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TEAM SCORES (top-5 of 35) – 1. Campbellsville (Ky.) 131.5, 2. Southern Oregon 106, 3. Menlo (Calif.) 103, 4. Life (Ga.) 98, 5. Grand View (Iowa) 89.5

JAMESTOWN, N.D. –Southern Oregon sits in second place through Day 1 of the NAIA Women's Wrestling National Invitational, clinging to title hopes with more individuals still alive than any other team in the field after Friday's action at Harold Newman Arena.

Three Raiders are through to their bracket semifinals: 116-pound junior Tara Othman, 123-pound freshman Carolina Moreno, and 170-pound redshirt-freshman Bailey Dennis. Six more – Emma Baertlein (101 pounds), Carol Johnson (116), Desinee Lopez (130), Emily Se (136), Sienna Ramirez (155) and Karrah Smith (191) – kept their runs going in the consolation brackets to secure top-eight finishes.

Top-ranked Campbellsville (Ky.) is in first place with 131 ½ points, five individuals through to the semifinals and three left in the consolation brackets. The fifth-ranked Raiders accumulated 106 points, holding a three-point edge over third-ranked Menlo (Calif.) and an eight-point lead over fourth-ranked Life (Ga.).

Wrestling begins at 8 a.m. Pacific Time on Saturday. The championship finals are scheduled for 5 p.m. The top-six placers in each weight class are considered All-Americans, while seventh and eighth receive honorable mention.

The Raiders also had three semifinalists when they finished fifth in the team standings last year, but only five total individuals around for Day 2.

Othman, who did not place in 2021, dominated as the No. 5 seed at 116. She outscored her three opponents a combined 31-2 on the day and upset No. 4 seed McKayla Campbell of Campbellsville (Ky.) with a convincing 11-2 decision in the quarterfinals.

Moreno, the No. 4 seed at 123 making her tournament debut, opened with back-to-back technical falls and pulled out an 8-4 decision over Grand View (Iowa)'s Adrienna Turner in her quarterfinal. Dennis, seeded No. 8 at 170, only needed two wins to advance but got the most shocking of the day in her quarterfinal: an 8-2 upset of top-seeded Abby McIntyre from Cumberlands (Ga.).

Overall, SOU's 12 representatives combined to post a 29-12 record on the day.

Sienna Ramirez won't repeat after becoming SOU's first national champion last year but kept her career going at 155 with three consolation wins after being upset in the Round of 16. Baertlein and Lopez had SOU's toughest roads back, both winning four straight win-or-go-home matches after going down in the Round of 32.

101 – No. 6 Emma Baertlein
Round of 32 – Angelique Cervantes, Life, dec. Baertlein, 6-2.
Consolation – Baertlein tech. fall Bemnet Tesfa, Hastings, 10-0.
Consolation – Baertlein tech. fall No. 12 Sydney Kutzke, Indiana Tech, 10-0.
Consolation – Baertlein tech. fall Kassidy Ramirez, Lyon, 10-0.
Consolation – Baertlein dec. No. 7 Emma Cochran, Grand View, 7-6.

109 – No. 9 Macie Stewart
Round of 32 – Stewart tech. fall Riley Horvath, Indiana Tech, 10-0.
Round of 16 – No. 8 Kory Phillips, Life, dec. Stewart, 9-5.
Consolation – No. 7 Jessica Corredor, Missouri Baptist, dec. Stewart, 6-0.

116 – No. 8 Carol Johnson
Round of 32 – Johnson tech. fall Carly Courcier, Oklahoma City, 10-0.
Round of 16 – Johnson dec. No. 9 Katherine Heath, Baker, 5-1.
Quarterfinals – No. 1 Allieda Martinez, Menlo, dec. Johnson, 4-0.
Consolation – Johnson dec. Briana Funakoshi, Life, 8-1.

116 – No. 5 Tara Othman
Round of 32 – Othman tech. fall Gigi Loza, Central Methodist, 10-0.
Round of 16 – Othman tech. fall No. 12 Tess Barnett, Corban, 10-0.
Quarterfinals – Othman dec. No. 4 McKayla Campbell, Campbellsville, 11-2.

123 – No. 4 Carolina Moreno
Round of 32 – Moreno tech. fall Allison Doppenburg, York, 10-0.
Round of 16 – Moreno tech. fall Lizzete Young, Menlo, 10-0.
Quarterfinals – Moreno dec. Adrienna Turner, Grand View, 8-4.

130 – Desinee Lopez
Round of 32 – No. 3 Andrea Schlabach, Grand View, tech. fall Lopez, 12-0.
Consolation – Lopez tech. fall Cassidy Anderson, Central Christian Kansas, 12-1.
Consolation – Lopez dec. Julissa Taitano, Southern Oregon, 6-5.
Consolation – Lopez dec. Corinne Robertson, Ottawa, 6-0.
Consolation – Lopez dec. No. 10 Leidaly Rivera, Brewton-Parker, 7-2.

130 – Julissa Taitano
Round of 32 – Taitano tech. fall No. 9 Cindy Zepeda, Menlo, 11-1.
Round of 16 – No. 8 Kaylee Moore, Eastern Oregon, tech. fall Taitano, 11-0.
Consolation – Desinee Lopez, Southern Oregon, dec. Taitano, 6-5.

136 – No. 5 Emily Se
Round of 32 – Se dec. Julia Mata, Missouri Valley, 4-0.
Round of 16 – No. 12 Diana Dzasezeva, Waldorf, dec. Se, 4-2.
Consolation – Se dec. Mikinlee Smith, Ottawa, 4-0.
Consolation – Se. dec. Kamry Ellison, Brewton-Parker, 4-0.
Consolation – Se dec. No. 7 Louisa Schwab, Menlo, 4-0.

143 – Ramona Jimenez
Round of 32 – Jimenez dec. No. 8 Lianna Souza, Wayland Baptist, 5-3.
Round of 16 – No. 9 Josette Partney, Missouri Baptist, dec. Jimenez, 8-0.
Consolation – Brelane Huber, Campbellsville, dec. Jimenez, 5-0.

155 – No. 1 Sienna Ramirez
Round of 64 – Ramirez dec. Priscilla Luevano, Lyon, 8-0.
Round of 32 – Ramirez tech. fall Brittani Burgess, Ottawa, 10-0.
Round of 16 – Kendra Thompson, Campbellsville, dec. Ramirez, 3-0.
Consolation- Ramirez tech. fall Autumn Terhune, Indiana Tech, 10-0.
Consolation – Ramirez dec. No. 9 Dempsi Talkington, Eastern Oregon, 4-0.
Consolation – Ramirez tech. fall No. 10 Salima Omari, William Penn, 10-0.

170 – No. 8 Bailey Dennis
Round of 16 – Dennis dec. No. 9 Angelina Adams, Oklahoma City, 6-1.
Quarterfinals – Dennis dec No. 1 Abby McIntyre, Cumberlands, 8-2.

191 – No. 7 Karrah Smith
Round of 16 – Smith dec. No. 10 Kelly Lacost, Jamestown, 5-0.
Quarterfinals – No. 2 Kelani Corbet, Lyon, tech. fall Smith, 13-0.
Consolation – Smith dec. Jojo Hendricks, Waldorf, 6-0.