York, Pa- Delaware Valley women's wrestling traveled to York, Pennsylvania to compete in the inaugural New Standard Corp. Women's Wrestling Invitational. This individual tournament consists of wrestlers from nine collegiate teams, including nationally ranked #22 Ursinus. Delaware Valley entered twelve wrestlers into the tournament and finished the day with three champions and a total of ten place winners. The Aggies took home first place in the team scoring, notching its first individual tournament championship in program history. 

First-year Josey Wehr went 3-0 on the day and took home first place at 116 lbs. Wehr started off the tournament with two pinfall victories over Ava Weibley of York and Adriana Dias of Cedar Crest. In the final match, Josey Wehr defeated Caitlin Lewis of Hiram by a 10-0 technical fall, securing first place. First tournament championship for the Wehr as she picked up three wins on the day in dominant fashion.

Senior Bridgette Schoultz took home first place for the Aggies at 123 lbs. Schoultz started off the morning with a pinfall victory over Olivia Delegas of New England College. In the second round, Schoultz would match up with a familiar foe, returning national qualifier and nationally ranked #9 Kalli Roskos. Schoultz and Roskos wrestled a handful of times over last season, including a home dual meet for the Aggies against Ursinius where Schoultz earned a pinfall victory. Schoultz would get the win today as she defeated Roskos by a 12-2 technical fall. In the final round, The senior defeated Megan Knapp by fall, securing a first-place finish. Schoultz, a 2x returning national qualifier is currently the team leader in wins for the Aggies thus far in the 2023-2024 season.

First-year Gabriella Reid took home first place for the Aggies at 155 lbs. Reid started off the day with two pinfall victories over Yazmin Martinez of Cedar Crest and Kaitlyn Coldren of York. In the final match, Gabriella Reid defeated Draydon Charman of Cedar Crest, earning her first place. Dominant tournament performance for the first-year as she won all her three matches on the day by fall.

First-year Sophia Pollack earned second place at 191 lbs. After receiving a bye in the first round, Pollack defeated Karime Carmarena-Tejeda of New England College by Fall. In the final round, the first-year lost to 
Zoe Waters of New England College by fall. This afternoon's tournament marked the second finals appearance of the season for Pollack in individual tournaments.

Along with the four finalists, Delaware Valley had three wrestlers earn third place in their weight class. At 101 lbs, Jesenia Camargo went 2-1 on the day and took home third-place. After dropping her first match of the day by fall to Alexis Dobson of New England College, Camargo defeated Lexi Doerflinger of Hiram by fall. The first-year received a medical forfeit in the final round, earning her a third place finish.
Sophomore Lilly Kinder took home third place at 143 lbs. Kinder dropped a tightly contested 13-9 decision over Maura White of York in the first round. The sophomore would rally back to back wins over teammate 
Eva Herrera by fall and Olivia Wojtusik of New England College by technical fall, to finish in third. First-year Kathryn Martin went 5-1 on the day and avenged an earlier loss over Kaitlyn Coldren of York to take home third place. First-year Layla Weiss went 1-2 on the day and earned fourth place. First-years Eva Herrera and Carmela Velasco earned fifth place.  

Here is what head coach Coach Taylor had to say about the program's first ever tournament championship. 

"Couldn't be more excited for our women to be the inaugural champions of this event. The most fun is watching our wrestlers jump levels every week and make the adjustments in matches that we work on in practice. This is a coachable group and they are seeing their discipline pay off."

Delaware Valley women's wrestling will be back in action on December 10th on the road against Sacred Heart and Lock Haven.