TOURNAMENT CENTRAL

*Update: Karly Scott (101 pounds) has been awarded a wild-card bid for the NAIA Championships, giving the Raiders a total of 12 national qualifiers.

ATHERTON, Calif. – Carolina Moreno captured her second Cascade Conference title and Caitlyn Davis and Shenita Lawson both won their first for No. 4-ranked Southern Oregon at the CCC Championships presented by U.S. Bank on Sunday at Haynes-Prim Pavilion.

The Raiders' three individual championships weren't quite enough to take the team prize, which went to top-ranked Menlo (Calif.). SOU held a brief two-point lead in the standings after Lawson pinned her opponent, Lily El-Masri of Vanguard (Calif.), in the 170-pound final, but top-ranked Menlo heavyweight Tavia Heidelberg-Tillotson followed with a fall in the tournament's final match to give the Oaks 176 ½ points to the Raiders' 172 ½.

Six Raiders joined their trio of champions in the All-CCC ring: runners-up Emma Baertlein (109 pounds) and Marissa Kurtz (116), and third-place finishers Lia Ferreira (101), Fernanda Lopez (123), Desinee Lopez (136) and Bella Amaro (143). Fourth-place Liv Villanueva (109) and sixth-place Kaylee Annis (116) joined them as automatic qualifiers and fifth-place Karly Scott (101) received a wild-card bid for the NAIA Championships, giving SOU a full lineup of 11 individuals to defend its national title March 8-9 in Jamestown, N.D.

Moreno, a two-time national champ ranked No. 1 in the NAIA at 130, and Davis, ranked No. 1 at 155, both remained undefeated on the season. Moreno – a junior who won her previous titles at 123 – breezed through her bracket, opening with back-to-back pins and shutting out No. 3 Louisa Schwab of Menlo by 10-0 technical fall in the final. Davis had perhaps the most challenging road to first place, knocking off three consecutive top-seven opponents – No. 7 Liv Wieber (10-0), No. 6 Flor Parker Borrero (11-0), and Menlo's No. 3 Shannon Workinger (9-4) in the final.

Lawson, ranked No. 8 at 170, was also dominant. She opened with a technical fall, then pinned Vanguard's No. 19 Abena Adu and No. 5 El-Masri back-to-back in the semifinals and championship.

Baertlein, ranked No. 3 at 109, repeated as an All-CCC finisher and made the final for the first time but was edged 4-3 by Providence (Mont.)'s Paige Morales after advancing to the match with a pair of bonus-point victories. The No. 12-ranked Kurtz upset Providence's No. 11 Arieana Arias by first-round fall to reach her final. Menlo's No. 6 Ajayzee Zaballos got her for the title, 11-4.

The Raiders went 4-1 in their third-place matches. At 101, Ferreira scored an 8-4 decision against Vanguard's Abbeygael Cabuag, and at 123, Fernanda Lopez cruised past Evergreen's Ellabelle Taylor by technical fall. Desinee Lopez delivered an upset at 136, taking a 10-6 decision from Menlo's Stephanie Chavez, and Amaro bounced back from an upset loss in the semifinals to pin Providence's No. 16 Kailey Rees in her 143 third-place bout.

The Raiders cleared third-place Providence – which entered ranked No. 5 in the NAIA coaches' poll – by 28 ½ points. They more than doubled up fourth-place Vanguard.

Menlo was represented in seven of 10 finals, with teammates matching up in two of them. The Oaks boasted four champions.

COMPLETE SOU RESULTS (AQ – automatic NAIA Championships qualifier)
101 – No. 11 Lia Ferreira (3rd place, AQ)
Quarterfinals – Ferreira tech. fall No. 20 Abbeygael Cabuag, Vanguard, 10-0 (3:41)
Semifinals – No. 3 Kayla McKinley-Johnson, Menlo, tech. fall Ferreira, 13-2 (4:34)
Consolation Semifinals – Ferreira tech. fall Aphrodite Ayala, Simpson, 10-0 (5:33)
3rd-place Match – Ferreira dec. No. 20 Abbeygael Cabuag, Vanguard, 8-4

101 – No. 19 Karly Scott (5th place)
Quarterfinals – Scott dec. Aphrodite Ayala, Simpson, 4-3
Semifinals – No. 1 Erin Hikiji, Providence, tech. fall Scott, 10-0 (0:55)
Consolation Semifinals – No. 20 Abbeygael Cabuag, Vanguard, tech. fall Scott, 11-1 (5:32)
5th-place Match – Scott dec. Aphrodite Ayala, Simpson, 12-4

