Nina Makem works for back points against an opponent during a 2022-23 Augsburg women's wrestling meet.
Don Stoner

Auggie women open season at UW-Stevens Point Open

TOURNAMENT RESULTS | AUGSBURG RESULTS

STEVENS POINT, Wis. -- Nina Makem (JR, Shakopee, Minn./Shakopee HS) finished in second place in the 155-pound weight class, leading the Augsburg University women's wrestling team at the season-opening University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Pointer Open on Saturday.

THE BASICS
FINAL RESULTS: No team results
LOCATION: Skyward Fieldhouse, Stevens Point, Wis.

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Makem, the No. 4-ranked 136-pounder in the National Wrestling Coaches Association preseason national rankings for NCAA-affiliated schools, opened the season at 155 pounds and finished second, going 3-1. She claimed a pin and technical fall in her first two matches, then dispatched No. 6-ranked 155-pounder Noelle Gaffney of Northern Michigan 6-0 in the semifinals. In the finals against No. 1-ranked 143-pounder London Houston of North Central (Ill.), the wrestlers tied 4-4, but a takedown by Houston with 23 seconds left gave her the criteria victory.
Madison Horn (SR, Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater HS) finished in sixth place at 170 pounds, scoring pins in her first two matches.
Melissa Jacobs (SR, Belle Plaine, Minn./Belle Plaine HS) finished sixth at 191 pounds, and Gigi Gammell (FY, Chico, Calif./Chico HS) finished sixth at 101 pounds.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg competes at the Waldorf (Iowa) Open next Saturday (11/11) at 9 a.m. in Forest City, Iowa.
AUGSBURG INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
101 -- Gigi Gammell 0-3, 6th place.
123 -- Adelynn Flaschberger 0-2.
130 -- Aleka London 1-2.
136 -- Mikalah Konz 0-2.
143 -- Ellisa Jimenez 2-2.
155 -- No. 4 (@136) Nina Makem 3-1, 2nd place. 
170 -- Madison Horn 2-3, 6th place.
191 -- Melissa Jacobs 1-3, 6th place.
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