LOUISVILLE, KY. – Missouri Baptist women's wrestling kicked off the spring semester ready for multiple top-ranked battles at the NWCA National Duals. Although the Spartans only won one of their three duals, MoBap got an early look at some of top NAIA competition and proved they could compete.
 
Winning each of her three bouts, sophomore Jessica Corredor's biggest win came in the first round against Indiana Tech. Corredor, currently ranked 12^th at 109-pounds, had a tall task ahead of her against fourth ranked Tehani Soares. The Spartan did not disappoint as she picked apart her opponent earning the tech fall, 12-2. Corredor would then receive a forfeit victory against Missouri Valley College before finishing her day with a 10-0 tech fall over Kassidy Leiszler of Baker University.
 
Five different Spartans picked up two wins over the three duals. At 101-pounds, Ana Bradshaw picked up a forfeit against Missouri Valley and a quick fall against Baker's Fatima Venya. Bradshaw's only loss came at the hands of Indiana Tech's seventh ranked Sydney Kutzke.
 
Malaicka Pierre-Louis got the nod for the Spartans at 116-pounds and put together an impressive run. After a first-round loss to 19^th ranked Alyssa Schuller of Indiana Tech and a second-round forfeit victory against Missouri Valley, the freshman had a chip on her shoulder. In her final match of the day, pitted up against the ninth ranked grappler from Baker University; Pierre-Louis came out firing, sticking Katherine Heath only one minute into the bout.
 
Coming one takedown shy of a perfect 3-0 day at 123-pounds was Karoline Ortiz. Ortiz picked up a first-round tech fall against her opponent from Indiana Tech before receiving a forfeit against Missouri Valley. Ortiz, who is currently ranked 18^th at 130-pounds, has decided to drop a weight class coming out of the break. Baker University's first ranked Nichole Moore was the matchup of the tournament for the Spartans. The Spartan fell via decision 12-11, coming up just shy of pulling off the upset. Ortiz put the 123-pound weight class on notice with her performance this weekend and looks to be in the mix at the national tournament later this season.
 
In the 155-pound weight class Tiyahna Askew also put together a 2-1 record while facing stout competition. Askew put away her opponent from Indiana Tech with a first period pin before facing her first of two ranked opponents. Missouri Valley's 16^th ranked 143-pounder, Tess Kinne, came up in weight for this tournament. Askew proved to be to much though as she pinned Kinne early in the first period of the contest. Askew's only loss of the day came at the hands of Baker University's seventh ranked 170-pounder who also changed weight classes for this tournament.
 
The last Spartan to pick up two wins over the three duals was junior, Jessica Gutierrez. Gutierrez, competing at 191-pounds, started her day picking up a 10-1 victory against Grace Doering of Indiana Tech before being pinned in the second period against Alyandina Bushe of Missouri Valley in her second bout. In the third and final dual, Gutierrez used a late takedown to upset the fourth ranked 170-pounder Elisa Robinson of Baker University, 5-4.
 
Freshman Riley White picked up her lone win of the tournament against Willow Barnes of Missouri Valley via fall in the 130-pound weight class. White lost her other two bouts to the 14^th and 15^th ranked grapplers of Baker University and Indiana Tech.
 
Lindsay Mills also competed for the Spartans but failed to register any victories against the stiff competition, which included a loss to Indiana Tech's 11^th ranked 136-pounder Ellyana Kuzma.
 
The Spartans forfeited two weight classes in each of the three duals, as they were without ninth ranked 143-pounder Heather Achterberg and 13^th ranked 170-pounder Kaylee Gross. Had the Spartans been at full strength there may have been different outcomes for each dual. Without a full lineup MoBap dropped their opening round dual 32-16 against (11) Indiana Tech before defeating (RV) Missouri Valley College 30-20 in the first round of the consolation bracket. In their final dual of the tournament during the second round of the consolation bracket, (9) Baker University defeated the Spartans 27-18 ending their tournament.
 
Missouri Baptist women's wrestling will be competing in York, Neb. Friday, Jan. 14^th at the York College Duals and Saturday, Jan. 15^th at the York College Open.