Kansas City, Mo. - The Central Methodist Women's Wrestling program remains at No. 16 in the latest edition of the NAIA Coaches' Top 20 poll.
Other Heart programs featured or mentioned in the Top 20 poll include; No. 3 Grand View, No. 4 William Penn, No. 12 Missouri Valley, No. 18 Dickinson State, No. 19 Baker, (RV) Missouri Baptist, (RV) William Woods, and (RV) Waldorf.
Additionally, Central has eight grapplers ranked in their individual weight classes, led by junior Allyssa Johnson who is No. 2 at 160 pounds. Freshman Yusneiry Agrazal also landed in the Top 10, as she comes in at No. 10 at 117 pounds.
Dorie Richardson is ranked No. 13 at 138 pounds and Berlin Kiddoo (124) and Grace Timmons (180) are eached ranked 14th in their respective weight classes.
Redshirt senior Nonnie Justice landed at No. 18 at 131 pounds, while Zoey Mzeru (103) and Christina Page (207) round out Central's ranked grapplers, as both are ranked No. 20.
The Eagles return to duel action against Missouri Baptist Friday, Jan. 9 at 6:00 p.m. inside Puckett Field House.
To view the poll methodology and the complete Top 20 poll, please see below.
| RANK | LAST TIME | INSTITUTION | POINTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Life (Ga.) | 209 |
| 2 | 2 | Providence (Mont.) | 186 |
| 3 | 3 | Grand View (Iowa) | 177 |
| 4 | 4 | William Penn (Iowa) | 172 |
| 5 | 5 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 138 |
| 6 | 5 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 128 |
| 7 | 7 | Indiana Tech | 114 |
| 8 | 8 | Doane (Neb.) | 102 |
| 9 | 9 | Texas Wesleyan | 101 |
| 10 | 10 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 98 |
| 11 | 11 | Southern Oregon | 82 |
| 12 | 14 | Missouri Valley | 76 |
| 13 | 13 | Ottawa (Kan.) | 75 |
| 14 | 15 | Evergreen State (Wash.) | 72 |
| 15 | 12 | Oklahoma City | 70 |
| 16 | 16 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 65 |
| 17 | 16 | Hastings (Neb.) | 59 |
| 18 | 18 | Dickinson State (N.D.) | 58 |
| 19 | 19 | Baker (Kan.) | 52 |
| 20 | 20 | Campbellsville (Ky.) |
51 |
| Dropped From Top 20: N/A | ||||
| Receiving Votes: Missouri Baptist 36; Saint Mary (Kan.) 32; Friends (Kan.) 29; Avila (Mo.) 23; Midland (Neb.) 23; Eastern Oregon 23; Westcliff (Calif.) 16; William Woods (Mo.) 14; York (Neb.) 12; Waldorf (Iowa) 11; Montreat (N.C.) 9; Arizona Christian 6; Lourdes (Ohio) 3; Midway (Ky.) 2 |
Full Individual Rankings by weight class
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