AUGSBURG INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

TIFFIN, Ohio -- With Emily Shilson (SO, Maple Grove, Minn./Mounds View HS) leading the way with her third collegiate national title, the Augsburg University women's wrestling team claimed five All-Americans and placed fifth at the National Collegiate Women's Wrestling Championships, held on Saturday at Tiffin University.

THE BASICS
FINAL RESULTS: 1. McKendree (Ill.) 209.0, 2. King (Tenn.) 171.5; 3. Emmanuel (Ga.) 133.5, 4. Colorado Mesa 133.5; 5. Augsburg (Minn.) 88.5, 6. North Central (Ill.) 80.5; 7. Tiffin (Ohio) 65.5, 8. Presbyterian (S.C.) 52.5; 9. Adrian (Mich.) 43.0; 10. Gannon (Pa.) 34.0, 11. Iowa Wesleyan 23.0; 12. Wisconsin-Stevens Point 19.0; 13t. Ferrum (Va.) 11.0; 13t. New Jersey City 11.0; 15. Limestone (S.C.) 10.0; 16. Schreiner (Texas) 7.5; 17. Trine (Mich.) 2.5; 18. Lindenwood (Mo.) 2.0; 19. Lakeland (Wis.) 0.5; 20t. Delaware Valley (Pa.) 0.0; 20t. Fontbonne (Mo.) 0.0; 20t. Westminster (Mo.) 0.0
LOCATION: Gillmor Student Center, Tiffin, Ohio

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Shilson, who won two national titles (Women's Collegiate Wrestling Association and NCWWC) last season, repeated her NCWWC crown with a dominating performance at 109 pounds, earning the tournament's Outstanding Wrestler award. She scored three 10-0 technical fall victories -- her opening win in 48 seconds over Samantha Larsen of King (Tenn.), her semifinal win in 1:13 over No. 4-ranked Cassy Lopez of Presbyterian (S.C.), and the title victory in 3:28 over No. 2-ranked Aleeah Gould of King. The win was her second 10-0 technical fall over Gould this season, after beating her in the Captains Cup freestyle wrestling event in February.
• Shilson finished her second collegiate season with an 8-0 record, with six technical falls and two pins. She has yet to lose a collegiate match in her career; now 22-0 with eight pins and 12 technical falls. 
• As a team, Augsburg finished fifth in the tournament, held for NCAA schools with varsity women's wrestling programs, with 88.5 points, an improvement over its ninth-place finish in its inaugural season last year. Augsburg's five All-Americans bring the program's two-year total to 12 (nine NCWWC, three WCWA).
• Marlynne Deede (SO, Springville, Utah/Springville HS) earned All-American honors for the second time in her college career, placing third at 155 pounds. She went 4-1 on the day with three pins and a technical fall. Ranked No. 3 nationally entering the tournament, she topped the No. 6, No. 4 and No. 8-ranked wrestlers during her tournament run. After a semifinal loss, Deede bounced back with a 1:26 pin of No. 4-ranked Viktorya Torres of King (Pa.) and a 9-8 win over No. 8-ranked Malea Palahniuk of North Central (Ill.) in the third-place match -- her third win and second pin over Palahniuk this season.
• Deede finished the season with a 10-2 record, with five technical falls and three pins. In her college career, she now has a 21-13 record with 10 technical falls and seven pins. She finished sixth at last year's NCWWC national meet.
• Autumn Flanigan (FY, Troy, Mo./Troy Buchanan HS) placed third at 136 pounds to finish her first college season at 7-1. The No. 6-ranked 136-pounder entering the meet, Flanigan claimed three wins over higher-ranked wrestlers -- a 10-0, 52-second technical fall win over No. 3-ranked Dalia Garibay of Colorado Mesa in the quarterfinals, a 13-7 win over Julia Padilla of Emmanuel (S.C.) in the wrestlebacks and a 2:42 pin of No. 5-ranked Michelle Camacho of McKendree in the third-place match. Flanigan finished her inaugural college season with a 7-1 record, with four technicals and a pin.
• Kya Rybachek (FY, Mountain Iron, Minn./Hibbing HS) finished fourth at 136 pounds, going 3-2 on the day to finish her season with a 6-5 record. Rybachek claimed two pins and a technical fall during the tournament, with a 2:23 pin of No. 5-ranked Zoe Nowicki of Adrian (Mich.) an a 1:19 pin of No. 7-ranked Kaylee Lacy of Colorado Mesa.
• After seeing her inaugural college season end prematurely last year with an injury, Faith Tuttle (SO, North St. Paul, Minn./North St. Paul HS) earned her first collegiate All-American honor with a seventh-place finish at 170 pounds. Tuttle went 3-2 on the day with two pins, and capped her day with an 8-4 decision over No. 8-ranked Jasmine Hale of Adrian. Tuttle finished this season at 4-3 with three pins.
• Sierra Brown Ton (JR, Allen, Texas/Einstein HS) went 1-2 at 130 pounds for the Auggies, while Melissa Jacobs (SO, Belle Plaine, Minn./Belle Plaine HS (Scott West), 191 pounds), Destynie Pacheco (SO, El Paso, Texas/Pebble Hills HS, 155 pounds) and Kahlea Jolly (SO, Lino Lakes, Minn./Centennial HS, 143 pounds) also competed at the tournament.