
Makayla Paclib (131 lbs.) and
Emma Hoppe (145 lbs.) each won individual championships, while
Emma Cunningham (124 lbs.) placed fourth and
Rome Alvarez (124 lbs.) finished sixth to lead another strong showing from the Pitt-Johnstown wrestling team at Sunday's Baldwin-Wallace Women's Open in Berea, Ohio.
Paclib, seeded sixth at 131 lbs., reached the semifinals with a bye, a technical fall, and a fall. In the semis, Paclib won a 12-2 technical fall at 2:56 over Georgetown's Jes'Onia Barefield, before pinning Chloe Zacheal (Unattached) at 4:20 to claim her individual title.
At 145 lbs., Hoppe, seeded fourth, cruised into the finals with three falls. Hoppe then dealt Manchester's Ella Gall a 10-0 technical fall loss at 1:48 to earn her championship.
Seventh-seeded Cunningham suffered a loss in the semifinals. Cunningham bounced back with a technical fall in the consolation semis, but dropped a 13-2 technical fall decision to Aurora's Natasha Markoutsis in the third-place match to finish the tournament at 3-2.

Also at 124 lbs., Alvarez placed sixth after being seeded eighth. Alvarez advanced to the semifinals with a decision and a tech fall, before falling to Kayla Moroschan and Markoutsis. Alvarez the lost a 12-4 decision to Shai Curtiss in the fifth-place match.
Leah Shoemaker (117 lbs.) and
Isabella Taranto both wrestled, but did not place.
Pitt-Johnstown will break for the holidays before beginning the Spring Semester with a dual meet at Penn State-Altoona on Jan. 7.