BURNABY, British Columbia – Linfield kicked off its second season of NCAA wrestling on Friday with a partial squad visit to Division II Simon Fraser University. The Linfield women wrestled a second dual against No. 24-ranked Texas Woman's University. The Wildcats will stick around Saturday to compete in the SFU International Open.
 
The early start date meant that not all Linfield student-athletes were able to make the trip, and virtually none of those that did were certified to compete at their in-season weights. Linfield contested only four of the 10 weight classes in two duals, and five of 10 weight classes in a third dual.
 
"It's good just to see where everyone is at and how they compete," said Frank Johnson, Linfield's first-year coach.
 
The bright spot for the Wildcat women was a dramatic 4-3 win by sophomore Ayana Medina over Simon Fraser's Mikaela Trolland in the opening dual. The Red Leafs, who return two All-Americans and two 2023 junior Canadian national champions from a team that finished sixth at the National Collegiate Women's Wrestling Championships last season, topped Linfield 38-3 to start this season.
 
In the second women's dual, Linfield gave up five forfeits on the way to a 44-0 loss to Texas Woman's.
 
"The first time competing after some time off the mat, there will be rust," said Alyssa Lampe, who coaches the Linfield women. "I'm proud of the way our wrestlers kept their composure and stayed in high spirits against teams with full rosters and a lot of women's wrestling history. We'll have better days ahead."
 
On the men's mat, Linfield won two of the four matches in which they wrestled against Simon Fraser. Darrius Walker at 197 lbs and Jack Parrott at heavyweight both pinned their Red Leaf opponents. But Linfield gave up five forfeits on the way to a 38-12 loss to SFU.

WOMEN
 
Simon Fraser 38, Linfield 3
101: Gina Bolognese (SFU) won by forfeit
109: Double forfeit
116: Maddie Mackenzie (SFU) won by forfeit
123: Ivy Threatful (SFU) won by tech fall over Kelsie Rush (Linfield), 10-0 
130: Victoria Seal (SFU) won by forfeit
136: Marquesis Haintz (SFU) pinned Emily Sullenger (Linfield)
143: Jade Trolland (SFU) won by tech fall over Klaira Flatt (Linfield), 10-0
155: Paige Maher (SFU) pinned Alice Rickett (Linfield), 2:54
170: Ayana Medina (Linfield) won by decision over Mikaela Trolland (SFU), 4-3
191: Julia Richey (SFU) won by forfeit
Exhibition (143): Clara Scaglioni (SFU) pinned Sophie Cornwall (Linfield), 0:21
 
Texas Woman's 44, Linfield 0
101: Double forfeit
109: Sloan Stewart (TWU) won by forfeit
116: Adoline Soliz (TWU) won by forfeit
123: Mia Lozano (TWU) won by forfeit 
130: Chanya Tipmanee (TWU) won by forfeit
136: Kira Phillipa (TWU) won by tech fall over Emily Sullenger (Linfield), 11-0
143: Zanya Walker (TWU) pinned Klaira Flatt (Linfield), 2:31
155: Pooma Babu (TWU) pinned Alice Rickett (Linfield), 4:52
170: Sheanareial Miller (TWU) pinned Ayana Medina (Linfield), 0:57 
191: Kylee Spearman (TWU) won by forfeit
 
MEN
 
Simon Fraser 38, Linfield 12
125: Marques Calapiz (SFU) won by forfeit
133: Double forfeit
141: Jagvir Grewal (SFU) won by decision over Max Vander Meide (Linfield), 7-5
149: Ryan Hicks (SFU) won by tech fall over Jacob Moore (Linfield), 20-4
157: Magnus McCrackin (SFU) won by forfeit
165: Patrik Ledder (SFU) won by forfeit
174: Elijah Lazar (SFU) won by forfeit
184: Owen Gundmundson (SFU) won by forfeit
197: Darrius Walker (Linfield) pinned Zachary Stratton (SFU)
285: Jack Parrott (Linfield) pinned Raphael Masella (SFU)
 
Exhibition (285): Raphael Masella (SFU) pinned Julian Ortiz (Linfield), 2:40
Exhibition (197): Sam Pereira (SFU) pinned Lucien Lefebvre (Linfield), 2:05