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TheMat.com U.S. Women's College Wrestling Rankings

Nov. 20,TheMat.com

Three Lock Haven athletes earn top rankings in most recent TheMat.com U.S. Women’s college rankings;

Three Lock Haven University athletes, all who are competing for the United States at the 2001 Women’s World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, Nov. 22-25, have earned No. 1 individual rankings in the most recent TheMat.com U.S. Women’s Wrestling College Rankings.

Earning top rankings this month for Lock Haven are freshman Erin Tomeo at 123 pounds, senior Sara McMann at 136.5 pounds and freshman Jenna Pavlik at 165.25 pounds.

Within the past month, Tomeo won a Special Wrestle-off for the U.S. Women’s World Team at her weight class. Pavlik claimed the gold medal at the Sunkist Kids International Open, and was awarded the U.S. Women’s World Team spot when a Special Wrestle-off with Melani Macari-Montierth of Missouri Valley College was cancelled due to an injury to Macari-Montierth. McMann claimed a gold medal at the Sunkist Kids International Open, as well.

Missouri Valley College maintains its No. 1 ranking as a team, followed by Lock Haven, UM-Morris, Pacific and Cumberland College. The Vikings feature a No. 1 ranked athlete, junior Clarissa Chun at 101.25 pounds.

The other top-ranked wrestlers are Stanford senior Patricia Miranda at 112.25 pounds and Cumberland College freshman Toccara Montgomery at 149.75 pounds. Montgomery is also a member of the 2001 Women’s World Team competing this weekend in Bulgaria.

Complete individual and team rankings are posted on TheMat.com, in the rankings section.

TheMat.com U.S. College Women’s Wrestling rankings will be published monthly on the following dates: Oct. 20, Nov. 20, Dec. 20, Jan. 20, Feb. 20, March 20, April 20, May 20.

Teams who are considered for ranking include both college varsity programs and college-affiliated club programs.

Athletes who are considered for ranking are eligible full-time college students, and are members of their college women’s varsity or club program, or a member of their college men’s wrestling team.

TheMat.com has created a composite schedule for women’s college wrestling, which includes events from the U.S. and Canadian programs. Results from these events will be posted on a regular basis throughout the season.

TheMat.com U.S. College Women’s Wrestling individual rankings
Released November 20, 2001

46 kg/101.25 lbs.
1. Clarissa Chun, junior (Missouri Valley)
2. Katrina Betts, freshman (UM-Morris)
3. Rachel Bernardes, junior (Missouri Valley)
4. Audrey Carrasco, sophomore (Missouri Valley)
5. Kristen Fujioka, freshman (Pacific)
6. Liz Short, freshman (UM-Morris)
7. Leah Popolizio, sophomore (Cumberland College)
8. Becky D’Ambrosio, freshman (Cumberland College)

51 kg/112.25 lbs.
1. Patricia Miranda, senior (Stanford)
2. Jenny Wong, junior (Lock Haven)
3. Jillian Yost, sophomore (AIC)
4. Bior Guigni, freshman (Menlo College)
5. Katie Kunimoto, junior (Pacific)
6. Patrice Crenshaw, freshman (UM-Morris)
7. Dani Presley, freshman (Neosho County)
8. Kera Pemberton, freshman (Neosho County)

56 kg/123 lbs.
1. Erin Tomeo, freshman (Lock Haven)
2. Malissa Sherwood, senior (Missouri Valley)
3. Carrie Birge, junior, Omaha, Neb. (Missouri Valley)
4. Tela O’Donnell, freshman (Pacific)
5. Melina Hutchison, freshman (Menlo College)
6. Jessica Shirley, freshman (Cumberland College)
7. Lisa Bisers, freshman (Johns Hopkins)
8. Sarah Hayes, junior (Cumberland College)

62 kg/136.5 lbs.
1. Sara McMann, senior (Lock Haven)
2. Tanya Evinger, sophomore (Missouri Valley)
3. Tori Adams, sophomore (Missouri Valley)
4. Tina Arnds, junior (Missouri Valley)
5. Sally Roberts, junior (Pacific)
6. Jennifer Wormwood, freshman (AIC)
7. Peggy Van De Mark, freshman (UM-Morris)
8. Ashley Sword, freshman (Missouri Valley)

68 kg/149.75 lbs.
1. Toccara Montgomery, freshman (Cumberland College)
2. Katie Downing, senior (UM-Morris)
3. Kaci Lyle, sophomore (Pacific)
4. Stephanie Bolton, sophomore (Cumberland College)
5. Mollie Keith, sophomore (Missouri Valley)
6. Hillary Broad, sophomore (Hawaii)
7. Lynn Wesley, freshman (AIC)
8. Brandi Golt, freshman (Missouri Valley)

75 kg/165.25 lbs.
1. Jenna Pavlik, freshman (Lock Haven)
2. Melani Macari-Montierth, junior (Missouri Valley)
3. Samantha Branka, junior (UM-Morris)
4. Nina Vernon, junior (Missouri Valley)
5. Alicia Wilson, freshman (UM-Morris)
6. Donnell Bradley, junior (Missouri Valley)
7. Emily Barna, junior (Messiah)
8. Randi Miller, freshman (Neosho County)

Dates of publication: Oct. 20, Nov. 20, Dec. 20, Jan. 20, Feb. 20, March 20, April 20, May 20

Eligibility: Athletes who are considered for ranking are eligible full-time college students, and are members of their college women’s varsity or club program, or a member of their college men’s wrestling team.

TheMat.com U.S. College Women’s Wrestling Team rankings
released November 20, 2001
1. Missouri Valley College
2. Lock Haven
3. UM-Morris
4. Pacific
5. Cumberland College
6. Neosho County
7. Menlo College
8. American International College
9. Univ. of Hawaii
10. Messiah

Dates of publication: Oct. 20, Nov. 20, Dec. 20, Jan. 20, Feb. 20, March 20, April 20, May 20

Eligibility: Teams who are considered for ranking include both college varsity programs and college-affiliated club programs.

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Supporters of Women's College Wrestling:

This year, for the first time there will be an NAIA College Women's National
Championships for college women in North America. It will be a freestyle
tournament held on Feb 28-Mar 1 in Havre, MT.
Mike Jones of Simon Fraser University, mjones@sfu.ca , is organizing the
competition, and I have put together a web page that has all of the
information on the tournament to help him publicize the event. The info can
be found on our Menlo College site at http://www.menlowrestlingclub.com
under "women's tournaments." You can get to the page by clicking on the
Women's Tournaments link on the left sidebar, or by clicking on the NAIA
banner at the bottom of the page.
On another note, there will be a freestyle division for college women at the
USGWA nationals this year along with a college folkstyle division. I am
really excited about this addition because the high school girls that attend
the USGWA nationals will get to see what freestyle wrestling is all about,
and it will hopefully increase the popularity of freestyle wrestling. Let's
try to get a great showing from all of our college freestyle teams at this
event!!

Yours in wrestling,Danielle Hobeika
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