolm (MM) (Fall 2:05)
207: Courtney Clifton (MM) over (UB) (For.)
UP NEXT
The Purple Knights will compete in a tri-meet at Sacred Heart University on Sunday at 1 p.m.
