RESULTS

NAPERVILLE, ILL – Menlo Women's Wrestling took on some of nation's toughest competition at the North Central College Invitational, placing five wrestlers in the top six and finishing seventh as a team overall.  
 
Schwab and Narahara Share Placements
At 124lbs, the duo of Louisa Schwab and Haley Narahara controlled their bracket, advancing to the third-place bout before forfeiting and sharing fourth place.
 
Schwab opened the day with back-to-back technical falls, then faced her teammate in the quarterfinals to secure a spot in the semifinals. After dropping a 9-2 decision, Schwab rebounded in her final match with a five-minute fall over no. 5 NAIA ranked Rose Kaplan of Indiana Tech.
 
Narahara delivered an equally impressive showing, opening the tournament with a dominant 7-0 decision before edging a 9-6 decision to advance to the quarterfinals. Despite falling short in the quarters, she closed out the day with an 10-0 technical fall and an 8-2 victory over Isabella Gonzalez of the powerhouse Iowa Hawkeyes program.
 
Jones Makes a Statement
Desiree Jones would go and have a solid weekend of her own, beginning with a 10-0 tech fall to start her campaign. Jones would fall in the following round but would earn herself two straight pins to make the consolation finals. Jones would go on to showcase more offense in her final match by ending her evening with a 12-1 technical fall to claim third.
 
NOTABLES

• Kalila Shrive would battle back and take fifth, earning two technical falls on the day
• Sophomore Mikayla Lancaster would take fourth at 160lbs, earning two falls and a decision on the backside to make the consolation finals.
• The Oaks altogether earned 5 placements in the tournament and earned 49.5 team points.

 
UP NEXT
The Oaks will travel to Irvine, CA for their first competition of the new year in a tri-dual against Arizona Christian and Westcliff on January 10^th.