OKLAHOMA CITY -- Campbellsville University women's wrestling finished third at the Cliff Keen Duals, hosted at Oklahoma City University. The Lady Tigers, ranked No. 4 in Women's Collegiate Wrestling Association (WCWA), finished third after avenging a quarterfinal loss to No. 6 Simon Fraser University with a 25-20 win in the third place match.

No. 1 King University won the Gold Bracket with a 27-20 win over No. 2 Oklahoma City University. McKendree beat Lindenwood, 26-19, in the fifth place match and Cumberlands beat Wayland Baptist, 31-18, in the seventh place match.

The third place finish should move the fourth-ranked Lady Tigers up to No. 3 in the next ranking, which will be used to seed the teams at the NWCA National Duals in January.

"Our goal coming in was to finish in the top three. We had a heart-to-heart talk last night after we lost to McKendree and it was important for everyone to know that when we're wrestling in duals, every single point matters," CU head coach Lee Miracle said. "The girls bought in to what I was trying to tell them, and they ended up wrestling hard today … In the second dual meet our girls stepped up and every single one of our girls fought for every point. That was the difference. We took it to them."

Michelle Lomas avenged a tech fall from earlier in the day and pinned Abby Lloyd in the third-place bought against Simon Fraser to lead Campbellsville to victory.

Shelby Hall and Kayla Miracle also gained extra team points with pins in the third-place match to help build a 10-point lead, 25-15, entering the final weight. CU chose to rest an injured Michelle Organ by injury defaulting the final match of the day at 155.

"Two of those situations came from freshmen, and that's huge. We had the youngest team there, and the fact that these girls are getting so good so quick really says a lot about their work ethic, dedication and commitment to what we're trying to do," Miracle said.

Kayla Miracle wrestled up all day, going 2-0 against Simon Fraser's Francesca Giorgio at 143 pounds and beating Lindenwood's Monica Ramirez at 136 pounds.

"Kayla wrestled wherever I needed to move her to do the best for the team, and if we hadn't had that we wouldn't have won. The fact she was able to bump up two weights and tech and pin a former (junior) national champion (Giorgio) was a huge," Miracle said.

Tiaira Scott (191 pounds) and Shelby Hall (123 pounds) were both 4-0 in the Gold Bracket. Scott had two pins and two tech falls and Hall had two pins. Michelle Lomas was 3-1 on the day, Kasey Ricketts and Rosemary Flores were 2-2, Michelle Organ was 1-2 in matches wrestled and Kaitlyn Hill was 1-3. Keely Holloway was 0-3 and Kasey Kruczek was 0-1 in matches wrestled with two forfeit wins.
 

"Several girls are getting better every match, and that's what's important. Now we have to find a way to get good enough to beat Oklahoma City in the national duals semifinals," Miracle said.

Campbellsville will travel to the University of the Cumberlands for a head-to-head dual Saturday, Nov. 1 at 10 a.m. EDT. 

Quarterfinal: Simon Fraser 24, Campbellsville University 19
136 - Kasey Kruczek (CU) won by forfeit  
143 - Kayla Miracle (CU) over Francesca Giorgio (Simon Fraser) TF 10-0
155 - Bailley Halvorson (Simon Fraser) over Michelle Organ (CU) TF 10-0
170 - Monika Podgorski (Simon Fraser) over Kaitlyn Hill (CU) TF 12-0
191 - Tiaira Scott (CU) over Peyton Smith (Simon Fraser) Fall 4:14
101 - Darby Huckle (Simon Fraser) over Keely Holloway (CU) TF 10-0
109 - Abby Lloyd (Simon Fraser) over Michelle Lomas (CU) TF 10-0
116 - Nikkie Brar (Simon Fraser) over Kasey Ricketts (CU) Dec 3-1
123 - Shelby Hall (CU) over Ashley Osachuk (Simon Fraser) Dec 14-8
130 - Jennifer Anderson (Simon Fraser) over Rosemary Flores (CU) TF 14-4

Cons. Round 1: Campbellsville 28, University of Cumberlands Blue 15
143 - Kristin Yamasaki (Cumberlands Blue) over Hanna Hall (CU) TF 10-0
155 - Michelle Organ (CU) over Kaliegh Jennings (Cumberlands Blue) Dec 8-1
170 - Kaitlyn Hill (CU) over Courteney Tompkins (Cumberlands Blue) Dec 12-3
191 - Tiaira Scott (CU) over Clarc Walker (Cumberlands Blue) TF 11-0
101 - Sarah Allen (Cumberlands Blue) over Keely Holloway (CU) Fall 1:04
109 - Michelle Lomas (CU) over Angelo Enos (Cumberlands Blue) Fall 1:13
116 - Kasey Ricketts (CU) over Alex Campbell (Cumberlands Blue) Dec 13-6
123 - Shelby Hall (CU) over Sherri Berube (Cumberlands Blue) Fall 2:02
130 - Rosemary Flores (CU) over Ashley Talaro-Potter (Cumberlands Blue) TF 10-0
136 - Angelica Hernandez (Cumberlands Blue) over Kasey Kruczek (CU) Dec 5-2

Cons. Semi: Campbellsville 30, Lindenwood Gold 10
155 - Lisa Gonzalez (Lindenwood Gold) over Michelle Organ (CU) Dec 11-2
170 - Gabriela Guzman (Lindenwood Gold) over Kaitlyn Hill (CU) Dec 4-3
191 - Tiaira Scott (CU) over Mikayla Mathews (Lindenwood Gold) TF 11-0
101 - Keely Holloway (CU) won by forfeit
109 - Michelle Lomas (CU) over Tori Degginger (Lindenwood Gold) TF 11-0
116 - Kasey Ricketts (CU) over Hannah Padilla (Lindenwood Gold) TF 10-0
123 - Shelby Hall (CU) over Diaysha Moore (Lindenwood Gold) Dec 11-6
130 - Rosemary Flores (CU) over Rachel Factora (Lindenwood Gold) Dec 4-0
136 - Kayla Miracle (CU) over Monica Ramirez (Lindenwood Gold) TF 10-0
143 - Angelina Fabbri (Lindenwood Gold) over Hanna Hall (CU) Dec 10-5

3rd Place Match: No. 4 Campbellsville 25, No. 6 Simon Fraser 20
170 - Monika Podgorski (Simon Fraser) over Kaitlyn Hill (CU) TF 10-0
191 - Tiaira Scott (CU) over Peyton Smith (Simon Fraser) Fall 1:46
101 - Darby Huckle (Simon Fraser) over Keely Holloway (CU) Fall 1:16
109 - Michelle Lomas (CU) over Abby Lloyd (Simon Fraser) Fall 2:13
116 - Nikkie Brar (Simon Fraser) over Kasey Ricketts (CU) Dec 3-0
123 - Shelby Hall (CU) over Ashley Osachuk (Simon Fraser) Fall 2:51
130 - Jennifer Anderson (Simon Fraser) over Rosemary Flores (CU) Dec 7-0
136 - Kasey Kruczek (CU) won by forfeit
143 - Kayla Miracle (CU) over Francesca Giorgio (Simon Fraser) Fall 4:22
155 - Bailley Halvorson (Simon Fraser) over Michelle Organ (CU) Forfeit