NAIA TOP 20 | INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS

ASHLAND – Southern Oregon's Alex Hernandez joined All-Americans Aaron Gandara and Evan Potter in the second edition of the NAIA men's wrestling rankings, which was released Thursday by the national office.

Potter, a sophomore at 133 pounds, retained his No. 2 ranking and Gandara, another sophomore at 149, stayed at No. 7. Hernandez – a redshirt-freshman who joined the Raiders this year via University of Arkansas at Little Rock – shot to No. 10 at 174 pounds thanks to an 8-1 start.

Potter stands at 8-0 on the season and Gandara is 4-2. None of the three ranked Raiders have dropped a dual match, in which they are 4-0 as a team.

SOU is one spot removed from the NAIA Top 20 team poll.

The Raiders wrestle Sunday at Linfield, and they'll return home Wednesday for a 7 p.m. dual against No. 20-ranked Montana State-Northern.

COMPLETE SOU RANKINGS
C – Cascade Conference ranking; N – NAIA ranking
125 – 5C Simon Graeber
133 – 1C/2N Evan Potter
141 – 7C Derek Ramos
149 – 3C/7N Aaron Gandara
165 – 8C Ayden Wolgamott
174 – 4C/10N Alex Hernandez
197 – 8C Andrew Herrera