Willard, Novak 3rd, 3 Others Place For UJ Women At Dickinson State Open

Posted By: davidburrall November 7, 2026 @ 7:42 pm Sports Tweet Share LinkedIn Email DICKINSON – Leah Willard and Emily Novak had third-place finishes and three other wrestlers placed Saturday for Jamestown Jimmies Women’s Wrestling at the Dickinson State Open at Scott Gym. Willard, at 160 pounds, pinned Kylie Hulse of Sioux Falls in a quarterfinal match.  After a semifinal loss, Willard took third with pins over Bismarck State’s Lainee Gebhardt and Samantha Harper of Chadron State. 180-pounder Novak won a tech fall over Alyssa Arana of Minot State to advance to the quarterfinal, where she lost.  Novak then came back with four consecutive pins over Cali Gutierrez of Sioux Falls, Cosette Derosiers of Chadron State, Jinet Demanou of Chadron State, and in a rematch with Arana. Ann Marie Meiman won fourth place at 145 pounds.  Celia Jaeger was fourth at 207. Deegan Kirschenmann took sixth place at 138 pounds. The Jimmies will host Minot State and Sioux Falls in a tri-dual on Saturday, November 14 at 1:00 PM at Harold Newman Arena. UJ Results – 2026 Dickinson State Women’s Open Tahliya Little – 117 Championship Round 1: bye Quarterfinal: lost by tech fall to Rebekah Anderson (Dickinson St) (13-2, 4:59) Consolation Round 2: bye Consolation Round 3: lost by decision to Anica Barze (Sioux Falls) (5-0) Abby Ewing – 124 Championship Round 1: won by fall over Jessica Farmer (NE-Kearney) (1:17) Quarterfinal: lost by tech fall to Dani Ringstmeyer (Sioux Falls) (15-4, 1:07) Consolation Round 2: won by fall over Kinsey Hooper (Dickinson St) (2:07) Consolation Round 3: lost by fall to Kashtyn Bredahl (Bismarck St) (0:42) Nora Houglum – 131 Championship Round 1: lost by fall to Lauren Elsmore (Sioux Falls) (4:20) Consolation Round 1: won by fall over Skye Shelmerdine (Minot St) (1:09) Consolation Round 2: won by decision over Jorgie Johnston (Sioux Falls) (7-2) Consolation Round 3: lost by tech fall to Bristol Prado (10-0, 2:01) Marlie Stremick – 131 Championship Round 1: won by fall over Taylor Kinkead (NE-Kearney) (0:20) Quarterfinal: lost by decision to Aleiya Cullinan (Bismarck St) (18-15) Consolation Round 2: lost by fall to Bristol Prado (1:23) Kiera Hagman – 138 Championship Round 1: lost by fall to Reagen Gallaway (NE-Kearney) (0:53) Consolation Round 1: lost by decision to Lelia McKay (Dickinson St) (6-1) Arianna Halbert – 138 Championship Round 1: lost by fall to Kaytlin McAnelly (Dickinson St) (4:29) Consolation Round 1: won by decision over Hannah Iverson (Minot St) (12-4) Consolation Round 2: lost by tech fall to Alyssa Hoyles (Minot St) (10-0, 2:50) Deegan Kirschenmann – 138 – 6th Championship Round 1: lost by decision to Lovey Beebe (Minot St) (10-5) Consolation Round 1: won by fall over Amayrany Rodriguez (Dickinson St) (1:26) Consolation Round 2: won by fall over Madison Poissant (Northland Community & Technical) (0:53) Consolation Round 3: won by decision over Kaytlin McAnelly (Dickinson St) (7-1) Consolation Semifinal: lost by fall to Regan Rosseter (Chadron St) (3:46) 5th Place: lost by tech fall to Neveah Leonard (Chadron St) (10-0, 1:18) Ann Marie Meiman – 145 – 4th Championship Round 1: won by decision over Josephine Rettich (Chadron St) (3-2) Quarterfinal: won by fall over Christian Dohrmann (Dickinson St) (2:24) Semifinal: lost by decision to Haleigh Lemotta (Minot St) (8-0) Consolation Semifinal: won by tech fall over Josephine Rettich (Chadron St) (10-0, 3:47) 3rd Place: lost by decision to Quinn Butler (Chadron St) (8-6) Leah Willard – 160 – 3rd Championship Round 1: bye Quarterfinal: won by fall over Kylie Hulse (Sioux Falls) (0:31) Semifinal: lost by fall to Kaylie Julander (Minot St) (1:34) Consolation Semifinal: won by fall over Lainee Gebhardt (Bismarck St) (0:54) 3rd Place: won by fall over Samanatha Harper (Chadron St) (1:48) Emily Novak – 180 – 3rd Championship Round 1: won by tech fall over Alyssa Arana (Minot St) (11-0, 4:14) Quarterfinal: lost by decision to Allison Konrad (Sioux Falls) (4-2) Consolation Round 2: won by fall over Cali Gutierrez (Sioux Falls) (2:12) Consolation Round 3: won by fall over Cosette Derosiers (Chadron St) (1:17) Consolation Semifinal: won by fall over Jinet Demanou (Chadron St) (1:18) 3rd Place: won by fall over Alyssa Arana (Minot St) (3:20) Celia Jaeger – 207 – 4th Round 1: lost by fall to Aniya Herbin (Minot St) (1:06) Round 2: lost by fall to Alexis Llamas (NE-Kearney) (2:55) Round 3: lost by fall to Madilyn Schuck (Minot St) (2:48) Round 4: won by forfeit over Maria Arellano (Chadron St)