#17 Women's Wrestling | 11/11/2021 9:07:00 PM

FORT WORTH, Texas – Oklahoma City University dropped its season opener 37-9 to Texas Wesleyan in a battle of ranked NAIA women's wrestling teams Thursday night at Timber Creek High School. 

Destiny Lyng and Mattison Parker provided the 13th-ranked Stars with victories.  

At 143 pounds, Parker overwhelmed Maryellen Lafferty from fifth-ranked Texas Wesleyan 12-2. Parker, a junior from Haslet, Texas, finished the match in 3:41. Parker stands at No. 6 in the NAIA's 143-pound rankings. 

Lyng collected the fall at 155 pounds in 3:31 over Leilani Hernandez. Lyng, a senior from La Mesa, Calif., holds the fourth spot in the 143-pound national ratings, while Hernandez is ranked seventh at 155. 

Fifth-ranked Texas Wesleyan took three falls in the dual. 

Oklahoma City wrestles next in the Missouri Valley Open on Nov. 19-20 in Marshall, Mo. 

TEXAS WESLEYAN 37 

OKLAHOMA CITY 9 

101: Madison Brown, TXWES, by forfeit (TXWES leads 5-0) 

109: Jasmine Godinez, TXWES, pinned Nadia Alejandres, 1:26 (TXWES leads 10-0) 

116: Camille Fornier, TXWES, tech. fall Carly Courcier, 10-0 (TXWES leads 14-0) 

123: Devin Patton, TXWES, tech. fall Kyla Leonard, 10-0 (TXWES leads 18-0) 

130: Mea Mohler, TXWES, by forfeit (TXWES leads 23-0) 

136: Lexi Basham, TXWES, tech. fall Sophia Smith, 10-0 (TXWES leads 27-0) 

143: Mattison Parker, OCU, tech. fall Maryellen Lafferty, 12-2 (TXWES leads 27-4) 

155: Destiny Lyng, OCU, pinned Leilani Hernandez, 3:31 (TXWES leads 27-9) 

170: Brittyn Corbishley, TXWES, pinned Angelina Adams, 0:30 (TXWES leads 32-9) 

191: Aalyah Villarreal, TXWES, pinned Ryann Rumsey, 5:29 (TXWES wins 37-9)