Wrestlers in Kentucky for National Duals

Women's Bracket
Wayland Baptist will be among 12 women's teams competing Friday and Saturday at the NWCA Multi-Divisional National Duals, presented by the U.S. Marine Corps and Defense Soap.

With nearly 320 wrestlers from 84 teams converging this weekend on the Kentucky Expo Center and Freedom Hall in Louisville, Ken., the name Mat Mayhem remains an adequate descriptor of what's to come.

Five different collegiate wrestling divisions will come to Louisville for the first time in a dual meet advancement format to crown a national dual meet champion.

This year's field features 65 ranked teams, with three of the five divisions competing in 16-team brackets. Division III will stage a 24-team bracket, while the women's teams, which compete in the Olympic freestyle style, compete in a 12-team bracket.

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Second-seeded Wayland, which finished fourth here last year, has an opening-round bye, so the Pioneers will await the winner of the dual between seventh-seeded Life and Lyon. Wayland, which was ranked No. 1 in the NAIA in the preseason before being overtaken by Menlo, Calif., brings ranked wrestlers at six weights, including the top-ranked 101 pounders with No. 1 Asia Ray, a Junior world bronze medalist, and No. 2 Nina Pham. National champion Brittany Marshall helps secure the upper weights at 170 as does the arrival of Paige Baynes, last year's national champion at 191 pounds who transferred in from Grays Harbor.

Life has started to become a national player on the women's wrestling scene. The Running Eagles had three all-Americans last year and have three ranked wrestlers coming into the dual with Lyon. The top individual match there comes at 101 pounds with ninth-ranked Faye Cherrier taking on 10^th-ranked Kassidy Ramirez of Lyon.
 
Last year, Campbellsville broke through and ended King's four-year reign at the top of the women's division. McKendree, the runners-up the past two seasons, looks poised to become just the sixth women's program to win a women's National Duals title. Much like the NAIA where numerous wrestlers from one team can be ranked at a weight class, McKendree brings 15 wrestlers to the event who appear in the most recent Women's Collegiate Wrestling Association (WCWA) rankings. Age-group world medalists Alexis Porter (143) and Alex Glaude (155) are ranked No. 1 as is talented freshman Felicity Taylor at 116 pounds. The top four teams get byes in the 12-team field, so McKendree's hammers will await the winner of the Southern Oregon-Missouri Valley dual.

Interestingly enough, Southern Oregon and Missouri Valley meet in the opening round of the NAIA portion of the National Duals as well on the men's side. The dual will feature five ranked wrestlers, four of them from Southern Oregon. Sienna Ramirez is a returning WCWA All-American for SOU, while Missouri Valley's Shamera McTier comes in ranked ninth at 155 and was accomplished on the age-group levels.

No. 4 Emmanuel will have a first-round bye. The Lions have one of the nation's most exciting wrestlers in top-ranked Abby Nette at 130 pounds. Cadet World medalist Kayla Marano (143) is a returning All-American, while Hannah Gladden (155) is looking for a breakout season. The Lions will face the winner of the Campbellsville-Nassau dual.

Fifth-seeded Campbellsville, last year's WCWA and National Duals champions, were hit hard with graduation, but still return All-Americans McKayla Campbell (109), Koral Sugiyama (123), Alexia Foca (155) and Mariah Harris at 170. Nassau, which is still working on building its roster numbers for its fledgling program will struggle in dual meets.

Joining Wayland in the bottom of the bracket, third-seeded King has been one of the nation's most successful women's college programs, putting numerous wrestlers on to U.S. World and Olympic teams. While the Tornado have an opening-round bye, they could make things interesting as they'll bring 10 ranked wrestlers at seven weights with some depth to bump wrestlers around to create more favorable matchups. Returning All-Americans to watch are second-ranked Nicole Joseph at 136 and Allison Petix at 130.

King will see the winner of the dual between longtime participant and No. 6 seed University of the Cumberlands and first-year Gannon, coached by Cumberlands alum Christen Dierken. The Patriots will be decided favorites against the start-up Golden Knights. Keep an eye on returning All-Americans Kelly-Ann Jimenez and Bridgette Duty at 136 pounds as well as Anna Naylor at 155.