109 – No. 3 Emma Baertlein (2nd place, AQ)
Quarterfinals – Baertlein p. Melanie Salazar, Simpson, 2:30
Semifinals – Baertlein tech. fall Nizhoni Tallman, Evergreen, 10-0 (5:42)
Championship – No. 7 Paige Morales, Providence, dec. Baertlein, 4-3

109 – No. 16 Liv Villanueva (4th place, AQ)
Quarterfinals – Villanueva tech. fall No. 14 Angelina Dill, Vanguard, 10-0 (2:15)
Semifinals – No. 7 Paige Morales, Providence, tech. fall Villanueva, 10-0 (0:52)
Consolation Semifinals – Villanueva p. No. 18 Nayeli Flores Roque, Eastern Oregon, 2:13
3rd-place Match – Nizhoni Tallman, Evergreen, p. Villanueva, 1:52

116 – No. 12 Marissa Kurtz (2nd place, AQ)
Quarterfinals – Kurtz dec. Irma Retano, Eastern Oregon, 8-6
Semifinals – Kurtz p. No. 11 Arieana Arias, Providence, 2:54
Championship – No. 6 Ajayzee Zaballos, Menlo, dec. Kurtz, 11-4

116 – No. 14 Kaylee Annis (6th place, AQ)
R1 – Annis tech. fall Ajenea Castaneda, Simpson, 10-0 (2:16)
Quarterfinals – No. 15 Isabelle Asuncion, Providence, p. Annis, 2:24
Consolation R2 – Bye
Consolation R3 – Annis p. Kadence Beck, Eastern Oregon, 3:24
Consolation Semifinals – No. 11 Arieana Arias, Providence, p. Annis, 0:23
5th-place Match – No. 15 Isabelle Asuncion, Providence, p. Annis, 3:47

123 – No. 8 Fernanda Lopez (3rd place, AQ)
R1 – Lopez dec. Maria Lopez, Simpson, 11-5
Quarterfinals – Lopez dec. Leilani Lazaro, Vanguard, 8-6
Semifinals – No. 9 Haley Narahara, Menlo, dec. Lopez, 4-3
Consolation Semifinals – Lopez tech. fall No. 20 Paige Chafin, Eastern Oregon, 13-2 (3:42)
3rd-place Match – Lopez tech. fall Ellabelle Taylor, Evergreen, 11-0 (3:40)

130 – No. 1 Carolina Moreno (1st place, AQ)
Quarterfinals – Moreno p. Erica Grant, Evergreen, 1:35
Semifinals – Moreno p. Lillian Avalos, Vanguard, 2:24
Championship – Moreno tech. fall No. 3 Louisa Schwab, Menlo, 10-0 (5:07)

136 – No. 11 Desinee Lopez (3rd place, AQ)
Quarterfinals – Lopez dec. Samantha Barragan, Menlo, 4-0
Semifinals – No. 4 Waipuilani Estrella-Beauchamp, Providence, p. Lopez, 1:38
Consolation Semifinals – Lopez p. Alondra Hernandez, Simpson, 3:53
3rd-place Match – Lopez dec. No. 5 Stephanie Chavez, Menlo, 10-6

143 – No. 3 Bella Amaro (3rd place, AQ)
Quarterfinals – Amaro tech. fall Elise Scrafford, Evergreen, 10-0
Semifinals – No. 7 Alexandra Lopez, Menlo, dec. Amaro, 3-1
Consolation Semifinals – Amaro p. Charlize Jewell, Vanguard, 4:08
3rd-place Match – Amaro p. No. 16 Kailey Rees, Providence, 3:53

155 – No. 1 Caitlyn Davis (1st place, AQ)
Quarterfinals – Davis tech. fall No. 7 Liv Wieber, Eastern Oregon, 10-0 (5:56)
Semifinals – Davis tech. fall No. 6 Flor Parker Borrero, Evergreen, 11-0 (5:09)
Championship – Davis dec. No. 3 Shannon Workinger, Menlo, 9-4

170 – No. 8 Shenita Lawson (1st place, AQ)
Quarterfinals – Lawson tech. fall Anna McDougal, Eastern Oregon, 10-0 (2:02)
Semifinals – Lawson p. No. 19 Abena Adu, Vanguard, 1:18
Championship – Lawson p. No. 5 Lily El-Masri, Vanguad, 1:25