CLINTON, S.C. – In a battle between #3 and #6 in the nation with Templeton Gymnasium as the backdrop, the Presbyterian College women's wrestling team was dealt a narrow defeat at the hands of Southeast Region rival King on Tuesday night, 25-21.

True freshman Chloe Dearwester (the reigning Adidas / Game One PC Student-Athlete of the Week) gave her club an early 6-3 edge with a 65-second pin against eighth-ranked Avery Kibelbek, the biggest highlight of a 9-0 start to her collegiate career.

However, the Tornado would earn five more wins after that moment despite forfeiting a couple bouts to the Blue Hose.

A technical fall in the 180-lb. event wound up being the winning decision for King, allowing them to withstand an injury-assisted W from Ella Beam (207) in the night's last tussle.

Both of King's wins over PC in the last 11 months have come by single digits, collecting four tech's and two pins in Tuesday's affair.


 
RESULTS
 
103 – #9 Mia Zuniga (King) def. #20 Chiara Barbieri (PC) by Dec., 7-2
King Leads, 3-1

110 – #14 Chloe Dearwester (PC) def. #8 Avery Kibelbek (King) by Fall, 1:05
Presbyterian Leads, 6-3

117 – #6 Clare Booe (King) def. Charlee Shuler (PC) by Fall, 1:22
King Leads, 8-6

124 – #2 Montana DeLawder (King) def. #6 Alyssa Mahan (PC) by TF, 10-0 (2:59)
King Leads, 12-6

131 – #7 Anna DiCugno (King) def. #4 Cassia Zammit (PC) by Fall, 1:01
King Leads, 17-6

138 – #4 Paige Wehrmeister (PC) Wins by Forfeit
King Leads, 17-11

145 – Lilly Luttrell (PC) Wins by Forfeit
King Leads, 17-16

160 – #1 Chey Bowman (King) def. #7 May Cuyler (PC) by TF, 10-0 (2:22)
King Leads, 21-16

180 – #9 Alexa Garcia (King) def. Lexi Fornshell (PC) by TF, 11-0 (4:26)
King Leads, 25-16

207 – #9 Ella Beam (PC) def. Kenisha Jacsaint (King) by Inj.
King Wins, 25-21


 
UP NEXT
 
It's back to the brackets for head coach Brian Vutianitis' squad, venturing to Emory & Henry this Friday for the Wasp Open. The Virginia tournament will start at approximately 9:00 AM.

An annual event in the month of December, PC has excelled in the Wasp Open recently. In 2023, Presby sent nine wrestlers to the same tourney and promptly delivered six top-two finishes including four gold's from Beam, Charlee Shuler, Maddie Kubicki, and Henlee Haynes.