Senior Brieana Delgado’s seven-second fall highlighted the women’s wrestling victory against the University of the Cumberlands 43-5 on Thursday at Abe Lemons Arena.
Delgado unleashed a five-point move on Ashley Talaro-Potter to gain the fastest fall in OCU history. The Stars, ranked second in the Women’s College Wrestling Association, went up to 17-2 with the victory.
Delgado, ranked third among WCWA 130-pounders, beat her sister Brittany Delgado’s eight-second pin over Evanie Paulett of Lindenwood University in 2009.
“She’ll go into the book,” Coach Archie Randall said. “She had a really nice suplex and pretty well decked the girl. It was pretty. She back-arched her to her back and pinned her immediately. She is pretty powerful.”
Senior Emily Webster improved to 110-0 against college competition in her OCU career with a 10-0 technical-fall victory over Sarah Allen. Webster is the top-ranked three-time defending national champion at 101 pounds, while Allen is ranked fifth at their weight.
“She looked good again like she always does,” Randall said. “We’re pretty confident she’s going to finish out the season and be a four-timer.”
The Stars had six falls against the University of the Cumberlands. Sophomore Yvonne Galindo won by fall over Cathleen Auxier in 1:32 in the 155-pound bout. The Stars led 38-0 before University of the Cumberlands got on the scoreboard with Aviance Watters’ pin of junior Sherese Thomas. Watters is ranked eighth at 155, while Thomas is ranked third at 170.
Junior Shelby Morrison picked up the first fall of the night for the Stars in 2:35 over Alexandria Campbell. At 136, junior Rachel Young finished off Esmeralda Garcia in 58 seconds, and junior Kayla Aggio followed with a 36-second fall over Jasmine Mendez at 143.
Senior Heather O’Connor defeated Clarc Walker in 1:38 at 191 pounds. O’Connor has the No. 2 spot in the 191-pound rankings, while Walker is seventh among 170-pounders.
Sophomore Rachel Archer, ranked third at 123 pounds, took a 10-0 technical-fall win from sixth-ranked Sherri Berube for the Stars.
“We pretty much put Cumberlands away,” Randall said. “We had one boo-boo when we tripped and fell. That happens in wrestling. The girls did really well.”
Oklahoma City meets eighth-ranked Missouri Baptist University at 7 p.m. Wednesday in St. Louis.
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