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RIO DE JANEIRO -- It took a moment for Helen Maroulis accomplishment to sink in.The American defeated Japans Saori Yoshida 4-1 in the 53-kilogram freestyle final to win the first-ever gold medal for a United States womens wrestler and derail Yoshidas quest for a fourth straight gold. It evoked memories of American Greco-Roman wrestler Rulon Gardners victory over three-time gold medalist Aleksandr Karelin at the 2000 Olympics.Maroulis celebrated Thursdays win by leaping into coach Valentin Kalikas arms, then running around the mat in a circle and gripping the United States flag with both hands while it was draped over her back.At the end of it, I was like, `Really, I just did this? she said. Like, oh my gosh!Yoshida was trying to become the second woman to ever win four Olympic gold medals in a single event across four Summer Games, and the second wrestler to win four Olympic golds. Yoshidas teammate, Kaori Icho, accomplished the feats Wednesday by winning the 58 kilogram gold. Yoshida hadnt lost in a major tournament in years, but she had been less dominant in recent tournaments, and Maroulis was on a two-year win streak of her own.Its an honor to wrestle Yoshida, Maroulis said. For someone to win three gold medals and come back and risk that and accept that challenge to win a fourth -- thats another four years of work, dedication, of giving your life to the sport.Yoshida made no excuses after the match when asked why she lost.Just that the opponent is stronger than me, she said. I should have attacked sooner and faster, but the opponent was stronger than me.Maroulis said her coach, Valentin Kalika, played a key role in the victory. But even with the game plan in place, she became a bit tense before the start.Im like, stepping on the mat, and Im thinking, `I dont even know how this is going to get done. I dont know. Im just going to trust, and I just want to give my all, Maroulis said.Maroulis fell behind 1-0, but a takedown early in the second period gave her the lead for good.Ive dreamed of this my whole life, Maroulis said. I put it on this pedestal.A dream matchup in the womens wrestling 75 kilogram freestyle category was ruined when the United States Adeline Gray and Brazils Aline da Silva Ferreira both lost in the quarterfinals.Gray, the heavily favored three-time world champion, lost to Vasilisa Marzaliuk of Belarus 3-1 on Thursday. Marzaliuk finished fifth at the 2012 Olympics in the 72 kilogram class, and was third in the 2015 World Championships at 75 kilograms.Brazils crowd was fired up for da Silva Ferreira, a silver medalist from the 2014 World Championships, but she fell behind early and lost to Russias Ekaterina Bukina 4-3.Bukina won the bronze medal by scoring in the final seconds of a 5-3 win over Cameroons Annabel Laure Ali. 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Although not one FSU player hit double-digit kills, the squad took advantage of LSUs 26 errors and .144 hitting percentage.Florys Thoughts I think we did a great job of preparing how to stop and defend Florida State. I think we created every opportunity defensively to beat them. We held them to 31 kills and did a really good job in a lot of ways.Unfortunately, we didnt perform on the offensive and ball control side. We have to focus in and balance throughout the match. Its part of having such a young team. I thought we played hard and smart though but have to work on that part.Whats Next? LSU opens up Southeastern Conference play against Auburn at 7 p.m. CT Friday. The matchup between Tigers will be aired live on SECNetwork+ through watchespn.com and the Watch ESPN app.Opening Set: Despite outhitting FSU .297-.233 the Tiigers dropped the opening set 26-24.dddddddddddd The Seminoles took advantage of seven LSU attacking errors and five service errors in the set. There were a total of 13 tie scores and six lead changes. LSU took a 24-23 lead after a kill by Toni Rodriguez but ultimately dropped the set after a FSU kill and pair of attacking errors.Second Set: The Tigers hit just .050 in the set with FSU hitting .125 on just six kills. The Seminoles once again took the set thanks to 11 attacking errors. After the squads tied the set at 15, FSU went on to close the match on a 10-5 run to take control of the match.Final Set: ?The Seminoles came out on fire with a .314 hitting percentage and committing just three errors. The Tigers hit .098 with eight errors in the frame. LSU got out to a fast start, leading 6-2 early but the Seminoles closed the gap and eventually tied it at 10. FSU never relinquished the lead after that point and led by as many as seven points. ' ' '