Mountaineers Defend Women's Wrestling Title

2/14/2025 4:57:06 PM

Schreiner University defended its SLIAC Women's Wrestling Championship by winning the 2025 title with 122.0 points. The Mountaineers captured eight individual titles on the day, setting a new conference record, and finished with 15 medalists in the championship. 

The championship round started with the 103 pound class where Schreiner's Odelia Lopez fought off an early pinning predicament. Lopez rolled out of the attempt and took control of the match, picking up a 13-2 technical win. 

Prestejah Yockeman took 1st place at 110 pounds, winning by pin fall in 2:29. Yockeman's win would start a run of pin falls for the Mountaineers. Jaia Ashley won with a pin fall win in 1:24 at the 117 pound class. Lexy Basurto followed with a pin in 2:57 at 124 pounds, giving the Mountaineers three straight wins by pin fall. 

Jania Snodgrass secured victory at 131 pounds with a technical fall while Azana King won 145 pounds by decision. Scarlett Snodgrass recorded a 7-3 decision at 160 pounds and Symphanie Sampson captured the program's 8th individual title on the day with a 6-1 win by decision at 180 pounds. 

Eureka College finished 2nd in the team standings for the second year in a row, totaling 58.5 points this weekend. Tayla Phillips brings home the 207 individual title for the Red Devils, winning by decision in her championship match. Sofia Kawano (103), Natallie Tobuk (131), McKenzie Cook (145), Madison Farris (160) all placed 2nd while Kyley Bair (110) placed 3rd at her level. 

Lyon College took 3rd place with 40.5 total points. All five Scots that competed placed with Rubi Gonzalez (110), Mikayla Wallace (138) and D'Mysha James (180) picking up 2nd place medals and Kaylei Parish (103) and Sidney Milligan (160) finishing 3rd in their weight class. 

Jasmine Gordon put Fontbonne University on the board with a win at 138 pounds, scoring all of the team's 13.5 team points. Gordon notched a pair of wins on the day, winning by technical fall in her semifinal match and 14-12 by decision in the championship. Gordon becomes the first, and what will be only, Griffin in program history to capture a women's wrestling conference individual championship. She was named the SLIAC Wrestler of the Meet, becoming the first wrestler in conference history to win the award.