No. 1 Diamond Freitas (Lahainaluna) def. No. 2 Taryn Ichimura (Punahou), 12-2
>> They get near the edge of the circle when Freitas bearhugs Ichimura around the waist and gets her off of her feet for a slam and two points. Freitas secures the underhook on Ichimura’s right shoulder and flips her over. She’s almost got it. It ends up being three points as Ichimura breaks free and spins to her back. Dominant first round for Freitas.
>> Freitas just overpowering here as she gets two more points 25 seconds in. Ichimura is just stuck on her stomach on the mat as Freitas tries to pull her over on her back. She’s just going for the pin for extra team points now. Ichimura on the restart spins round and takes Freitas’ back for two points. She made that look easy. Freitas struggles to get out of bounds and does to force the restart. Freitas can’t get the one point in the final 23 seconds as Ichimura drags her down.
>> Freitas starts the third on bottom and gets the escape 20 seconds in. They battle near the edge of the mat. Freitas goes speed to get that takedown and has Ichimura again in trouble. Ichimura slips out of bounds to get out of a bad situation. Ichimura can’t slip out the back side. Freitas going for the pin as she powers her shoulder over. She can’t get it but wins comfortably.
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