The two top college women's wrestling teams from last year, Cumberland College and Missouri Valley College, are once again expected to battle for prominence during the 2004-05 women's college season. Both teams bring back a number of talented stars, and had large recruiting classes loaded with talented newcomers.    The early season will be a period where each team will sort out its starting lineup, and the bragging rights for women's college wrestling will be determined in the winter and spring. Last year, there were both a college women's national individual tournament, as well as a college women's dual meet tournament, to help sort out the final national standings.    Pacific University had a strong season last year, and hopes to move up and challenge both Cumberland and Missouri Valley. Menlo College returns a number of talented individuals. Lassen College brings in a strong recruiting class and will have better depth than past seasons. MacMurray College has a group of newcomers looking to establish a growing program.    There will also be a number of women college wrestlers who either compete on a men's college team, or are enrolled at a university but also active on the national women's wrestling scene. These individuals will also be considered in the rankings during the women's college season.    TheMat.com takes a closer look at each of the women's college teams.    Cumberland College    The Patriots have both strong individual talents, as well as depth throughout the lineup, and will once again challenge for college team supremacy.    Three athletes who finished the 2003-04 season with No. 1 college rankings return to lead Kip Flanik's Patriots team. Two of these athletes were in the championship finals at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, Alaina Berube at 138.75 pounds and Toccara Montgomery at 158 pounds.     Montgomery made the U.S. Olympic Team and placed seventh in Athens, Greece. She is a two-time World silver medalist and has been the most dominant women's college wrestler in history. In her senior season, Montgomery is expected to dominate the college scene again. Berube was defeated in the Olympic Trials finals, and comes back to the college scene as a junior. She has the ability to drop down to 130 pounds, if she chooses, or continue to excel up at 138.75 pounds. Berube is also one of the most dominant individuals in women's college wrestling.    The other returning No. 1 college athlete is Suekoilya Shelly, who is expected to compete at 130 pounds but could end up at another weight depending on how Flanik juggles his lineup. Shelly was third at the U.S. Senior Nationals last year at 130 pounds, and also won a silver medal at the College Nationals competing at 138.75 pounds.    Heather Martin comes in as a freshman who is expected to immediately challenge for top honors on the college level. Martin was second at the U.S. Senior Nationals at 147.5 pounds last year, and was also a FILA Junior National champion. She may start the season with a No. 1 ranking, based upon her dominance on the Senior level while still in high school    The Cumberland lineup also returns a number of other wrestlers who ended the season with national rankings on the college level. Expected to battle for starting positions are three talented sophomores, No. 7 Aquila Hills at 105.5 pounds, No. 5 Daisy Callado at 112 pounds and No. 3 Othella Lucas at 121 pounds. Lucas has had success competing on the Senior level. Other ranked wrestlers from last season who might crack the lineup somewhere are No. 4 Shelly Ruberg at either 138.75 or 147.5 pounds and No. 4 Sherry Hilliard at 176 pounds.    Other talented freshmen who could see some action for the Patriots are Jessica Medina at 105.5 pounds, Chelsea Roundtreaa at 121 pounds and Tabitha Golt at 158 pounds. Coach Flanik will have a lot of options with the talent in his room, and should be able to do very well both in tournaments and in dual meets.    Cumberland College projected started lineup  (with state, year and final '04 U.S. college ranking)  105 - Aquilla Hills (PA, soph., No. 7) or  Jessica Medina (CA, fr.)  112 - Daisy Callado (TX, soph., No. 5) or Medina  121 - Othella Lucas (CA, soph., No 3 at 63 kg) or Chelsea Roundtree (KY, fr.)  130 - Suekoilya Shelly (TX, soph., No. 1)  138 - Alaina Berube (MI, jr., No. 1) or Shelly Ruberg (OH, jr., No. 4 at 59 kg)  147 - Heather Martin (OH, fr.) or Ruberg  158 - Toccara Montgomery (OH, sr., No. 1) or Tabitha Golt (VA, fr.)  176 - Montgomery, Golt or Sherri Hillard (ND, soph., No. 4 at 147)    Cumberland College depth chart  105 - Hills, Medina, Melissa Girard (MI, fr.), Rene Mortinson (CA, soph., No. 6), Becky D'Ambrosia (OH, sr.), Kristin McKenna (FL, soph.), Ana Ramey (TX, fr.)  112 - Callado, Maggie Klauck (FL, soph., No. 7), Kiara Baugh (TX, sr.), Brenda McDaniels (MA, sr.), Deseree Cazeras (TX, fr.)  121 - Lucas, Roundtree, Jessi Shirley (OH, sr.), Tiffany Gay (MA, sr.)  130 - Shelly  138 -Berube, Ruberg, Aja Smith (IN, jr., No. 6), Allison Hooper (TX, soph.), Emmy Thompson (TX, fr.)  147 - Heather Martin (OH, fr.),   158 -Montgomery, Golt, Megan Nevill (MI, soph., No. 3), Jesse Clifton (GA, jr.), Elizabeth Hernandez (FL, fr.), Lisa Obregon (TX, fr.)  176 - Hilliard, Theresa Fennell (TX, fr.), Wendy Hunter (OH, sr.)    Missouri Valley College    The Vikings return a number of talented veteran wrestlers who will allow the team to fight for the No. 1 spot on the college scene and make an impact on the Senior National level. In spite of the good depth of the returning athletes, Coach Carl Murphree lost a few starting athletes to graduation or transfer, and may need some talented newcomers to step up in order to reach their high team goals. Missouri Valley won the team title at the College National tournament last season and look for a repeat this year.    Two athletes return with No. 1 rankings on the women's college level last year, junior Kelly Branham at 147.5 pounds and sophomore Stephany Lee at 176 pounds. Lee was a U.S. Senior Nationals runner-up at 158.5 pounds last year behind Cumberland's Montgomery, and has a number of other major achievements on the national level. Branham was fourth at the U.S. Senior Nationals, second at the FILA Junior Nationals and won a gold medal at the College National tournament.    Coming back from last year is junior No. 2 Brooke Bogren at 130 pounds. Bogren won the title at the College Nationals, and was seventh at the U.S. Senior Nationals.     A top transfer is sophomore Tabithia Ramsey, who climbed to a No. 3 college ranking last year at 112 pounds competing for UM-Morris. Sophomore No. 4 Maika Watanabe is expected to  be the starter at 121 pounds, at least as the team enters the season.    Other returning athletes who were ranked nationally in college last season were sophomore No. 5 Julie Duarte at 130 pounds and sophomore No. 4 Alecia McCoy at 158 pounds. Neither is guaranteed a starting spot on this large team with great depth.    Murphree brought in 15 recruits this year, including some of the top prospects in the nation. Expected to wrestle at 105.5 pounds is freshman Sadie Kaneda, who was seventh at the U.S. Senior Nationals last year and was also a USGWA High School National champion. A contender for the spot at 138 pounds is Rachel Billerbeck, who was third at the USGWA Nationals. Another highly touted freshman is Astrid Gomez at 121 pounds, who was second at the USGWA Nationals.     The fate of the Viking program may depend on how quickly some of the newcomers progress on the college level, and if the returning veterans provide the kind of leadership to bring this team together at the major events. Missouri Valley has a tradition of excellence in women's wrestling, and this squad is expected to keep that tradition moving forward. The lineup will have very few juniors or seniors, so the talented young athletes in the room will take this team as far as it can go.    Missouri Valley College projected started lineup  (with state, year and final '04 U.S. college ranking)  105 - Sadie Kaneda (HI, fr.)  112 - Tabithia Ramsey (TX, soph., transfer, No. 3)   121 - Maika Wa