Pair Just Shy of Podium Placing at Season-Ending NAIA Invitational
Jamestown, N.D.–The William Penn women’s wrestling team ended its inaugural campaign Friday and Saturday as it competed at the NAIA Invitational.
As a team, WPU placed 24th out of 31 programs with 10.5 points, while Campbellsville (Ky.) claimed the team crown with 185 points. Life (Ga.) was a distant second with 134.5 points.
101-pounder Chalimar Rodriguez (Fr., Keller, Texas) and 123-pounder Mami Selemani (Fr., Iowa City, Iowa) both had strong showings that ended with both finishing one win shy of getting on the All-America podium.
Rodriguez started her Invitational run by upsetting #5 seed Unity Cordova of Life 11-6. She failed to stay in the championship bracket, though, with a second-round loss, but battled on the consolation side with back-to-back wins. First, the freshman defeated Angelique Cervantes of Life Pacific (Calif.) 10-5 and then she slipped past Destiny Shelton of Indiana Tech 6-2.