Valley Sports ReportITAHCA — Tioga grad Kali Bailey, a sophomore on the Elmira College women's wrestling team, won her weight class here Saturday at the Ithaca Invitational.
Bailey completed an unbeaten 5-0 run through the 138-pound weight class to help the Soaring Eagles to a second-place finish in the team standings.
Bailey scored a 10-0 technical fall of Gracie Knolles of Buffalo in just 49 seconds in the opening round, then beat Michelle Martsinovsky of Arcadia College 10-0 in 61 seconds.
Bailey kept it rolling in the third round with a 14-2 technical fall of Ithaca College's Gabriella Baker in 2 minutes.
In the semifinals, Bailey won a 10-0 technical fall in 3:30 over Ithaca College's Maia Delacruz, then rolled to a 10-0 technical fall win over Nevaeh Grunhuvd of Emmanuel College in 2:05 in the finals.
In her first action of the season on Nov. 1, Bailey posted a 3-2 record at the East Stroudsburg University Open. All three of her wins were by 10-0 technical falls.
Bailey is 8-2 on the season, winning all eight of her matches by technical fall.
Elmira returns to action at John Carroll University on Nov. 21 in the JCU Duals.
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IN PHOTO: Kali Bailey.
