KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Cascade Collegiate Conference saw four teams rank and another receive votes in the latest NAIA 2022-23 Women’s Wrestling Coaches’ Top 20 Poll, released Thursday by the national office.
Southern Oregon University dropped from its previous first-place ranking but continues to lead five conference teams with a No. 3 standing. Menlo College followed, sitting in the No. 5 spot, and the University of Providence fell two spots to No. 7. Eastern Oregon University rounds out the ranked CCC squads sitting at No. 15, while Vanguard University continues to receive votes.
Three CCC student-athletes continue to top their weight class rankings: Argos Ira Navarro (101 pounds) and Ashley Gooman (116 pounds) from Providence, along with Raider Carolina Moreno (123 pounds) from Southern Oregon.
2022-23 NAIA Women’s Wrestling Coaches’ Top 20 Poll
| Rank |
Last |
Team |
Conference |
Points |
| 1 |
2 |
Grand View (Iowa) |
Heart |
194 |
| 2 |
3 |
Life (Ga.) |
Mid-South |
186 |
| 3 |
1 |
Southern Oregon |
Cascade |
181 |
| 4 |
8 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
Mid-South |
141 |
| 5 |
5 |
Menlo (Calif.) |
Cascade |
132 |
| 6 |
9 |
Texas Wesleyan |
Sooner |
125 |
| 7 |
5 |
Providence (Mont.) |
Cascade |
123 |
| 8 |
4 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) |
Mid-South |
122 |
| 9 |
11 |
Iowa Wesleyan |
Heart |
104 |
| 10 |
7 |
Indiana Tech |
Mid-South |
103 |
| 11 |
10 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
Heart |
99 |
| 12 |
14 |
Missouri Valley |
Heart |
88 |
| 13 |
12 |
Missouri Baptist |
Sooner |
87 |
| 14 |
16 |
Brewton-Parker (Ga.) |
Mid-South |
71 |
| 15 |
13 |
Eastern Oregon |
Cascade |
66 |
| 16 |
15 |
Oklahoma City |
Sooner |
53 |
| 17 |
RV |
Midland (Neb.) |
Kansas Collegiate |
42 |
| 18 |
17 |
Doane (Neb.) |
Kansas Collegiate |
41 |
| 19 |
19 |
Waldorf (Iowa) |
Heart |
39 |
| 20 |
18 |
Baker (Kan.) |
Heart |
38
|
Dropped From Poll: Hastings (Neb.)
Receiving Votes: Hastings (Neb.) 36; Saint Mary (Kan.) 35; Jamestown (N.D.) 34; Wayland Baptist (Texas) 30; Siena Heights (Mich.) 27; Ottawa (Kan.) 23; Friends (Kan.) 18; Lourdes (Ohio) 16; Jarvis Christian (Texas) 12; Avila (Mo.) 10; Montreat (N.C.) 9; St. Andrews (N.C.) 8;
Vanguard (Calif.) 8; York (Neb.) 8; Lyon (Ark.) 4; William Penn (Iowa) 4
Top-Ranked Individuals | Individual Rankings
101 – Ira Navarro, Providence (Mont.)
109 – Peyton Prussin, Life (Ga.)
116 – Ashley Gooman, Providence (Mont.)
123 – Carolina Moreno, Southern Oregon
130 – Lexie Basham, Texas Wesleyan
136 – Adaugo Nwachukwu, Iowa Wesleyan
143 – Alexis Gomez, Grand View (Iowa)
155 – Caitlyn Davis, Central Methodist (Mo.)
170 – Dymond Guilford, Cumberlands (Ky.)
191 – Kelani Corbett, Missouri Valley
Poll Methodology:
- The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the five conferences.
- Two days prior to the national poll, each qualifying group rater submits the top six individuals from each weight class in his conference into the system. Only wrestlers listed on a conference ballot are considered for the national ballot.
- The top 20 individuals in each weight class is based on how each voter ranks the best individuals. An individual receives 20 points for each first place vote, 19 for second place and so on through the list. This same point system is used to determine the team ranking.
- The highest and lowest ranking for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) is removed and the team's ranking will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot
- Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes.”
- For the complete Top 20 calendar, click here.