Following their Carver-Hawkeye Arena debut on Nov. 12, the Iowa women’s wrestling squad traveled to Marshall, Missouri, to compete in the Missouri Valley College Open on Nov. 17-18. Missouri Valley University hosted the event. Over 40 teams competed in the tournament, with Morningside University, Sacred Heart, and William Penn headlining the largest women’s wrestling event.
1. 4 School Represented among Missouri Valley Open Champions At one of women’s wrestling’s premier tournaments, the Missouri Valley Open, wrestlers from Iowa, Southern Oregon, William Penn, and Simon Fraser all had championship finishes. Over 450 athletes from both NCAA and NAIA teams competed in.
After taking advantage of six Colorado Mines errors and scoring a dozen unearned runs in the opening game of Saturday’s doubleheader, Colorado Mesa nearly returned the favor in the second