Kansas City (Mo.) - Nearly every team is on the move in the third NAIA Women's Wrestling Coaches' Top 20 Rating ahead of the holiday break. The Running Eagles of Life (Ga.) hold steady at No. 1, Southern Oregon holds at No. 11, Ottawa (Kan.) remains at No. 13, and Evergreen State (Wash.) and Hastings (Neb.) lock in at No. 15 and No. 16. Everyone else, well they shuffled; Providence (Mont.) climbed two spots to No. 2, and Baker (Kan.) who received votes in the second release climbed to No. 19.
Ottawa remains at #13 in the latest NAIA Top 20 Poll.
Aynsley Fink moves up to sixth overall in the 103lb weight division.
Sigrun Metzger and
Addison Saporito are ranked in the 117lb weight class, Metzger is 16
th and Saporito is 18
th.
Peyton Hand is 13
th in the 124lb weight division.
Aileen Lester is 10
th in the 138lb weight class.
Ciera Hutton-Spieker and
Siara Arrington are ranked in the 180lb weight division, Hutton-Spieker is ninth and Arrington is 13
th. In the 207lb,
Kena Leonard is 17
th and
Faith Spicer is 19
th.
Individually, Life continues to lead with the most wrestlers ranked inside the top three. All top wrestlers remained the same except in the 207 class. Lillian Gradillas-Flores of Southern Oregon will sit atop the nation at 207 heading into the flip of the calendar.
| TREND |
RANK |
LAST TIME |
INSTITUTION |
POINTS |
| ? |
1 |
1 |
Life (Ga.) |
203 |
| ? |
2 |
4 |
Providence (Mont.) |
190 |
| ? |
3 |
2 |
Grand View (Iowa) |
184 |
| ? |
4 |
3 |
William Penn (Iowa) |
156 |
| ? |
5 |
9 |
Wayland Baptist (Texas) |
137 |
| ? |
5 |
6 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
137 |
| ? |
7 |
5 |
Indiana Tech |
111 |
| ? |
8 |
7 |
Doane (Neb.) |
107 |
| ? |
9 |
10 |
Texas Wesleyan |
103 |
| ? |
10 |
8 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
98 |
| ? |
11 |
11 |
Southern Oregon |
87 |
| ? |
12 |
13 |
Oklahoma City |
78 |
| ? |
13 |
13 |
Ottawa (Kan.) |
77 |
| ? |
14 |
18 |
Missouri Valley |
74 |
| ? |
15 |
15 |
Evergreen State (Wash.) |
73 |
| ? |
16 |
12 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
61 |
| ? |
16 |
16 |
Hastings (Neb.) |
61 |
| ? |
18 |
20 |
Dickinson State (N.D.) |
59 |
| ? |
19 |
RV |
Baker (Kan.) |
56 |
| ? |
20 |
19 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) |
48 |
| Dropped from Top 20: Saint Mary (Kan.) |
| Receiving Votes: Missouri Baptist 35; Saint Mary (Kan.) 33; Eastern Oregon 27; Montreat (N.C.) 23; Midland (Neb.) 23; Friends (Kan.) 20; Avila (Mo.) 18; Westcliff (Calif.) 17; York (Neb.) 11; Arizona Christian 5; Waldorf (Iowa) 4; Midway (Ky.) 4 |
