BURNABY, B.C. – Simon Fraser's Emily Cue (Parker, Colorado), Katja Osteen (Simi Valley, California) and Victoria Seal (Mission, B.C.) all went undefeated Friday on the opening day of the National Collegiate Women's Wrestling Championships at the Alliant Energy Powerhouse in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. All three Red Leafs earned berths in their respective semifinal rounds, and remain in contention to win individual national titles in their weight classes. They are also guaranteed top-six, All-America placings at the fourth annual meet, which is the championship event for NCAA women's wrestling programs.

In the team standings, SFU is sixth with 58 points. North Central (Illinois) leads the title race with 113.5 points, 10 ahead of King (Tennessee). The Red Leafs won 23 matches in total on Friday, and lost 11. 

Seal is the top-ranked wrestler in the 116-pound weight class. She got a bye in her first contest, before earning 10-0 technical fall triumphs over Betty Cherry of Emmanuel (Georgia), and Natalie Majer of Carthage (Wisc.) in the quarter-final round. Seal will wrestle No. 4 Samara Chavez (King) in a semifinal match on Saturday.

No. 3-ranked Cue did something similar in the 170-pound weight class. After her bye, she defeated Mariyah Casados of Elmira (New York) by posting the first 10 points of their match. Cue then won her quarter-final bout against Cara Broadus of Sacred Heart (Connecticut) by technical fall, 12-0. Her semifinal matchup will be against No. 2 Cheyenne Bowman of King.

No. 4 Osteen got a bye in the first championship round, and then pinned Jada Arnold of Mount Olive (North Carolina) at a minute four seconds. Then she edged Colorado Mesa's Jayleen Sekona in a 2-1 decision – scoring the final point with 58 seconds left – to move on. Osteen also beat Sekona previously at the regional tournament. She will now face top-ranked Sydnee Kimber (McKendree) in Saturday's semifinal.

Seventh-ranked Marquesis Haintz (Maple Ridge, B.C.) has ensured herself a top-eight result. She got a bye in the opening round and then advanced over Bridgette Schoultz of Delaware Valley (Pennsylvania) by technical fall, 10-0. Haintz dropped her quarter-final by fall to Cameron Guerin of McKendree (Illinois), but rebounded to win by technical fall 10-0 over Amor Tuttle (Wisconsin-Stevens Point). She needs to win three matches on Saturday to earn a third-place result.

The first semifinal matches will take place Saturday at 9 a.m. Pacific time / 11 a.m. Central. The weight class finals will start at 5 p.m. Pacific / 7 p.m. Central.

FRIDAY RESULTS FOR SFU AT FOURTH ANNUAL NCWWC
NCWWC Championships 109 pounds
Golrokh Nouri's place is unknown and has scored 0.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Golrokh Nouri (Simon Fraser) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Kaelani Shufeldt (Lock Haven) won by fall over Golrokh Nouri (Simon Fraser) (Fall 3:00)
Cons. Round 2 - Golrokh Nouri (Simon Fraser) received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 3 - Pauline Granados (McKendree) won by fall over Golrokh Nouri (Simon Fraser) (Fall 3:42)

NCWWC Championships 109
Maddie MacKenzie's place is unknown and has scored 4.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Maddie MacKenzie (Simon Fraser) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Maddie MacKenzie (Simon Fraser) won by fall over Shaina Hyre (Wisconsin-Stevens Point) (Fall 1:32)
Quarter-final - Sage Mortimer (King) won by tech fall over Maddie MacKenzie (Simon Fraser) (TF 10-0)
Cons. Round 4 - Pauline Granados (McKendree) won by decision over Maddie MacKenzie (Simon Fraser) (Dec 6-3)

NCWWC Championships 116
Ivy Threatful's place is unknown and has scored 0.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Ivy Threatful (Simon Fraser) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Samantha Larsen (Gannon) won by decision over Ivy Threatful (Simon Fraser) (Dec 13-10)
Cons. Round 2 - Ivy Threatful (Simon Fraser) received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 3 - Allison Meyer (William Jewell) won by fall over Ivy Threatful (Simon Fraser) (Fall 4:29)

NCWWC Championships 116
Victoria Seal – guaranteed place in top six and has scored 12.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Victoria Seal (Simon Fraser) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Victoria Seal (Simon Fraser) won by tech fall over Betty Cherry (Emmanuel (Georgia)) (TF 10-0)
Quarter-final - Victoria Seal (Simon Fraser) won by tech fall over Natalie Majer (Carthage) (TF 10-0)

NCWWC Championships 130
Marquesis Haintz – guaranteed place in top eight and has scored 8.5 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Marquesis Haintz (Simon Fraser) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Marquesis Haintz (Simon Fraser) won by tech fall over Bridgette Schoultz (Delaware Valley) (TF 10-0)
Quarter-final - Cameron Guerin (McKendree) won by fall over Marquesis Haintz (Simon Fraser) (Fall 1:48)
Cons. Round 4 - Marquesis Haintz (Simon Fraser) won by tech fall over Amor Tuttle (Wisconsin-Stevens Point) (TF 10-0)

NCWWC Championships 136
Jade Trolland's place is unknown and has scored 4.5 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Jade Trolland (Simon Fraser) won by tech fall over Shawna Oesterling (Adrian) (TF 10-0)
Champ. Round 2 - Ana Luciano (King) won by fall over Jade Trolland (Simon Fraser) (Fall 0:51)
Cons. Round 2 - Jade Trolland (Simon Fraser) won by tech fall over Brooke Zejada (Texas Womans) (TF 11-0)
Cons. Round 3 - Madison Matta (Lock Haven) won by decision over Jade Trolland (Simon Fraser) (Dec 2-1)

NCWWC Championships 155
Paige Maher's place is unknown and has scored 6.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Paige Maher (Simon Fraser) won by decision over Noelle Gaffney (Northern Michigan) (Dec 7-4)
Champ. Round 2 - Marlynne Deede (Augsburg) won by tech fall over Paige Maher (Simon Fraser) (TF 15-4)
Cons. Round 2 - Paige Maher (Simon Fraser) won by fall over Kaitlyn Mossinghoff (Westminster (Missouri)) (Fall 1:19)
Cons. Round 3 - Paige Maher (Simon Fraser) won by fall over Isabella Badon (Presbyterian) (Fall 1:21)
Cons. Round 4 - Lydia Krauss (Northern Michigan) won by fall over Paige Maher (Simon Fraser) (Fall 3:56)

NCWWC Championships 170
Emily Cue – guaranteed place in top six and has scored 12.0 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 Mariyah Casados (Elmira) (TF 10-0)
Quarter-final - Emily Cue (Simon Fraser) won by tech fall over Cara Broadus (Sacred Heart) (TF 12-0)

NCWWC Championships 191
Katja Osteen – guaranteed place in top six and has scored 11.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Katja Osteen (Simon Fraser) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Katja Osteen (Simon Fraser) won by fall over Jada Arnold (Mount Olive) (Fall 1:04)
Quarter-final - Katja Osteen (Simon Fraser) won by decision over Jayleen Sekona (Colorado Mesa) (Dec 2-1)

- with files from USA Wrestling

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