BURNABY, B.C. – The Simon Fraser Red Leafs women's wrestling team – ranked seventh in the latest National Wrestling Coaches Association NCAA poll – competed Friday and Saturday at the Missouri Valley Open in Marshall, Missouri.
 
The event is one of the toughest on the continent, and with more than 500 entrants, it is the largest women's collegiate wrestling tournament ever. Forty-four collegiate squads took part, as did unattached athletes from programs starting competition next year, such as the powerhouse Division I Iowa Hawkeyes.
 
Three SFU wrestlers earned top-six placings.
 
Ranked second by the NWCA, Emily Cue of Parker, Colorado, finished second in the 170-pound weight class. She got a bye in the first round before reeling off four-consecutive wins via technical fall to make the final.
 
Cue beat Avry Warren of Brewton-Parker (Ga.) 10-0, Darby Weidl of Ottawa (Kan.) 12-0, and Gannon's Annabelle Helm 13-0 in the quarter-final. In the semifinal, she dispatched Cristina Santoyo (Emmanuel (Mass.)) 11-0. Cue fell 7-0 in the championship bout to Ashley Lekas of Augsburg (Minn.), the fourth-ranked NCAA wrestler at 170 pounds.
 
In the 123-pound division, Mission, B.C.'s Victoria Seal placed fourth. She earned technical-fall victories in her opening three matches:
15-4 vs. Allison Meyer (William Jewell (Mo.))
10-0 vs. Karlee Lachance (Central Methodist (Mo.))
12-2 vs. Olivia Mottley (Life (Ga.))
 
Seal pinned Alberta's Robbie Ann Pingal (2:57) in the all-Canadian quarter-final matchup.
 
Seal lost her semifinal via technical fall to Leilah Castro (Campbellsville (Ky.)) 10-0 but rebounded, getting past NCAA No. 3 wrestler Payton Stroud (McKendree (Ill.)) by technical fall 10-0 in the consolation semifinal. She was defeated in the third-place match 9-0 by Southern Oregon's Carolina Moreno.
 
At 130 pounds, Marquesis Haintz of Maple Ridge, B.C., took fifth spot. She dropped her opening match 6-5 to Zaynah McBryde of Life (Ga.). Then she got a consolation bye, and won six bouts in a row. The first came by fall over Lana Perez (Gannon (Pa.)) at 2:59.
 
She proceeded to record technical-fall wins over:
Anna Sondall of Iowa Central Community College (10-0)
Shaina Murry of McKendree (Ill.) (12-2)
Sixth-ranked NCAA wrestler Hailey Chapman of Colorado Mesa (10-0)
JoAnna Vanderwood of Iowa Wesleyan (10-0)
 
In consolation round 7, Haintz pinned NCAA No. 7 wrestler Alexandra Fitzgerald of Sacred Heart (Conn.) in 2:24 before her winning streak was halted in the consolation semifinal by Victoria Baez-Dillone of Umpqua Community College by technical fall, 11-1.She completed her weekend with a 7-0 triumph in the fifth-place match over Angela Vitiritti (Campbellsville (Ky.)).
 
The next event for the Red Leafs will be the Desert Duals Dec. 18 in Las Vegas.
 
Missouri Valley Open Results for Simon Fraser University

116 pounds
Ivy Threatful's place is unknown and has scored 7.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Ivy Threatful (Simon Fraser) won by tech fall over Lily Gomez (Hastings) (TF 10-0)
Champ. Round 2 - Ivy Threatful (Simon Fraser) won by tech fall over Paige Denke (Life) (TF 10-0)
Champ. Round 3 - Juliana Diaz (Missouri Baptist) won by decision over Ivy Threatful (Simon Fraser) (Dec 12-10)
Cons. Round 4 - Ivy Threatful (Simon Fraser) won by tech fall over Kailyn Younger (Iowa Central CC) (TF 12-1)
Cons. Round 5 - Markayla Lottie (Avila) won by fall over Ivy Threatful (Simon Fraser) (Fall 3:17)
 
116
Maddie MacKenzie's place is unknown and has scored 1.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Maddie MacKenzie (Simon Fraser) won by decision over Alexis Medina (Cumberlands) (Dec 4-0)
Champ. Round 2 - Ashley Gooman (Providence (Mont.)) won by tech fall over Maddie MacKenzie (Simon Fraser) (TF 10-0)
Cons. Round 2 - Mia Arceneaux (Wayland Baptist) won by fall over Maddie MacKenzie (Simon Fraser) (Fall 1:27)
 

123
Victoria Seal's place is 4th and has scored 21.5 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Victoria Seal (Simon Fraser) won by tech fall over Allison Meyer (William Jewell) (TF 15-4)
Champ. Round 2 - Victoria Seal (Simon Fraser) won by tech fall over Karlee Lachance (Central Methodist) (TF 10-0)
Champ. Round 3 - Victoria Seal (Simon Fraser) won by tech fall over Olivia Mottley (Life) (TF 12-2)
Quarterfinal - Victoria Seal (Simon Fraser) won by fall over Robbie Ann Pingal (Alberta) (Fall 2:57)
Semifinal - Leilah Castro (Campbellsville) won by tech fall over Victoria Seal (Simon Fraser) (TF 10-0)
Cons. Semi - Victoria Seal (Simon Fraser) won by tech fall over Payton Stroud (McKendree) (TF 10-0)
3rd Place Match - Carolina Moreno (Southern Oregon) won by decision over Victoria Seal (Simon Fraser) (Dec 9-0)
 
