TOURNAMENT RESULTS | AUGSBURG RESULTS

NAPERVILLE, Ill. -- Led by dominating individual titles from 109-pounder Emily Shilson (JR, Maple Grove, Minn./Mounds View HS) and 143-pounder Katie Lange (FY, Sherburn, Minn./Martin County West HS), the Augsburg University women's wrestling claimed a fourth-place finish at the North Central College Open on Saturday.

THE BASICS
FINAL RESULTS: Augsburg 4th/16 (77.5)
LOCATION: North Central College, Naperville, Ill.

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Augsburg finished fourth in a tremendously competitive field with 77.5 points. The field featured six of the top 15 teams in the latest National Wrestling Coaches Association NCAA national rankings -- top-ranked King (Tenn.; first with 153.0 points), No. 3-ranked North Central (Ill., second with 124.5), No. 2-ranked McKendree (Ill., third with 91.0), sixth-ranked Augsburg (fourth with 77.5), No. 11-ranked Wisconsin-Stevens Point (sixth with 46.0) and No. 15-ranked Schreiner (Texas, seventh with 37.0).
• Shilson, ranked No. 1 nationally at 109 pounds, won her weight class and earned tournament Most Outstanding Wrestler honors with three first-period technical falls, all 10-0 victories. Her title match was a 10-0, 1:57 win over No. 5-ranked Sydney Petzinger of North Central. In her four victories this season, Shilson has yet to allow an opponent point in four 10-0 wins, completed in two minutes, 22 seconds. Shilson is now 26-0 in her college career with eight pins and 16 technical falls.
• Lange continued her remarkable start to her collegiate career with the title at 143 pounds, improving to 11-0 on the season. After a first-period pin to open her run on Saturday, she claimed an 8-6 win over No. 6-ranked London Houston of King, then pinned top-ranked Ashlynn Ortega of King in 3:34. Of her 11 wins, five are by pin and five are by technical fall.
• No. 4-ranked 155-pounder Marlynne Deede (JR, Springville, Utah/Springville HS) overcame a first-round loss with three wins, two by pin and an injury-default win over top-ranked Alara Boyd of McKendree, to finish third in her weight class. Deede is now 10-2 on the season with three pins and six technical falls.
• At 136 pounds, No. 5-ranked Autumn Flanigan (SO, Troy, Mo./Troy Buchanan HS) and No. 8-ranked Nina Makem (FY, Shakopee, Minn./Shakopee HS) tied for fifth place, with Flanigan going 2-2 with two pins, and Makem going 5-1 with five technical falls.
• Faith Tuttle (JR, North St. Paul, Minn./North St. Paul HS) went 4-2 with two pins and a technical fall to finish fourth at 191 pounds.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg competes at the Ken Kraft Midlands Championships at Northwestern University (Ill.) on Dec. 29-30.

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AUGSBURG INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
109 -- Emily Shilson 3-0, 1st place.
130 -- Savannah Vold 2-2.
136 -- Nina Makem 5-1, co-5th place; Autumn Flanigan 2-2, co-5th place; Mya Velasquez 1-2; Aubrey Mathiowetz 0-2.
143 -- Katie Lang 3-0, 1st place.
155 -- Marlynne Deede 3-1, 3rd place; Kahlea Jolly 0-2.
170 -- Destynie Pacheco 2-2; Madison Horn 1-2.
191 -- Faith Tuttle 4-2, 4th place; Melissa Jacobs 1-2.