CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – Oklahoma City dropped a pair of matches on the first day of the NWCA Dual Championships on Friday but scored some upsets and had three wrestlers win both of their matches.
 
The fifteenth-ranked Stars lost to No. 7 Indiana Tech, 27-19, and No. 10 Cumberlands, 28-18.
 
Avery Ashley got her season going with a pair of wins at 110 pounds, including a pin of second-ranked Emma Jones of Indiana Tech at the 5:10 mark. She also skunked Sarina Gunn of UC for a 10-0 technical fall.
 
Thirteenth-ranked Bryce White went 2-0 at 131 pounds. She pinned IT's ninth-ranked Andrea Hernandez with 34 seconds left in the first period and won after her Cumberlands opponent was injured at the end of the first period.
 
Ella Murphey proved her No. 9 ranking with a pair of pins, including a 58-second match against Destiny Marquez of Cumberlands.
 
Symphony Veloz won by decision at 180 pounds against Indiana Tech and Coty Sessions got a 9-2 decision over UC's Sophia Satterfield at 124.
 
The Stars pick up the action Saturday with a 9 a.m. match against No. 18 Dickinson State.
 
 
#7 Indiana Tech 27, #15 OCU 19
103     #7 Zoey Haney (Indiana Tech) over Sofia Abramson (Oklahoma City University) TF 10-0
110      Avery Ashley (Oklahoma City University) over #2 Emma Jones (Indiana Tech) Fall 5:10  
117      Elizabeth Dollar (Indiana Tech) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf      
124     #4 Rose Kaplan (Indiana Tech) over Coty Sessions (Oklahoma City University) Fall 2:14
131     #13 Bryce White (Oklahoma City University) over #9 Andrea Hernandez (Indiana Tech) Fall 2:36   
138     Kinnley Smith (Indiana Tech) over #16 Natalia Posada (Oklahoma City University) Fall 5:25           
145     #15 Hayden Newberg (Indiana Tech) over #6 Corin Lowe (Oklahoma City University) Dec 7-3           
160     #6 Bo Geibe (Indiana Tech) over #14 Makayla Munoz (Oklahoma City University) TF 10-0           
180     Symphony Veloz (Oklahoma City University) over Teagan Aurich (Indiana Tech) Dec 3-1
207     #9 Ella Murphey (Oklahoma City University) over Ellen Ashabranner (Indiana Tech) Fall 3:42           
 

#10 Cumberlands 28, #15 OCU 18
103     #15 Dutchess King (University of the Cumberlands) over Sofia Abramson (Oklahoma City University) Fall 2:05
110      Avery Ashley (Oklahoma City University) over Sarina Gunn (University of the Cumberlands) TF 10-0         
117      Shammilka Miranda (University of the Cumberlands) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf    
124     Coty Sessions (Oklahoma City University) over Sophia Satterfield (University of the Cumberlands) Dec 9-2         
131     #13 Bryce White (Oklahoma City University) over Amaria Ridgner (University of the Cumberlands) Inj 3:00          
138     Ruth Jimenez (University of the Cumberlands) over #15 Anna Vogt (Oklahoma City University) TF 13-2 
145     #17 Alivia Ming (University of the Cumberlands) over #6 Corin Lowe (Oklahoma City University) Fall 5:24
160     #5 Micah Fisher-Miller (University of the Cumberlands) over #14 Makayla Munoz (Oklahoma City University) TF 11-0     
180     #4 Saiheron Preciado-Meza (University of the Cumberlands) over Symphony Veloz (Oklahoma City University) TF 10-0      
207     #9 Ella Murphey (Oklahoma City University) over Destiny Marquez (University of the Cumberlands) Fall 0:58