Hannah Wigern faces an opponent during a 2024-25 Augsburg women's wrestling meet.
Tim Bohn, Wisconsin-Stevens Point

Women's wrestlers open season at Pointer Open

11/2/2024 11:26:00 PM

TOURNAMENT RESULTS | AUGSBURG RESULTS

STEVENS POINT, Wis. -- The Augsburg University women's wrestlng team opened its 2024-25 campaign with eight wrestlers seeing action at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Pointer Open on Saturday.

THE BASICS
FINAL RESULTS: No team results
LOCATION: Stevens Point, Wis.

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Nina Makem (SR, Shakopee, Minn./Shakopee HS), the No. 7-ranked 138-pounder in the National Wrestling Coaches Association preseason national rankings for NCAA-affiliated schools, opened the season at 160 pounds, where she earned the consolation title (seventh place). She opened with a 1:27 pin loss to No. 2-ranked 160-pounder Alexandra Hofrichter of Dubuque (Iowa), but rallied back with four victories, including a 35-second pin and two first-period technical falls.
• Augsburg's seven other competitors on Saturday were all first-year wrestlers making their collegiate debuts. Brantajia Loggins (FY, St. Paul, Minn./Humboldt HS) went 2-2 with two first-period pins in her debut at 207 pounds. 
• Three other Auggies also gained their first collegiate wins -- Amelia Hermanson (FY, Golden Valley, Minn./Robbinsdale Armstrong HS) at 103, Gisele Gallegos (FY, South St. Paul, Minn./South St. Paul HS) with a technical fall at 110, and Katie Whelan (FY, Harmony, MInn./Fillmore Central HS) at 180.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg competes at the Luther College Open next Saturday (11/9) at 9 a.m. in Decorah, Iowa.
AUGSBURG INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
103 -- Amelia Hermanson 1-2.
110 -- Gisele Gallegos 1-2.
131 -- Grey Peck 0-2.
138 -- Hannah Wigern 0-2.
145 -- Jannelle Mendez Correa 0-2.
160 -- Nina Makem 4-1, consolation champion (7th place).
180 -- Katie Whelan 1-2.
207 -- Brantajia Loggins 2-2.
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