Preview:
The Lady Owls entered the dual Thursday night (11/14) 0-1 on the season after losing their season opener to Grand View last week up in Des Moines.
They will face off against the Missouri Baptist Lady Spartans who are 0-3 in duals this season. (Most recently losing to #1 Life University on November 7th.)
Both teams are looking for their first dual win of the season. Missouri Baptist has 1 nationally ranked wrestler, Alyssa King who’s listed at 110 lbs. The Lady Spartans currently have a 2-0 all-time series advantage in duals versus William Woods with the most recent result being a 35-15 victory for the Lady Spartans.
On the men’s side, William Woods was looking to kickstart their season on the right foot with a conference dual as well.
While the MBU Spartans enter the evening with a 1-2 dual record with a victory over York University (Nebraska). Missouri Baptist has two nationally ranked men in their lineup.
The first is at 125 lbs, Geno Cardenas (ranked 8th) and the other is Daryl Mills at 141 lbs (ranked 10th). Missouri Baptist currently has a 3-0 all-time series lead on the Owls dating back to 2023.
If you want to watch the duals, you should be able to click on this link to do so. WWU vs. MBU Duals (Men and Women)
Dual Summaries:
Due to injuries in their lighter weights William Woods gave up the first 4 weights before being able to send a wrestler to the mat.
At 131, MBU didn’t send a wrestler out to give William Woods their first points of the night and close the gap to 15 (20-5).
At 138 lbs. was the first contested match of the evening and after giving up an initial 2 points, it was all Teani Medeiros-Maielua (junior) of William Woods. She scored 2 impressive 4-point takedowns in the second half of the first period but was unable to secure the fall. After the intermission, it didn’t take her long to score a 3rd 4-point takedown and finish off her opponent with a pin.
