JERSEY CITY, N.J. – The No. 17 East Stroudsburg University women's wrestling team dominated the NJCU Quad on Friday night, defeating Utica, Alvernia and the host No. 9 Gothic Knights at the John J. Moore Athletics and Fitness Center.

The Warriors improve to 7-2 on the season, with its lone losses coming against two current top-10 teams in Iowa and Sacred Heart.

ESU opened the meet with a 45-0 win over first-year program Utica, while defeating Alvernia 43-6 and took down No. 9 NJCU for the second time this season by a score of 39-9.

The Warriors won 26 of a possible 30 matches, with two losses coming by forfeit at 191. ESU and Utica had a double forfeit at 191.

Going a perfect 3-0 on the evening for ESU were Olivia Klein, Tiana Savino, No. 8 Mia Macaluso, Ruth Ansah, No. 8 Zoe Gress, Paityn DeLong and Jade Huerta. Gabby Baker earned victories in both of her matches, while Cadence Howard earned a victory in her lone match against Alvernia.

No. 8 Emily Klein picked up a pair of victories at 116, while suffering a loss to No. 6 Izabella Frezzo in a match of nationally ranked wrestlers.

How It Happened: 

No. 17 ESU 45, Utica 0

Wt.	Utica	#17 ESU	Result	Utica	ESU
101	Forfeit	Olivia Klein	Forfeit	0	5
109	Forfeit	Tiana Savino	Forfeit	0	10
116	Forfeit	#8 Emily Klein	Forfeit	0	15
123	Forfeit	#9 Mia Macaluso	Forfeit	0	20
130	Forfeit	Gabrielle Baker	Forfeit	0	25
136	Forfeit	Ruth Ansah	Forfeit	0	30
143	Gillian Mills	Zoe Gress	Fall (0:37)	0	35
155	Forfeit	Paityn DeLong	Forfeit	0	40
170	Forfeit	Jade Huerta	Forfeit	0	45
191	Forfeit	Forfeit	Double Forfeit	0	45

 
No. 17 ESU 43, Alvernia 6

Wt.	Alvernia	#17 ESU	Result	AU	ESU
101	Nevaeh Blevins	Olivia Klein	Fall (2:16)	0	5
109	Grace Molloy	Tiana Savino	Fall (2:14)	0	10
116	Forfeit	#8 Emily Klein	Forfeit	0	15
123	Forfeit	#9 Mia Macaluso	Forfeit	0	20
130	Alana Durham	Cadence Howard	Tech Fall, 14-3	1	24
136	Shelby Morris	#8 Zoe Gress	Tech Fall, 13-0	1	28
143	Kathryn Berger	Ruth Ansah	Fall (2:13)	1	33
155	Forfeit	Paityn DeLong	Forfeit	1	38
170	Deborah Flores	Jade Huerta	Fall (1:00)	1	43
191	Kayleigh Kehler	Forfeit	Forfeit	6	43

 
No. 17 ESU, 39 No. 9 NJCU 9

Wt.	#9 NJCU	#17 ESU	Result	NJCU	ESU
101	Forfeit	Olivia Klein	Forfeit	0	5
109	Dyanne Pelaez	Tiana Savino	Pin (2:35)	0	10
116	#6 Izabella Frezzo	#8 Emily Klein	Tech Fall (10-0)	4	10
123	Somaia Elokda	Mia Macaluso	Tech Fall (10-0)	4	14
130	Mackenzie Finn	Gabrielle Baker	Fall (0:33)	4	19
136	Claire Daity	Ruth Ansah	Fall (2:12)	4	24
143	Forfeit	Zoe Gress	Forfeit	4	29
155	Apryl Coffman	Paityn DeLong	Fall (3:10)	4	34
170	Emely Rodriguez	Jade Huerta	Fall (1:37)	4	39
191	#3 Sandy Guerrero	Forfeit	Forfeit	9	39

                                                                                                                                                                        
Up Next: The Warriors are idle until the Warriors Duals Round Robin Invitational on January 6th at Koehler Fieldhouse. ESU hosts Cedar Crest, Frostburg State, Southern Virginia, Hiram and Utica, with matches beginning at 10:00 a.m.