2018-19 NAIA Women's Wrestling Coaches Top 20 Poll – No. 3

Rank	Last	Team	League	Points
1	1	Menlo (Calif.)	West	286
2	2	Wayland Baptist (Texas)	Central	262
3	3	Southern Oregon	West	175
4	5	Life (Ga.)	Mid-South	163
5	4	Campbellsville (Ky.)	Mid-South	161
6	6	Jamestown (N.D.)	KCAC	152
7	7	Cumberlands (Ky.)	Mid-South	123
8	8	Lyon (Ark.)	Central	89
9	9	Ottawa (Kan.)	KCAC	69
10	10	York (Neb.)	KCAC	62
11	11	Missouri Baptist	Central	59
12	14	Providence (Mont.)	West	56
13	16	Eastern Oregon	West	51
13	12	Midland (Neb.)	KCAC	51
13	13	Lindenwood (Ill.)	Mid-South	51
16	17	Missouri Valley	KCAC	42
17	15	Waldorf (Iowa)	Central	40
18	20	Brewton-Parker (Ga.)	Mid-South	19
19	18	Warner Pacific (Ore.)	West	16
20	RV	Central Christian (Kan.)	Central	14
20	RV	Saint Mary (Kan.)	KCAC	14

Dropped out: Baker (Kan.)
Receiving votes: Baker (Kan.) 13
 
Individual Rankings

101 pounds
Rank	First Name	Last Name	Team	League	Points
1st	Asia	Ray	Wayland Baptist University	Central	80
2nd	Nina	Pham	Wayland Baptist University	Central	76
3rd	Hiba	Salem	Menlo College	West	72
4th	Valeria	Rivera	Ottawa	KCAC	67
5th	Faye	Cherrier	Life University	Mid-South	64
6th	Kassidy	Ramirez	Lyon College	Central	54
6th	Shyanne	Griffiths	University of Saint Mary	KCAC	54
8th	Rebecca	Forsyth	University of the Cumberlands	Mid-South	52
8th	Amber	Garriga	Life University	Mid-South	52
10th	Kylie	Marlin	York College	KCAC	45
11th	Alaura	Couch	Waldorf University	Central	42
12th	Katelin	Barnett	Campbellsville University	Mid-South	38
13th	Tanaily	Lopez	Missouri Baptist University	Central	24
109 pounds
Rank	First Name	Last Name	Team	League	Points
1st	Alleida	Martinez	Menlo College	West	80
2nd	McKayla	Campbell	Campbellsville University	Mid-South	76
3rd	Rhonda	Johnson	Wayland Baptist University	Central	72
4th	Angel	Ogden	University of Jamestown	KCAC	64
5th	Carolina	Johnson	Southern Oregon University	West	58
6th	Kayla	Fitts	Wayland Baptist University	Central	57
6th	Autumn	Gordon	University of the Cumberlands	Mid-South	57
8th	Claire	Payne	York College	KCAC	56
9th	Esmeralda	Arroyo	Menlo College	West	51
10th	Brianna	Ribucan-Leong	Lyon College	Central	44
11th	Tyesha	Topps	Life University	Mid-South	40
12th	Jade	Martin	Southern Oregon University	West	36
13th	Angelique	Terrones-Cruz	Lindenwood University	Mid-South	30
14th	Jessienna	Burkett-Erice	Lyon College	Central	26
14th	Cassidy	Freeman	Eastern Oregon University	West	26
116 pounds
Rank	First Name	Last Name	Team	League	Points
1st	Gracie	Figueroa	Menlo College	West	80
2nd	Jennifer	Juarez	Life University	Mid-South	76
3rd	Yurie	Yoneoka	University of Providence	West	68
4th	Chelsea	Dionisio	University of Jamestown	KCAC	67
4th	Mayra	Ramirez	Wayland Baptist University	Central	67
6th	Emily	Fergeson	York College	KCAC	58
7th	Mia	Rodriguez	Campbellsville University	Mid-South	55
8th	Tara	Othman	Southern Oregon University	West	51
9th	Nathalie	Barraza	Lindenwood University	Mid-South	49
9th	Jasmine	Hernandez	Lyon College	Central	49
11th	Taryn	Ichimura	Menlo College	West	38
11th	Tiffany	Juarez	Ottawa	KCAC	38
13th	Jessica	Rodriguez	University of the Cumberlands	Mid-South	29
14th	Angelica	Sletten	University of Providence	West	27
