ADRIAN, Mich. – Junior Brooke Thurber (Nekoosa, Wis./Nekoosa) won her weight class to highlight the first ever UW-Stevens Point women's wrestling competition on Saturday at the Bulldog Open.
 
Results
 
At 116, Thurber and Nelson advanced to face each other in the finals.  Thurber prevailed with a 13-0 tech fall in 1:35.  She reached the finals with consecutive falls to go 3-0 on the day.  Nelson recorded the first win in Pointers' history with a fall over Angelique Terrones-Cruz of Lindenwood.  She won by an 18-11 decision to advance to the finals.
 
Megan Struble (Seymour, Wis./Seymour Community) earned a 12-2 tech fall in her first consolation match at 143 over Belle Erhardt of Lindenwood.
 
The Pointers other wrestlers in the first-ever women's wrestling competition were Maya Veenstra (Weston, Wis./D.C. Everest) (109), Morgan Bethea (Neillsville, Wis./Neillsville) (123), Addison Young (New London, Wis./New London) (130) and Kaja Montplaisir (Zimmerman, Minn./Elk River) (136).
 
UWSP hosts Lakeland on Nov. 13 at 6:00 p.m. in the first home dual in program history.