YORK, Neb. – Esther Peters continued her dominant freshman season with another tournament victory and three other Chadron State women's wrestlers earned places at the York Open Saturday morning.
Peters won the Open Division 207-pound championship. She was one of two CSC wrestlers to compete in the "Open" divisions, with the other being 145-pounder
Karstin Hollen.
Five more CSC wrestlers competed in the "Amateur" divisions at their respective weights, and three of them placed –
Regan Rosseter finished second at 138,
Sicily Frates placed second at 180 and
Estrella Vasquez-Gutierrez placed fourth at 207.
This marks Peters's second tournament win of the season after also taking home the title at the Chadron State Women's Open on December 7. The Texan's tournament victory also comes just one day after Peters defeated the No. 9-ranked 207 in the nation, Colorado Mesa's Isabeau Shalack, in a dual.
The freshman didn't leave much doubt on her march to the bracket win, either, earning a fall in 2:32 in the semifinal and then recording a 10-0 tech fall win over Fort Hays's Grace Johns in the championship bout. Entering the tournament, Johns was fourth and Peters fifth in the NWCA Regional Rankings at 207.
Regan Rosseter continued to impress after earning a win in her collegiate debut at 138 Friday night in the dual against Mesa. In her first tournament action for CSC, the Omaha native earned a first-round pin and two 10-0 tech fall wins in the quarterfinals and semifinals before succumbing 18-7 in the final.
Sicily Frates also earned a runner-up finish in the 180-pound Amateur division. Frates earned a first-round tech fall, quarterfinal pin and semifinal decision victory before a loss in the final to Southeast CC's Anya Hatch, who also beat CSC's
Ella Shevlin in the quarters.
Estrella Vasquez-Gutierrez earned her first placing of the year, going 2-2 on her way to a fourth-place finish. That mark included a 1-1 record against Minot State's Madilyn Schuck, with Vasquez-Gutierrez pinning Schuck in the first round but the Minot wrestler returning the favor when they met again in the third-place match.
Other Chadron State wrestlers who competed included
Ella Shevlin, who went 1-1 before forfeiting her final match, and
Maddox Gehlhausen.
The Eagles will get back to duals in the coming weeks, as they host Sioux Falls in the Chicoine Center on Friday, January 24 before resuming RMAC duals at Adams State in January 30.