HOST UM-MORRIS WINS MINNESOTA-MORRIS WOMEN'S OPEN WITH FOUR INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS, DEC. 5The host University of Minnesota-Morris won four of the five individual titles and clamed the team championship at the Minnesota-Morris Women's Open held in Morris, Dec. 5. Athletes from the United States and Canada participated in this annual event.
The Outstanding Wrestler was Sarah McMann (Marion, N.C./UM-Morris), the champion at 123.25 pounds. McMann who pinned top ranked and 1998 U.S. World Team member Tina George (S. Euclid, Ohio/UM-Morris) in the gold medal match in 4:32. Earlier in the tournament, McMann also pinned No. 5 ranked Aimee McNab (Malone, Wis./UM-Morris).
McMann holds a No. 5 national ranking at 136.5 pounds, but has dropped to a lower weight class this year.
The other UM-Morris individual champions were Olivia Ocampo (Oxnard, Calif./UM Morris) at 112.25 pounds, Cassie Inman (Rochelle, Ill./UM-Morris) at 136.5 pounds and Nina Vernon (Rodeo, Calif./UM-Morris) at 149.75 pounds.
The champion at 165.25 pounds was Dominique Smalley (Ames, Iowa/Iowa State).
1998 MINNESOTA-MORRIS WOMEN'S OPEN at Morris, Minn., December 5
51 kg/112.25 lbs. - 1st - Olivia Ocampo, Oxnard, Calif. (UM-Morris) pin Joanne Devlin, Thunder Bay, Ont., Canada (Lakehead Univ.), 1:49; 3rd - Beth Suppa, Ellwood City, Pa. (UM-Morris)
56 kg/123.25 lbs. - 1st - Sarah McMann, Marion, N.C. (UM-Morris) pin Tina George, S. Euclid, Ohio (UM-Morris), 4:32; 3rd - Aimee McNab, Malone, Wis. (UM-Morris) pin Tena Dardic, Winnipeg, Man., Canada (Univ. of Manitoba), 0:32; 5th - Patrice Allen, Thunder Bay, Ont., Canada (Lakehead Univ.) pin Crystal Metz, Little Falls, Minn. (UM-Morris)
62 kg/136.5 lbs. - 1st-- Cassie Inman, Rochelle, Ill. (UM-Morris) pin Alanna Kohut, Winnipeg, Man., Canada (Univ. of Manitoba), 1:30; 3rd - Elena Mena, St. Paul, Minn. (Minnesota Storm) pin Melony Monahan, Arlington, Texas (UM-Morris), 0:25; 5th - Stephanie Looney, Morris, Minn. (UM-Morris) won by default over Evy Yoller, Thunder Bay, Ont., Canada (Lakehead Univ.)
68 kg/149.5 lbs. - 1st-- Nina Vernon, Rodeo, Calif. (UM-Morris) pin Katie Downing, Pendleton, Ind. (UM-Morris), 3:00; 3rd - Vanessa Miller, Winnipeg, Man., Canada (Univ. of Manitoba) pin Kate Wannah, Thunder Bay, Ont., Canada (Lakehead Univ.), 3:17; 5th - Jannah Patterson, Thunder Bay, Ont., Canada (Lakehead Univ.) won by default over Ryann Jessman, Thunder Bay, Ont., Canada (Lakehead Univ.)
75 kg/165.25 lbs. - 1st--Dominique Smalley, Ames, Iowa (Iowa State WC) dec. Alicia Mena, St. Paul, Minn. (Minnesota Storm), 9-7, ot; 3rd - Hannah Cain, Thunder Bay, Ont., Canada (Lakehead Univ.)
Team Scores: 1. UM-Morris, 91 pts.; 2. Lakehead Univ., 38 pts.; 3. Univ. of Manitoba, 24 pts.; 4. Minnesota Storm, 17 pts.; 5. Iowa State WC, 10 pts.