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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Top-ranked Southern Oregon cruised into the NAIA women's semifinal round Friday at the NWCA National Dual Meet Championships, dispatching Ottawa (Kan.), 43-6, and No. 9 Texas Wesleyan, 32-10, at the Kentucky Expo Center.

In their Round of 16 matchup with Ottawa, the Raiders opened with two forfeit victories and went on to record five pins and two technical falls. In the quarterfinals against TWU, they won the first four matches – including two decisions by tiebreaker criteria – and stayed the course on their way to Saturday's semifinal dual against No. 5 Menlo (Calif.).

The Raiders and Oaks, who met on Dec. 9 in Ashland for a 36-8 SOU romp, will match up at 7:30 a.m. Pacific Time. The winner will appear in the championship at 10:30 a.m.

The Raiders improved to 4-0 in dual action. They advanced to the National Dual semifinals for the second year in a row, having finished third place in 2022.

Two Raiders earned a pair of wins by fall on the opening day of the tournament: top-ranked Carolina Moreno at 123 pounds, and No. 2-ranked Emily Se at 143. Joye Levendusky, ranked No. 3 at 170, won twice by technical fall.

Marissa Kurtz (116), Jordynn Robson (130), Karrah Smith (191) had a pin apiece, each against Ottawa. Esthela Trevino (101) and Desinee Lopez (136) added bonus points with technical falls. No. 8 Glory Konecny posted the upset of the day against TWU, earning a 4-4 victory over No. 4 Camille Fournier, and No. 8 Bella Amaro (136) later took down No. 7 Mea Mohler, 4-1.

SOUTHERN OREGON 43, OTTAWA 6
101 – #3 Esthela Trevino, SOU, wins by forfeit. (5-0)
109 – #7 Macie Stewart, SOU, wins by forfeit. (10-0)
116 – Marissa Kurtz, SOU, p. Angelique Martinez, 1:05. (15-0)
123 – #1 Carolina Moreno, SOU, p. Macey Gross, 0:59. (20-0)
130 – Jordynn Robson, SOU, p. Jaidyn Andrews, 0:38. (25-0)
136 – Desinee Lopez, SOU, tech. fall Madelynn Griffin, 12-0. (29-0)
143 – #2 Emily Se, SOU, p. Abigail Sebesta, 0:27. (34-0)
155 – Randie Scoon, Ottawa, p. Sage Teixeira, 1:15. (34-5)
170 – #3 Joye Levendusky, SOU, tech. fall #10 Darby Weidl, 12-2. (38-6)
191 – #16 Karrah Smith, SOU, p. Jaiden Doles, 0:22. (43-6)

SOUTHERN OREGON 32, TEXAS WESLEYAN 10
101 – #3 Esthela Trevino, SOU, tech. fall #16 Jolie Lucas, 10-0. (4-0)
109 – #5 Natalie Reyna, SOU, dec. #5 Jasmine Sands, 2-2. (7-1)
116 – #8 Glory Konecny, SOU, dec. #4 Camille Fournier, 4-4. (10-2)
123 – #1 Carolina Moreno, SOU, p. #18 Elizabeth Duvall, 4:54. (15-2)
130 – #1 Lexie Basham, TWU, dec. Jordynn Robson, 3-0. (15-5)
136 – #8 Bella Amaro, SOU, dec. #7 Mea Mohler, 4-1. (18-6)
143 – #2 Emily Se, SOU, p. Mattison Parker, 1:10. (23-6)
155 – #16 Leilani Hernandez, TWU, tech. fall Sage Teixeira, 10-0. (23-10)
170 – #3 Joye Levendusky, SOU, tech. fall #15 Aalyah Villarreal, TWU, 10-0. (27-10)
191 – #5 Grace Kristoff, SOU, wins by forfeit. (32-10)