Menlo No. 1, Life No. 2 in final NAIA Women's Rankings, heading into post-season

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The final edition of the NAIA Women's Wrestling Ratings for the 2023-24 season had no change in the top five as Menlo (Calif.), Life (Ga.), Grand View (Iowa), Southern Oregon, and Providence (Mont.) all remained at the same rank. Oklahoma City had the biggest jump of the week up two spots to No. 7 heading into conference tournament.

NAIA WOMEN'S WRESTLING RANKINGS

Rank/Last Time/Team/Points

1 1 Menlo (Calif.) 207

2 2 Life (Ga.) 196

3 3 Grand View (Iowa) 165

4 4 Southern Oregon 157

5 5 Providence (Mont.) 146

6 6 Texas Wesleyan 131

7 9 Oklahoma City 123

8 7 William Penn (Iowa) 115

9 8 Cumberlands (Ky.) 114

10 10 Missouri Baptist 110

11 11 Campbellsville (Ky.) 84

12 12 Vanguard (Calif.) 73

13 14 Missouri Valley 61

13 13 Indiana Tech 61

15 14 Baker (Kan.) 58

16 17 Saint Mary (Kan.) 57

17 14 Hastings (Neb.) 54

18 19 Midland (Neb.) 40

19 18 Doane (Neb.) 36

20 20 Ottawa (Kan.) 34

20 RV Eastern Oregon 34

Dropped from Top 20: None

Receiving Votes: Wayland Baptist (Texas) 33; Jamestown (N.D.) 32; Lourdes (Ohio) 30; Siena Heights (Mich.) 22; Waldorf (Iowa) 20; Evergreen State (Wash.) 19; Central Methodist (Mo.) 17; Jarvis Christian (Texas) 16; St. Andrews (N.C.) 16; Avila (Mo.) 14; Friends (Kan.) 9; York (Neb.) 9; Dickinson State (N.D.) 4

NAIA Women's Top-Ranked Individuals

101 – Erin Hikiji, Providence (Mont.)

109 – Mia Palumbo, William Penn (Iowa)

116 – Avery Ashley, Oklahoma City

123 – Cristelle Rodriguez, Doane (Neb.)

130 – Carolina Moreno, Southern Oregon

136 – Adaugo Nwachukwu, William Penn (Iowa)

143 – Jamilah McBryde, Life (Ga.)

155 – Caitlyn Davis, Southern Oregon

170 – Ashley Lekas, William Penn (Iowa)

191 – Tavia Heidelberg-Tillotson, Menlo (Calif.)

NAIA Women's Individual Rankings