Menlo College Women’s Wrestling Team opens its season by facing AC Uckerath of Germany
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10/11/2001
ATHERTON, CA - 10/10/01- The Menlo College Women's Wrestling team opened its season on Wednesday with a dual meet against team AC Uckerath of Germany. The competition was the first ever women's meet at Menlo College, and was highlighted by a pair of wins from the Hutchison sisters, Tanica and Melina. Tanica, a former Cadet National Champion, defeated her opponent, Justyna Maulik, in a 4-2 decision. Her sister Melina, who represented the USA in this year's Junior World Championships, completely dominated Daniela Ewert with her relentless head-snapping and low single-leg takedowns, and pinned her before the end of the first period. Other Menlo women's wrestlers who participated in the dual meet include Bior Guigni, a New England Champion, Nikole Milleron, a 6th place finisher at the 1999 USGWA National Championships, Lydia Aghedom, a 6th place finisher at the California State Championships, and Linda Nguyen, who wrestled at North Quincy High in Massachusetts and who leads the Menlo Women's Cross Country Team. The team competes next at the Sunkist International Open in Phoenix, AZ on October 26th. The women will square off against some of the best female wrestlers in the nation and the world, including wrestlers from Missouri Valley College and the University of Minnesota-Morris, the first two women's wrestling programs that were established in the USA. If the women demonstrate the same determination and energy that they showed today, then many of the Menlo women could possibly gain national rankings.