UPDATED: USEOC women’s team splits four dual meets in Canada, and participates in open tournament

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Gary Abbott (USA Wrestling)
11/23/2004


The U.S. Olympic Education Center (USOEC) women's university team, which is based at Northern Michigan Univ., split four dual meets over the weekend in Canada, as well as participated in an open tournament.    These dual meets were held in addition to the Championship Cup of Women's Wrestling, held at Lakehead University in Canada.    On the first night, the USOEC faced Canada's top two college teams on Friday, Nov. 19.    The USOEC team defeated the No. 2 college team in Canada, the Univ. of Calgary, 5 matches to 2. In the second dual of the evening, the No. 1 Canadian college team, Simon Fraser Univ., beat the USOEC team 6 matches to 3. The new rules of international wrestling were used in the dual meets.    Only one USOEC wrestlers won both matches for the evening, Brandy Rosenbrock (Harrison, Mich.), who competes at 59 kg/130 lbs.     In perhaps the top matchup of the evening, Rosenbrock defeated the No. 1 ranked Canadian on the Senior level, Emily Richardson of Simon Fraser, in a tiebreaker. Rosenbrock is ranked No. 1 in the USA in the most recent TheMat.com U.S. Women's rankings. Rosenbrock also pinned Justine Bouchard of Calgary in that dual meet.    Joining Rosenbrock with wins during the Calgary dual meet were Liz Short (Lombard, Ill.), Linse Meadows (Katy, Texas), Ku Johnson (Honolulu, Hawaii) and Donell Bradley (Aiea, Hawaii).    Joining Rosenbrock with wins against Simon Fraser were Mary Kelly (Mahomet, Ill.) and Debbi Sakai (Mililani, Hawaii).    On the second day, Saturday, Nov. 20, the USOEC wrestled against a pair of all-star teams. The USOEC defeated the OUA (the college conference in Ontario), 5 matches to 3. In the final dual, Canada West (the college conference in Western Canada), defeated the USOEC, 7 matches to 1.    Scoring wins in the OUA dual meet were Short, Kelly, Meadows, Elena Mena (St. Paul, Minn.) and Randi Miller (Arlington, Texas).    The lone USOEC winner in the Canada West dual was Sakai, who pinned Simon Fraser's Sarah White for the second time of the weekend.    The USOEC team also participated in a tournament on Sunday morning, where athletes from the teams entered in the weekend dual meets were paired off into pools and wrestled three or four matches.    Four USOEC wrestlers had perfect 3-0 record in the tournament action: Short, Kelly, Meadows and Sharon Jacobson (San Diego, Calif.)    The USOEC women's team is coached by Shannyn Gillespie, who was pleased with the performance of the team, as well as the opportunity to get the athletes numerous quality matches during the weekend.    On Saturday, the eight-team Championship Cup of Women's Wrestling, a dual meet tournament featuring college teams, was also held. Cumberland College, one of the powerhouse women's college teams from the United States, defeated Canada's top team Simon Fraser in the championship match of the tournament. Complete results of this competition will be posted when available.    USOEC 5, Calgary 2  48 kg - Liz Short (USOEC) pin Krista Wells (Calgary)  53 kg - Andrea Ross (Calgary) dec. Mary Kelly (USOEC), 2-1, 1-1, 2-1  57 kg - Brit Laverdure (Calgary) dec. Sharon Jacobson (USOEC), 3-7, 5-1, 6-4  61 kg - Linse Meadows (USOEC) pin Laura McDougall (Calgary)  65 kg - Brandy Rosenbrock (USOEC) pin Justine Bouchard (Calgary), 3:33  70 kg - Ku Johnson (USOEC) dec. Elisa Howes (Calgary), 4-1, 4-1  80 kg - Donell Bradley (USOEC) pin Vanessa Wilson (Calgary)    Simon Fraser 6, USOEC 3  Ashley McManus (Simon Fraser) pin Linse Meadows (USOEC), 2:20  Shayla Turncotte (Simon Fraser) pin Randi Miller (USOEC), 2:20  Mary Kelly (USOEC) pin Miranda Dick (Simon Fraser)  Ashley McKilligan (Simon Fraser) dec. Liz Short (USOEC), 1-0, 1-0  Debbi Sakai (USOEC) pin Sarah White (Simon Fraser), 2:29  Leah Pare (Simon Fraser) dec. Amy Borgnini (USOEC), 0-2, 4-1, 1-0  Jessica Peterson (Simon Fraser) dec. Danyelle Hedin (USOEC), 4-2, 4-2  Brandy Rosenbrock (USOEC) dec. Emily Richardson (Simon Fraser), tiebreaker  Angela Mah (Simon Fraser) dec. Teri Lopez (USOEC), 3-1, 6-7, 2-0    USOEC 5, OUA All-Stars 3  48 kg - Liz Short (USOEC) dec. Laura Skopelianos (OUA/Western), 3-0, 3-3  53 kg - Mary Kelly (USOEC) dec. Terri McNutt (OUA/Western), 7-4, 4-3  57 kg - Melody McCague (OUA/Lakehead) dec. Amy Borgnini (USOEC), 1-1, 4-2  61 kg - Tasha Eady (OUA/Lakehead) dec. Teri Lopez (USOEC), 3-1, 2-1  65 kg - Linse Meadows (USOEC) pin Allison Rockwood (OUA/Memorial), 1:03  70 kg - Gillian McCallum (OUA/Western) dec. Ku Johnson (USOEC), 5-3, 3-1  80 kg - Elena Mena (USOEC) pin Jenn Hanson (OUA/Brock), 3:15  80 kg - Randi Miller (USOEC) dec. Katie Woodenfinden (OUA/Lakehead), 3-0, 4-1    Canada West All-Stars 7, USOEC 1  48 kg - Krista Wells (CW/Calgary) dec. Liz Short (USOEC), 3-1, 0-3, 3-1  53 kg -Debbi Sakai (USOEC) pin Sarah White (CW/Simon Fraser), 0:12  57 kg - Emily Richardson (CW/Simon Fraser) dec. Sharon Jacobson (USOEC), 8-3, 8-3  61 kg - Justine Bouchard (CW/Calgary) pin Teri Lopez (USOEC), 0:18  65 kg - Heidi Kulak (CW/Alberta) pin Linse Meadows (USOEC), 1:37  70 kg - Ashley McManus (CW/Simon Fraser) dec. Ku Johnson (USOEC), 3-1, 1-3, 5-0  80 kg - Shayla Turcotte (CW/Simon Fraser) pin Donell Bradley (USOEC), 1:11  61 kg - Angela Mah (CW/Simon Fraser) dec. Danyelle Hedin (USOEC), 3-0, 4-0    USOEC athlete records during the Lakehead Open Tournament  Note: There were no weight divisions. Athletes were paired based upon weight that day.  Liz Short, 3-0 record  Mary Kelly, 3-0 record  Linse Meadows, 3-0 record  Sharon Jacobson, 3-0 record  Elena Mena, 2-1 record  Randi Miller, 2-1 record  Donell Bradley, 1-2 record  Amy Borgnini, 1-3 record  Teri Lopez, 1-3 record  Debbi Sakai, 0-1 record  Ku Johnson, 0-2 record    Information provided by Lakehead Univ. as well as from USOEC coaching staff