Nina Makem has a leg lock on an opponent during a 2022-23 Augsburg women's wrestling meet.
Don Stoner

Makem wins title for Auggies at Waldorf Open

TOURNAMENT RESULTS | AUGSBURG RESULTS

FOREST CITY, Iowa -- Nina Makem (JR, Shakopee, Minn./Shakopee HS) won the individual title at 155 pounds, leading the Augsburg University women's wrestling team at the Waldorf University Open on Saturday.

THE BASICS
FINAL RESULTS: No team results
LOCATION: Forest City, Iowa

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Makem, the No. 4-ranked 136-pounder in the National Wrestling Coaches Association preseason national rankings for NCAA-affiliated schools, scored her first tournament victory of the season at 155 pounds, going 4-0. She opened with a 22-second pin and a win by injury default, then topped Anastasia Hardin of Missouri Baptist, the No. 10-ranked 155-pounder in the NAIA national rankings, 8-0 in the semifinals. In the finals, she claimed a 10-0, 1:42 technical fall victory over Keeley Kehrli of Simpson (Iowa). Makem is now 7-1 on the season.
• Six Auggie wrestlers competed at the open meet. Gigi Gammell (FY, Chico, Calif./Chico HS) claimed her first collegiate victory at 101 pounds, a 3:29 pin of Jessica Romo of Dickinson State (N.D.).

UP NEXT
• Augsburg hosts Buena Vista (Iowa) in a dual meet on Tuesday, Nov. 28 at 7 p.m. at Si Melby Hall.
AUGSBURG INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
101 -- Gigi Gammell 1-2.
123 -- Adelynn Flaschberger 0-2.
130 -- Aleka London 0-2.
143 -- Ellisa Jimenez 0-2.
155 -- No. 4 (@136) Nina Makem 4-0, 1st place. 
191 -- Melissa Jacobs 0-2.
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