The November 2003 TheMat.com North American Women's College Wrestling Rankings for teams and individuals has been released. This is the first ranking of the year for North American women college wrestlers.    Simon Fraser Univ. of British Columbia, Canada was named as the top North American college team in the preseason rankings. The team is coached by Mike Jones.    Simon Fraser received all five of the first place votes, to reach the maximum 100 points. Simon Fraser was the team champion at the 2003 CIS Nationals in Canada, and finished last season as the top ranked team in North America. Simon Fraser won the team title at the Women's Championship Cup of Wrestling, a 10-team dual meet event held at Lakehead Univ. earlier this month.    Ranked No. 2 is CIS power the Univ. of Calgary, from Alberta, Canada. Calgary is coached by Mitch Ostberg and was second in the CIS Nationals last year. In addition, Calgary placed second behind Simon Fraser at the Women's Championship Cup of Wrestling.    The top U.S. team in the rankings is No. 3 Cumberland College, a NAIA school in Kentucky, coached by Kip Flanik. Cumberland College was the No. 1 ranked team in the United States at the end of last year. His team placed third in the Women's Championship Cup of Wrestling.    Missouri Valley College, an NAIA school coached by Carl Murphree, earned the No. 4 ranking in North America. Missouri Valley College, which has traditionally been a powerhouse program among American colleges, has not yet started its women's competition schedule.    Seven of the top 10 teams were from Canada, and three were from the United States. Rounding out the Top 10 were No.  5 Brock Univ., No. 6 McMaster Univ., No. 7 Univ. of Saskatchewan, No. 8 Lakehead Univ., No. 9 Pacific Univ. and No. 10 Univ. of Manitoba.    A total of 20 teams were ranked, and other teams receiving votes were also recognized. The entire poll can be found at:  http://themat.com/rankings/default.asp?CategoryID=108&RankingID=591    The team ranking poll is elected by a panel of women's college coaches, three from Canada and two from the United States. Eligible for ranking are college varsity and club women's wrestling programs.    Canadian athletes dominated the individual rankings, with seven of the eight No. 1 ranked wrestlers hailing from Canadian schools.    The only U.S. wrestler with a No. 1 ranking in November was Toccara Montgomery of Cumberland College at 72 kg (158.5 lbs.) Montgomery, a junior, was a 2001 and 2003 World silver medalist and won a gold medal at the 2003 Pan American Games.    Three athletes from Simon Fraser Univ. hold No. 1 rankings: Sara White at 51 kg (112.25 lbs.), Jessica Peterson at 59 kg (130 lbs.) and Emily Richardson at 63 kg (138.5 lbs.)    Two wrestlers from the Univ. of British Columbia who hold No. 1 rankings are Lyndsay Belisle at 48 kg (105.5 lbs.) and Shannon Samler at 67 kg (147.5 lbs.). Both are past members of the Canadian World Team.    The other top-ranked athletes were Heather Sweezey of Brock at 55 kg (121 lbs.) and Pamela Wilson of McMaster at 80 kg (176 lbs.)    The November 2003 North American Women's College Individual rankings can be found at:  a href="http://themat.com/rankings/default.asp?CategoryID=108&RankingID=594    The individual rankings are selected by TheMat.com, with assistance from coaches. 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.     Women's wrestling is a growing sport in Canada and the United States on the college level. The International Olympic Committee has named women's freestyle wrestling as the newest sport added to the Summer Olympic Games program. The United States and Canada are among the most successful women's wrestling nations in the world.    Copyright 2003 by USA Wrestling and TheMat.com.    Media outlets may reproduce these rankings only if they identify them as TheMat.com U.S. Senior rankings