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AU women celebrate senior night with blowout win

The Aurora University Spartans women's wrestling team hosted senior night on Wednesday evening inside Thornton Gymnasium before putting on a dominating performance in a 42-1 win over Eureka College.

The Basics
SCORE: Aurora University 42, Eureka College 1
LOCATION: Aurora, Illinois - Thornton Gymnasium
RECORDS: Aurora University 6-3 overall 
DUAL RESULT: view here

Top Performers
- Genesis Ramirez and Xixi Brooks each won by forfeit to put AU ahead 10-0 before a match was wrestled.
- Sharon Moreno added five more points to the total at 117 pounds with a fall (3:42).
- After a forfeit win for senior Natalie Gonzalez, AU led 20-0.
- Tasha Markoutsis won a 10-0 tech fall at 131 to push the Spartans lead to 24-0.
- Senior Marisol Nugent needed 50 seconds to secure five more AU points with a fall victory.
- Olga Turiy won her match at 145 with a tech fall (10-0 - 4:53).
- Makayla Howard followed up with an 11-1 tech fall 1:26 into her match and AU led 37-1 going to the final match-up.
- The 180 match-up was over in a blink with Mackenzie Konanz needing 13 seconds to secure a five point fall.
- AU would claim a 42-1 victory.
- In an exhibition match, Spartan Celeste Detoles won by fall (2:05).

Up Next
Next action for the Spartan women's wrestling team comes on Monday, December 30 when they travel to the Ken Kraft Midlands hosted by Northwestern University in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. First match is slated for 9:00 a.m.
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