CHARLESTON, S.C. – The #3 Presbyterian College women's wrestling team headlined the third edition of the "Throwdown on the Yorktown" duals aboard an active military aircraft carrier, facing two other top ten foes on Saturday afternoon.

Seventh-ranked Grand Valley State edged out the Blue Hose 23-20 in a dual where both sides won five matches. Immediately afterward, two-time national champion Iowa defeated PC by a 38-6 differential.

The sold-out Yorktown event will continue on Sunday morning, with Presbyterian scheduled for one more contest against #24 Delaware State. Mats will be live at 10:00 AM on Flo Wrestling.


 
NOTABLES

 
- The three-point final margin against Grand Valley State was the closest match involving PC since they bested then-#5 King at the NWCA Nationals Duals tournament last January.

- Presbyterian fought back from a 17-5 deficit by winning three of the last four bouts against GVSU. However, the majority of those victories came by standard decision instead of a technical fall or a pin, meaning a smaller reward and allowing the Lakers to stay in front.

- Sophomore Zoe Griffith has started the new season red-hot, picking up a 1:14 fall against her Grand Valley State opponent and also pulling off another pin in the Iowa dual to upset second-ranked Lilly Luft with six seconds on the clock. She took gold at the Princeton Open for class 138 last weekend, her second career title.

- Along with Griffith's impressive work, reigning Southeast Region Rookie of the Year Jenna Anderson acquired an 11-0 tech against Grand Valley State after placing 4^th at Princeton six days earlier.

- Eighth-ranked Kassey Daugherty stormed all the way back from a seven-point deficit in her GVSU match versus Madilyn Peach, winning by standard decision with nine seconds to spare.

- Maddie Kubicki and Maria Aiono (who have five All-America honors between them) both had their hands raised down the stretch of the Grand Valley State dual, doing so by a combined tally of 18-6.


 
RESULTS

 
#7 Grand Valley State def. #3 Presbyterian, 23-20

 
103 – #4 Katelyn Valdez (GVSU) def. #17 Annalise Maralit (PC) by Fall, 0:35
Grand Valley State Leads, 5-0

110 – #8 Julia Horger (GVSU) def. #3 Chloe Dearwester (PC) by TF, 10-0
Grand Valley State Leads, 9-0

117 – #5 Jenna Anderson (PC) def. Noelani Lutz (GVSU) by TF, 11-0
Grand Valley State Leads, 9-4

124 – #2 Aspen Blasko (GVSU) def. Camdyn Elliott (PC) by Dec., 9-3
Grand Valley State Leads, 12-5

131 – Naima Ghaffar (GVSU) def. #5 Alyssa Mahan (PC) by Fall, 4:20
Grand Valley State Leads, 17-5

138 – #8 Kassey Daugherty (PC) def. #11 Madilyn Peach (GVSU) by Dec., 8-7
Grand Valley State Leads, 18-8

145 – Zoe Griffith (PC) def. Alexis Lazar (GVSU) by Fall, 1:14
Grand Valley State Leads, 18-13

160 – #2 Maddie Kubicki (PC) def. #4 Margaret Buurma (GVSU) by Dec., 9-2
Grand Valley State Leads, 19-16

180 – Noelle Gaffney (GVSU) def. #3 May Cuyler (PC) by Dec., 8-3
Grand Valley State Leads, 22-17

207 – #4 Maria Aiono (PC) def. Aaliyah Grandberry (GVSU) by Dec., 9-4
Grand Valley State Wins, 23-20


 
#2 Iowa def. #3 Presbyterian, 38-6

 
103 – Madison Nieuwenhuis (Iowa) def. #17 Annalise Maralit (PC) by TF, 11-0
Iowa Leads, 4-0

110 – Isabella Gonzales (Iowa) def. Anna Ockerman (PC) by Fall, 2:03
Iowa Leads, 9-0

117 – #2 Brianna Gonzalez (Iowa) def. #5 Jenna Anderson (PC) by Dec., 3-2
Iowa Leads, 12-1

124 – Harlee Hiller (Iowa) def. Camdyn Elliott (PC) by TF, 13-0
Iowa Leads, 16-1

131 – Emily Frost (Iowa) def. #5 Alyssa Mahan (PC) by Fall, 0:38
Iowa Leads, 21-1

138 – Zoe Griffith (PC) def. #2 Lilly Luft (Iowa) by Fall, 5:54
Iowa Leads, 21-6

145 – #1 Reese Larramendy (Iowa) def. #8 Kassey Daugherty (PC) by TF, 10-0
Iowa Leads, 25-6

160 – #1 Brooklyn Hays (Iowa) def. #3 May Cuyler (PC) by TF, 11-0
Iowa Leads, 29-6

180 – #1 Kylie Welker (Iowa) def. Isabella Gretzinger (PC) by TF, 10-0
Iowa Leads, 33-6

207 – #6 Naomi Simon (Iowa) def. Grace Leota (PC) by Fall, 2:27
Iowa Wins, 38-6