Campbellsville is No. 1 in final NAIA Women's Top 20 poll

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Campbellsville (Ky.) claimed the No. 1 spot for the second week in a row in the final edition of the 2019-20 NAIA Women's Wrestling Coaches' Poll. The Tigers earned 203 points.

Top 20 Highlights


* Rounding out the top five this week was Menlo (Calif.), Southern Oregon, Life (Ga.), and University of Jamestown (N.D.).

* Menlo had the most individually ranked wrestlers with four including: Alleida Martinez (109), Tiana Jackson (123), Solin Piearcy (143) and Precious Bell (170).

* Wayland Baptist followed closely with three individually ranked wrestlers including: Nina Pham (101), Desiree Zavala (136) and Kaylynn Albrecht (155).

* New to the poll this week was Central Methodist (Mo.) at No. 20

* There were two newcomers in the top ranked individuals at 116 Katlyn Pizzo of Campbellsville (Ky.) and Agatha Andrews of University of Jamestown (N.D.) at 191.

* This is the second year for women's wrestling as an NAIA invitational sport. Twenty-eight NAIA institutions sponsor women's wrestling teams during the 2019-2020 season. Women's wrestling will be eligible for championship status once 40 institutions sponsor a varsity women's wrestling program.

Poll Methodology


* The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the four conferences and groupings.

* 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.

2019-2020 NAIA Women's Wrestling Coaches Top 20 Poll – Final

Rank	Last Week	Team	Points
1	1	Campbellsville University	203
2	2	Menlo College	186
3	4	Southern Oregon University	158
4	3	Life University	155
5	6	University of Jamestown	154
6	7	University of the Cumberlands	138
7	8	Wayland Baptist University	134
8	9	Lyon College	121
9	5	University of Providence	118
10	10	Oklahoma City University	104
11	12	Grand View	95
12	11	Midland University	89
13	14	York College	73
14	13	Eastern Oregon University	58
15	15	Missouri Valley College	56
16	16	University of Saint Mary	49
17	17	Waldorf University	42
18	20	Texas Wesleyan	39
19	19	Ottawa University	38
20	RV	Central Methodist University	25

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