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Grand View new No. 1, Life jumps to No. 2 in NAIA Women's Coaches Poll

by NAIA

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Grand View (Iowa) takes over the top spot in the latest Yes! Athletics NAIA Women's Wrestling Coaches' Top 20 Poll. Life (Ga.) also moves up one play while former top ranked Southern Oregon sits third. Cumberlands (Ky.) leaps four spots into the Top Five while Menlo (Calif.) remains fifth.

2022-23 NAIA Women's Wrestling Coaches' Top 20 Poll – No. 4

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

Individual Rankings

Top-Ranked Individuals

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

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