Chalimar Rodriguez News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Pair Just Shy of Podium Placing at Season-Ending NAIA Invitational Jamestown, N.D.–The William Penn women’s wrestling team ended its inaugural campaign Friday and Saturday as it competed at the NAIA Invitational. As a team, WPU placed 24th out of 31 programs with 10.5 points, while Campbellsville (Ky.) claimed the team crown with 185 points. Life (Ga.) was a distant second with 134.5 points. 101-pounder Chalimar Rodriguez (Fr., Keller, Texas) and 123-pounder Mami Selemani (Fr., Iowa City, Iowa) both had strong showings that ended with both finishing one win shy of getting on the All-Ameri...

Statesmen Narrowly Miss First League Win Fayette, Mo.–The William Penn women’s wrestling team almost made history Friday as it fell 16-15 to Central Methodist in a Heart of America Athletic Conference dual meet. WPU (1-2, 0-2 Heart) won three of the four contested matches, but could not make up for being a bit more short-handed than the Eagles (2-2, 2-1 Heart). The Statesmen earned one forfeit, but Central Methodist claimed two forfeits. No matches took place at the first four weights as Chalimar Rodriguez (Fr., Keller, Texas, Nursing) took the forfeit at 109 pounds for a 5-0 William Pen...

WPU Falls to Grand View Des Moines–The Statesmen women’s wrestling team returned to action Thursday, but unfortunately could not come away with the upset in a 43-1 Heart of America Athletic Conference loss to Grand View. William Penn (1-1, 0-1 Heart), which was on the mat for the first time since its season opener on December 9, was already behind the proverbial eight ball as it forfeited at five weights. Each of the five contested weight classes were finished early via fall or technical fall in favor of the Vikings, but Mami Selemani (Fr., Iowa City, Iowa) was able to tally a point (both...

WPU Competes in Inaugural Dual, Claims Victory Via Tiebreaker Oskaloosa–The era of Statesmen women’s wrestling finally began Wednesday as the team hosted Indian Hills CC in a non-conference dual meet. After some team scoring issues were clarified, it was announced that William Penn won the dual 18-17 over the Falcons. WPU (1-0) won four matches, highlighted by two falls, which in the end was the determining factor in the squad being victorious in its inaugural competition. IHCC (1-3) took the early 8-0 advantage with shutout technical fall wins at 170 and 191 pounds. After neither team pu...