11th October, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
UC Women’s Wrestling Team Hosts Dual
Meet
Williamsburg, Kentucky
The University of the Cumberlands Lady
Patriots Wrestling Team are having their first dual meet on Saturday, October
12, 2013. They will be facing off with Lindenwood Belleville.
The dual meet will be held in the gym in
the Rollins Center on the UC campus. The thirty Lady Patriots have been working
hard and watching their weight in preparation for this competition. Lindenwood
Belleville is a new team with a new coach. They do not have a large team like
UC does. They will be bringing only eight wrestlers to the dual meet.
Since UC has so many wrestlers, many of
the girls will not get to wrestle. Despite that drawback, all of the girls are
still practicing every morning at 6 a.m. and working on getting their weight
down. Even if many of the girls do not get preliminary matches (matches that do
not count for their record or for team points), they are still asked to show
up, make weight, wear their Patriot Wrestling gear, and support their
teammates.
Women’s Wrestling Coach Donald Stephens
says, “We are very excited to get out season underway. Hopefully our athletes
wrestle well and give us a good start to build on.” As many hours as the
wrestlers and the coaches have put into their training, there is bound to be a
good show for the fans. Several people have said that they plan to attend to
support their Lady Patriots, including many members of other sports teams on
campus. Justin Natyzak, a senior on the Swim Team says, “Even though we have a
meet tomorrow, I will try hard to make it.”
Since there is a slim chance that all of
the UC girls will get to wrestle, Coach Stephens is considering making two
teams out of his thirty wrestlers and having them face each other. This will
not only benefit the fans, but it will also give the wrestlers extra mat time.
Daniel Williams, a member of the Men’s Wrestling Team says, “There will be some
awesome matches.” Another wrestler, Andrew Bushbacher says, “It’s great to come
out and support them since I know how much hard work they have to put in.”
Even though the girls spend so much time
preparing, many of them still feel unprepared. Darby Newman tore a ligament in
her foot and Kayla Petit injured her ankle while training earlier in the week,
but they are still competing at the dual meet. One wrestler was not quite so
lucky. Kristin “Yams” Yamasaki sprained her ankle at the end of practice on
Tuesday afternoon. She was only on crutches for two days, but she has still not
been released by the athletic trainers to compete. She said, “I’m in pain and
I’m sad. I hate not being able to wrestle with the rest of my team.”
Laken Jowers
Room 228 Archer
Williamsburg, Kentucky
336-426-8763
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