Kansas City (Mo.) - The preseason NAIA Women's Wrestling Coaches' Top 20 Rating is here, and the defending national champions, Life (Ga.), will open the season at No. 1 with eight wrestlers ranked in the top five. Grand View (Iowa) and Providence (Mont.) will begin the year in second and third place, respectively. Cumberlands (Ky.), who finished third at the national championship last season, will open the season ranked fourth nationally.
Ottawa is ranked eighth nationally, this is the highest ranking in program history.
Aynsley Fink is ranked 10
th overall in the 110lb weight division.
Addison Saporito is 17
th in the 117lb weight class.
Peyton Hand is 13
th in the 124lb.
Aileen Lester and
Kaydence Bonewell are ranked in the 138lb weight class, Lester is 15
th and Bonewell is 17
th. In the 145lb weight class,
Livia Swift is 11
th.
Siara Arrington is seventh in the 180lb weight class.
Hannah Jackson is second in the 207lb weight class and
Kena Leonard is sixth in the 207lb as well.
| Rank |
Institutition |
Points |
| 1 |
Life (Ga.) |
193 |
| 2 |
Grand View (Iowa) |
167 |
| 3 |
Providence (Mont.) |
161 |
| 4 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
158 |
| 5 |
William Penn (Iowa) |
150 |
| 6 |
Doane (Neb.) |
129 |
| 7 |
Indiana Tech |
116 |
| 8 |
Ottawa (Kan.) |
105 |
| 9 |
Southern Oregon |
99 |
| 10 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
99 |
| 11 |
Texas Wesleyan |
88 |
| 12 |
Hastings (Neb.) |
87 |
| 13 |
Wayland Baptist (Texas) |
83 |
| 14 |
Oklahoma City |
79 |
| 15 |
Baker (Kan.) |
69 |
| 16 |
Evergreen State (Wash.) |
63 |
| 17 |
Missouri Valley |
60 |
| 18 |
Westcliff (Calif.) |
54 |
| 19 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) |
53 |
| 20 |
Dickinson State (N.D.) |
48 |
| Receiving Votes: Central Methodist (Mo.) 44; Avila (Mo.) 42; Saint Mary (Kan.) 36; Eastern Oregon 25; Waldorf (Iowa) 23; Lourdes (Ohio) 19; Midland (Neb.) 18; Montreat (N.C.) 18; Friends (Kan.) 16; Morningside (Iowa) 8; Missouri Baptist 4; York (Neb.) 2 |
