Cumberland College holds No. 1 spot in TheMat.com U.S. Women’s College Poll for February
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Gary Abbott (USA Wrestling)
02/22/2005
The February 22, 2005 TheMat.com U.S. Women's College Wrestling Rankings for teams and individuals have been released.. Cumberland College, a NAIA school in Kentucky, retained its No. 1 position in the poll, with all three first-place votes. Cumberland , coached by Kip Flanik. Missouri Valley College, a NAIA team coached by Carl Murphree, stayed at No. 2 with all three second-place votes. Coming in at No. 3 is Pacific Univ., a Div. III team in Oregon, coached by Scott Miller. The No. 4 team is Lassen College, a junior college program in California, coached by Paul Gomez. Holding the No. 5 spot is Menlo College, a NAIA program from California, coached by Lee Allen. Rounding out the top 10 were two teams tied was No. 6 MacMurray College, No. 7 Princeton, No. 8 Cal-State Bakersfield, No. 9 WOW club of Pennsylvania.and No. 10, the Univ of Hawaii Rainbow Wahine WC. The poll can be found at: http://themat.com/rankings/default.asp?CategoryID=108&RankingID=771 The team ranking poll is elected by a panel of three U.S. women's college coaches. Eligible for ranking are college varsity and club women's wrestling programs. Cumberland College dominated the individual rankings, with No. 1 ranked individuals in six of the eight weight divisions. All five of the Cumberland No. 1 athletes from January retained their position in the poll: sophomore Othella Lucas at 121 pounds, sophomore Suekoilya Shelly at 130 pounds, junior Alaina Berube at 138.75 pounds, freshman Heather Martin at 147.5 pounds and senior Toccara Montgomery at 158.5 pounds. Berube won a gold medal at the recent Dave Schultz Memorial International in Colorado Springs, while Martin won a silver medal and Lucas won a bronze medal. The new No. 1 athlete from Cumberland in the individual rankings is freshman Tabitha Golt at 176 pounds. The two lightest weight classes have No. 1 stars from other programs. At 105.5 pounds, sophomore Sara Fulp-Allen of Menlo College holds the top ranking. At 112.25 pounds, sophomore Kapua Torres of Pacific Univ. retained the No. 1 position. Fulp-Allen won a silver medal at the recent Dave Schultz Memorial International Championships. TheFebruary 22, 2005 TheMat.com U.S. Women's College Individual rankings can be found at: http://themat.com/rankings/default.asp?CategoryID=108&RankingID=772 The individual rankings are selected by TheMat.com. 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.