15th	Samantha	Smith	Lindenwood University	Mid-South	25
16th	Jazmin	Ruiz	Menlo College	West	19
17th	Evelynn	Simmons	Wayland Baptist University	Central	16
123 pounds
Rank	First Name	Last Name	Team	League	Points
1st	Dajan	Treder	University of Providence	West	80
2nd	Jathiya	Isaac	Wayland Baptist University	Central	72
3rd	Sierra	Powell	Life University	Mid-South	71
4th	Tiana	Jackson	Menlo College	West	70
5th	Koral	Sugiyama	Campbellsville University	Mid-South	65
6th	Brigitte	Mihalca	Missouri Baptist University	Central	61
7th	Rebekah	Cordova	Wayland Baptist University	Central	55
8th	Hailey	Scheirmeyer	Midland University	KCAC	53
9th	Lilliana	Cortes	University of Jamestown	KCAC	49
10th	Victoria	Norris	Ottawa	KCAC	41
11th	Glory	Konecny	Southern Oregon University	West	37
12th	Emma	De Brum	Lyon College	Central	34
13th	Nevina	DeLuca	Southern Oregon University	West	32
14th	Kirra	Saunders	Southern Oregon University	West	29
15th	Krystal	Fabricante	Eastern Oregon University	West	24
16th	Kimberly	Lambert	Central Christian College	Central	20
17th	Madison	Angelito	University of the Cumberlands	Mid-South	19
130 pounds
Rank	First Name	Last Name	Team	League	Points
1st	Andribeth	Rivera	Campbellsville University	Mid-South	80
2nd	Erika	Mihalca	Missouri Baptist University	Central	74
2nd	Shelly	Avelino	Menlo College	West	74
4th	Desiree	Estrada	University of Jamestown	KCAC	67
5th	Diana	Dzasezeva	Waldorf University	Central	60
6th	Anesia	Ramirez	Southern Oregon University	West	59
7th	Arianna	Marrufo	University of Jamestown	KCAC	55
8th	Ashley	Ikner	University of the Cumberlands	Mid-South	48
9th	Asia	Igafo	Wayland Baptist University	Central	45
10th	Macy	Higa	Eastern Oregon University	West	44
11th	Aysia	Cortez	Life University	Mid-South	40
12th	Lizette	Young	Menlo College	West	36
13th	Jocelyn	Murphy	Missouri Valley College	KCAC	33
14th	Julissa	Taitano	Southern Oregon University	West	31
15th	Amanda	Martinez	Lindenwood University	Mid-South	28
16th	Rebekah	Garcia	Lyon College	Central	21
17th	Amanda	Alvarado	Wayland Baptist University	Central	17
18th	Laynee	Pasion	Menlo College	West	16
136 pounds
Rank	First Name	Last Name	Team	League	Points
1st	Solin	Piearcy	Menlo College	West	80
2nd	Abnelis	Yambo	Brewton-Parker College	Mid-South	74
3rd	Kellyann	Jimenez	University of the Cumberlands	Mid-South	71
4th	Gladdys	Palma	Southern Oregon University	West	65
5th	Cara	Romeike	University of Jamestown	KCAC	59
6th	Bridgette	Duty	University of the Cumberlands	Mid-South	56
7th	Akina	Yamada	Waldorf University	Central	55
8th	Breanna	Douglas	Baker University	Central	51
9th	Elissa	Douglass	Lyon College	Central	47
10th	Jenna	Awana	University of Providence	West	46
11th	Corrine	Robertson	Ottawa	KCAC	42
12th	Cheyenne	Bates	Wayland Baptist University	Central	37
13th	Erica	Sotelo	Life University	Mid-South	35
14th	Sophia	Carson	Campbellsville University	Mid-South	30
15th	Jacqueline	Flores	Wayland Baptist University	Central	23
16th	Madison	Duhachek	Lindenwood University	Mid-South	21
17th	Jordynn	Robson	Southern Oregon University	West	20
143 pounds
Rank	First Name	Last Name	Team	League	Points
1st	Angela	Peralta	Menlo College	West	80
2nd	Sienna	Ramirez	Southern Oregon University	West	72