130
Marquesis Haintz's place is 5th and has scored 20.5 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Zaynah McBryde (Life) won by decision over Marquesis Haintz (Simon Fraser) (Dec 6-5)
Cons. Round 1 - Marquesis Haintz (Simon Fraser) received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 2 - Marquesis Haintz (Simon Fraser) won by fall over Lana Perez (Gannon) (Fall 2:59)
Cons. Round 3 - Marquesis Haintz (Simon Fraser) won by tech fall over Anna Sondall (Iowa Central CC) (TF 10-0)
Cons. Round 4 - Marquesis Haintz (Simon Fraser) won by tech fall over Shaina Murry (McKendree) (TF 12-2)
Cons. Round 5 - Marquesis Haintz (Simon Fraser) won by tech fall over Hailey Chapman (Colorado Mesa) (TF 10-0)
Cons. Round 6 - Marquesis Haintz (Simon Fraser) won by tech fall over JoAnna Vanderwood (Iowa Wesleyan) (TF 10-0)
Cons. Round 7 - Marquesis Haintz (Simon Fraser) won by fall over Alexandra Fitzgerald (Sacred Heart) (Fall 2:24)
Cons. Semi - Victoria Baez-Dillone (Umpqua CC) won by tech fall over Marquesis Haintz (Simon Fraser) (TF 11-1)
5th Place Match - Marquesis Haintz (Simon Fraser) won by decision over Angela Vitiritti (Campbellsville) (Dec 7-0)
 
136
Jade Trolland's place is unknown and has scored 6.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Jade Trolland (Simon Fraser) won by decision over Laura Kipnusu (Grand View) (Dec 4-0)
Champ. Round 2 - Riley Dalrymple (Life) won by tech fall over Jade Trolland (Simon Fraser) (TF 10-0)
Cons. Round 2 - Jade Trolland (Simon Fraser) won by fall over Michal Buska (Tiffin) (Fall 2:14)
Cons. Round 3 - Jade Trolland (Simon Fraser) won by tech fall over Kayli Acosta (Umpqua CC) (TF 10-0)
Cons. Round 4 - Jade Trolland (Simon Fraser) won by decision over Celeste Tellez (York College) (Dec 4-1)
Cons. Round 5 - Athena Willden (William Jewell) won by fall over Jade Trolland (Simon Fraser) (Fall 1:29)
 
143
Eleni Fakaosi's place is unknown and has scored 4.5 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Erica Schroeder (Colorado Mesa) won by decision over Eleni Fakaosi (Simon Fraser) (Dec 12-3)
Cons. Round 1 - Eleni Fakaosi (Simon Fraser) won by fall over Ashleigh Denny (William Penn) (Fall 1:24)
Cons. Round 2 - Eleni Fakaosi (Simon Fraser) won by tech fall over Piper Hall (Vanguard) (TF 14-3)
Cons. Round 3 - Jamilah McBryde (Life) won by tech fall over Eleni Fakaosi (Simon Fraser) (TF 13-2)
 
155
Paige Maher's place is unknown and has scored 9.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Paige Maher (Simon Fraser) won by fall over Rebekah Koolstra (Saint Mary) (Fall 0:44)
Champ. Round 2 - Kenya Sloan (Campbellsville) won by decision over Paige Maher (Simon Fraser) (Dec 14-5)
Cons. Round 2 - Paige Maher (Simon Fraser) won by tech fall over Karyn Larkin (Saint Mary) (TF 10-0)
Cons. Round 3 - Paige Maher (Simon Fraser) won by tech fall over Diriann Porras (University of the Ozarks) (TF 11-0)
Cons. Round 4 - Paige Maher (Simon Fraser) won by tech fall over Elizabeth Hubbard (Missouri Valley) (TF 12-0)
Cons. Round 5 - Kaylynn Albrecht (Baker) won by decision over Paige Maher (Simon Fraser University) (Dec 9-6)
 
170
Emily Cue's place is 2nd and has scored 23.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Emily Cue (Simon Fraser) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Emily Cue (Simon Fraser) won by tech fall over Avry Warren (Brewton-Parker) (TF 10-0)
Champ. Round 3 - Emily Cue (Simon Fraser) won by tech fall over Darby Weidl (Ottawa) (TF 12-0)
Quarterfinal - Emily Cue (Simon Fraser) won by tech fall over Annabelle Helm (Gannon) (TF 13-0)
Semifinal - Emily Cue (Simon Fraser) won by tech fall over Cristina Santoyo (Emmanuel) (TF 11-0)
1st Place Match - Ashley Lekas (Augsburg) won by decision over Emily Cue (Simon Fraser) (Dec 7-0)

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