WPU Continues to Hold Third Place in NAIA

Oskaloosa–The William Penn women’s wrestling team is again No. 3 in the NAIA as the second set of polls were released this week.

William Penn has an improved 165 points to remain in the bronze position, while Life (Ga.) is still first with 193 points and Grand View is second with 172 points. Providence (Mont.) (151) and Indiana Tech (130) are fourth and fifth, respectively.

117-pounder Christianah Ogunsanya (So., Akure, Nigeria, Kinesiology) and 145-pounder Esther Kolawole (So., Akure, Nigeria, Kinesiology) are both No. 1 in their weight classes to pace their program. The maximum number of 12 wrestlers are again ranked for the Statesmen.

110-pounder Avy Perez (Fr., Mission Hills, Calif., Nursing) is next for the Statesmen at No. 3, while Devin Patton (Sr., Plano, Texas, Business Management) and 138-pounder Isabelle Hawley (Sr., Winchester, Calif., Sociology) are both No. 5.

Kendall Bostelman (Sr., Napoleon, Ohio, Exercise Science) is right behind Patton at 131 at No. 6, while 207-pounder Diara Pomares (Fr., Hemet, Calif., Fine Arts) jumped up to No. 8.

124-pounder Victoria Baez Dilone (Grad., Madrid, Spain, Master’s of Sports Management) is No. 9, while 160-pounder Alexa Wolf (So., Rogers, Ark., Exercise Science) is No. 12.

Naida Abdijanovic (Sr., St. Louis, Mo., Biology) and Phoebe Burt (Sr., Coralville, Iowa, Sociology) are both No. 15 at 145 and 207 pounds, respectively, while 103-pounder Lily Zapata (So., Lewisville, Texas, Sociology) is No. 19.

Grand View continues to be best in the Heart of America Athletic Conference with 209 points, but WPU is right there as well with 203.

All 12 Statesmen wrestlers are rated in the top four in their weight classes.

Perez, Ogunsanya, Kolawole, and Pomares all No. 1, while Patton and Hawley are second.

The trio of Bostelman, Abdijanovic, and Wolf come in at No. 3, while another trio of Zapata, Baez-Dilone, and Burt are all fourth.