Dragons win three matches at Patriot Duals

Leah Pekar and the Dragons had success at the Patriot Duals.
Leah Pekar and the Dragons had success at the Patriot Duals.

Tiffin University picked up three dual-match victories on the first day of the Patriot Duals.

Tiffin defeated Lincoln Memorial 45-5, Cumberlands by falls tiebreaker 24-24, and St. Andrews 48-0. Their lone loss was to Emmanuel 32-16.

Against Lincoln Memorial, Tiffin won all but one weight class. After Juliana Alejandro (101) and Leah Pekar (109) got forfeit wins, Jenavi Alejandro (116) got a pin win in 1:17. 

Tiffin then won six straight bouts to close out the match. Ariana Carrasquillo (130) won by fall in 1:23, as did Paige Lenhardt (143) in 2:40 and Erin Martin (155) in 2:56. Madeline Meyers (136), Tia Leahy (170), and Trinity Berry (191) also won by forfeit.

Against Cumberlands, Juliana Alejandro got a 10-0 tech fall win to open and was followed by Jenavi Alejandro with a pin in 2:13. Madelin Allen (130) also got a win via pin in 1:39 while TU's final two wins came from Lenhardt in 1:39 and by Martin by forfeit.

Against St. Andrews, Tiffin won three matches on the mat. Jenavi Alejandro got a 10-0 tech fall, Carrasquillo pinned her opponent in 1:13, and Meyers posted an 11-0 win. Juliana Alejandro, Pekar, Makaya Crisenbery, Allen, Lenhardt, Martin, and Leahy all won by forfeit.

Tiffin got four wins in the loss to Emmanuel. Juliana Alejandro won 10-0, while Jenavi Alejandro got a pin in 1:17. Lenhardt had a 14-4 tech fall win, while Martin won 13-5.