Five Ranked First in Heart in Final Rating

Oskaloosa--The William Penn women's wrestling team ticked up one notch entering postseason competition as the NAIA released its final set of polls this week.

The Statesmen moved back up to No. 4 with 166 points.  Life (Ga.) is again first with 224 points, while Grand View (186), Providence (Mont.) (177), and Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) (145) finish off the top five.

The trio of 110-pounder Mia Palumbo (Grad., Oak Lawn, Ill., Master's of Sports Management), 117-pounder Christianah Ogunsanya (So., Akure, Nigeria, Kinesiology), and 138-pounder Esther Kolawole (So., Akure, Nigeria, Kinesiology) headline the ratings as they are all No. 1 at their respective weights.

124-pounder Victoria Baez Dilone (Grad., Madrid, Spain, Master's of Sports Management) and 131-pounder Kendall Bostelman (Sr., Napoleon, Ohio, Exercise Science) are both fifth, while 180-pounder Piper Fowler (Fr., Cleveland, Tenn., Psychology) is sixth.

Phoebe Burt (Sr., Coralville, Iowa, Sociology) is also in the top 10, sitting in 10th at 207 pounds.

131-pounder Bronwyn Brenneman (Sr., Parnell, Iowa, Biology) is 11th to lead the remaining navy and gold wrestlers, while 124-pounder Tatiana Paragas (Fr., Honolulu, Hawaii, Exercise Science) (No. 12), 110-pounder Avy Perez (Fr., Mission Hills, Calif., Nursing) (No. 13), 180-pounder Diara Pomares (Fr., Hemet, Calif., Fine Arts) (No. 14), and Naida Abdijanovic (Sr., St. Louis, Mo., Biology) (No. 19) are also ranked.

The battle for next week's Heart of America Athletic Conference Championship title should be a tight one as Grand View is first in this week's poll with 197 points and WPU is second with 193.

Five of the league's 10 weight classes have a Statemen at the top as the quintet of Palumbo, Ogunsanya, Baez Dilone, Kolawole, and Fowler are all first in the league.

Bostelman and Burt are second, while Brenneman is fourth.  Abdijanovic and Pomares both sit fifth, and Perez and Paragas are sixth in their weights.

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