3rd	Zoe	Wight	Life University	Mid-South	71
4th	Marina	Briceno	Wayland Baptist University	Central	68
5th	Marilyn	Garcia	Menlo College	West	65
6th	Analy	Gonzalez	University of Jamestown	KCAC	57
7th	Aniseta	Acosta	Lyon College	Central	52
8th	Hailey	Finn	Life University	Mid-South	50
9th	Tanalei	Louis	Midland University	KCAC	49
10th	Lilly	Binion-Ferrell	Campbellsville University	Mid-South	44
11th	Lyric	Gonsalvez	Ottawa	KCAC	40
12th	Brittany	Woods-Orrison	Menlo College	West	37
13th	Dempsi	Talkington	Eastern Oregon University	West	30
155 pounds
Rank	First Name	Last Name	Team	League	Points
1st	Iman	Kazem	Menlo College	West	80
2nd	Anna	Naylor	University of the Cumberlands	Mid-South	76
3rd	Shamera	McTier	Missouri Valley College	KCAC	72
4th	Alexia	Foca	Campbellsville University	Mid-South	68
5th	Breanna	Jennings	Wayland Baptist University	Central	63
6th	Erin	Scheidt	Midland University	KCAC	59
7th	Olivia	Pizano	Southern Oregon University	West	58
8th	Vanessa	Ceja	Wayland Baptist University	Central	52
9th	Randie	Scoon	Ottawa	KCAC	48
10th	Veronica	Coppolino	Southern Oregon University	West	42
10th	Destinee	Rivera	Life University	Mid-South	42
12th	Pella	Wisniowski	Central Christian College	Central	36
13th	Celycia	Sandoval	Menlo College	West	30
14th	Sierra	Talmadge	University of Jamestown	KCAC	28
15th	Maya	Shimizu	Lindenwood University	Mid-South	25
16th	Sierra	Alfonso	Lyon College	Central	21
17th	Giuliana	Pepe	Menlo College	West	16
170 pounds
Rank	First Name	Last Name	Team	League	Points
1st	Precious	Bell	Menlo College	West	78
2nd	Brittany	Marshall	Wayland Baptist University	Central	77
3rd	Mariah	Harris	Campbellsville University	Mid-South	73
4th	Dymond	Guilford	Missouri Baptist University	Central	66
4th	Kiera	Gabaldon	Warner Pacific University	West	66
6th	Myranda	Valasquez	University of Jamestown	KCAC	60
7th	Jordan	Nelson	Life University	Mid-South	54
8th	Kenya	Sloan	Campbellsville University	Mid-South	50
9th	Charity	Goldsmith-Ding	York College	KCAC	46
10th	Joanna	Mack	Midland University	KCAC	45
11th	Lexi	Cavero	Eastern Oregon University	West	41
12th	Alyssa	Schrull	University of Jamestown	KCAC	36
13th	Kenya	Henderson	Lindenwood University	Mid-South	30
14th	Karrah	Smith	Southern Oregon University	West	29
15th	Taea	Regua	Southern Oregon University	West	25
16th	Payton	Rigert	University of the Cumberlands	Mid-South	19
17th	Jade	Larsen	Wayland Baptist University	Central	13
191 pounds
Rank	First Name	Last Name	Team	League	Points
1st	Paige	Baynes	Wayland Baptist University	Central	79
2nd	Sara	Aguilar	Menlo College	West	76
3rd	Emily	Sandoval	Menlo College	West	70
3rd	Alexandra	Castillo	Campbellsville University	Mid-South	70
5th	Alyandina	Bushe	Missouri Valley College	KCAC	64
6th	Stephanie	Pantoja	Life University	Mid-South	59
7th	Jesse	Kirby	University of the Cumberlands	Mid-South	53
8th	Agatha	Andrews	University of Jamestown	KCAC	52
9th	Tristyn	Borden	Southern Oregon University	West	47
9th	Marissa	Patterson	York College	KCAC	47
11th	Madisen	Bozovich	Eastern Oregon University	West	37
12th	Gesika	Silva	Wayland Baptist University	Central	20
12th	Mierya	Hernandez	Wayland Baptist University	Central	20