NCAA Dual of the Week: #7 Sacred Heart vs. #11 East Stroudsburg

East Stroudsburg’s Mia Macaluso. Photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo / WrestlersAreWarriors.com

EAST STROUDSBURG, PA - In a dual featuring some of the top NCWWC Northeast Region teams, #7 Sacred Heart squared off against #11 East Stroudsburg Saturday night at the Koehler Fieldhouse on the ESU campus. The scrap between two rising programs featured five wrestlers ranked in the top 8 in recent NWCA rankings. In the end, the visiting Pioneers prevailed over the Warriors 33-11.

After Sacred Heart’s Alliyah Payne Harris took a forfeit at 101, 109-pound Ashia Torres scored a fall over ESU sophomore Alanna Barberio at the 4:58 mark. ESU finally got on the board at 116 as ESU’s #6 ranked Emily Klein won a 7-4 decision over competitive freshman Nohea Moniz.

At 123, ESU’s #6 ranked Mia Macaluso took care of business with a fall, followed by Sacred Heart’s #3 Ally Fitzgerald answering with a 5-0 victory at 130 against fellow New York native Gianna Amendola. #8 Zoe Gress kept ESU’s hopes alive with a win at 143, but Sacred Heart won the final three matches to seal the victory.

ESU’s previously-ranked 130-pound Sofia Macaluso, a U20 world silver medalist, has missed time due to injury and was not in the lineup with her sister.

The NCWWC Region 1 Regional, the NCAA qualifier for the National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Championships, will be February 19th in Erie, Pennsylvania.

BOX SCORE
101 | Alliyah Payne-Parris (SHU) wins by forfeit
109 | Ashia Torres (SHU) def. Alanna Barberio (ESU) by fall, 4:58
116 | #6 Emily Klein (ESU) def. Nohea Moniz (SHU) by decision, 7-4
123 | #6 Mia Macaluso (ESU) def. Tatiana Walker (SHU) by fall (0:52)
130 | #3 Alexandra Fizgerald (SHU) def. Gianna Amendola (ESU) by decision, 5-0
136 | Veronica Woodacre (SHU) def. Rachel DeGiulio (ESU) by tech fall, 12-0, 1:45
143 | #8 Zoe Gress (ESU) def. Temi Sanusi (SHU) by decision, 6-3
155 | Madison Sandquist (SHU) wins by forfeit
170 | #5 Cara Broadus (SHU) def. Shola Cascen (ESU) by tech fall, 10-0
191 | Jackie Smith (SHU) def. Damiana Raccatti (ESU) by fall, 2:00