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CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – The Southern Oregon women's wrestling team needed near-perfection from its upperweights and got it in the clutch Friday to advance to the semifinal round of the NWCA-NAIA National Dual Championships at the UNI-Dome.

After opening the tournament with a 46-3 thumping of Lourdes (Ohio), The No. 7-ranked Raiders had to rally for a 26-17 quarterfinal win over No. 3 Cumberlands (Ky.). A Patriot pin put them behind 16-15 with three matches left when the comeback began.

It started with SOU's biggest upset of the day: No. 16 Quilaztli Miguel-Lapham's 3-2 decision over No. 4 Micah Fisher in the 160-pound match. Another followed at 180, where No. 6 Bailey Dennis notched a 7-0 win against No. 3 Saiheron Preciado-Meza. That decision left the Raiders up by four points, and they sealed the victory when No. 4 Kat Hingano defeated a third consecutive top-10 foe, No. 9 Maquoia Bernabe, by first-round fall in the 207-pound finale.

The Raiders (4-0 overall) clinched a top-four finish a year after settling for fifth at the tournament. They'll go for their second dual title in three seasons on Saturday, facing No. 2 Grand View (Iowa) in the semifinals at 8:30 a.m. PST. No. 1 Life (Ga.) faces No. 4 Providence (Mont.) in the other semifinal.

The championship dual is scheduled for 11:30 a.m., and the third-place dual follows at 1 p.m.

SOU was unchallenged by Lourdes in the first round, recording five forfeit victories and pins by Malia Welch (124), Eliza Goodwin (131), Lillian Gradillas-Flores (180) and Hingano (207).

They took the lead early against Cumberlands thanks to No. 5 Emma Baertlein, who evened the score with a technical fall at 110 pounds, and No. 11 Marissa Kurtz, who upset No. 6 Shammika Miranda with a second-round pin at 117. Top-ranked Carolina Moreno (131) later stopped a brief Patriots rally with a first-round fall over No. 17 Annabelle Suto, putting the Raiders up 15-11.

Alivia Ming's pin at 145 gave the lead back to Cumberlands, setting the stage for Miguel-Lapham, Dennis and Hingano.

No. 7 Southern Oregon 46, Lourdes (Ohio) 3 (1st Round)
103 – Diamond Lopez, SOU, wins by forfeit. (5-0)
110 – No. 2 Stefana Jelacic, LU, dec. No. 5 Emma Baertlein, 4-3. (6-3)
117 – No. 11 Marissa Kurtz, SOU, wins by forfeit. (11-3)
124 – No. 12 Malia Welch, SOU, p. Emma Rinehart, 0:58. (16-3)
131 – Eliza Goodwin, SOU, p. Desiree Vazquez, 2:46. (21-3)
138 – Esther Levendusky, SOU, wins by forfeit. (26-3)
145 – Holland Wieber, SOU, wins by forfeit. (31-3)
160 – No. 16 Quilaztli Miguel-Lapham, SOU, wins by forfeit. (36-3)
180 – No. 19 Lillian Gradillas-Flores, SOU, p. Anessa Morgan, 1:02. (41-3)
207 – No. 4 Kat Hingano, SOU, p. No. 15 Alysse Phillips, 0:42. (46-3)

No. 7 Southern Oregon 26, No. 3 Cumberlands (Ky.) 17 (Quarterfinals)
103 – No. 4 Dutchess King, UC, tech. fall Diamond Lopez, 14-0. (0-4)
110 – No. 5 Emma Baertlein, SOU, tech. fall Ryleigh Hayes, 11-0. (4-4)
117 – No. 11 Marissa Kurtz, SOU, p. No. 6 Shammika Miranda, 4:26. (9-4)
124 – Katie Gomez, UC, tech. fall Jasmine Howard, 10-0. (9-8)
131 – No. 12 Mary Jane Porter, UC, dec. Kaylee Annis, 9-1. (10-11)
138 – No. 1 Carolina Moreno, SOU, p. No. 17 Annabelle Suto, 1:24. (15-11)
145 – Alivia Ming, UC, p. Sariah Zepeda, 5:43. (15-16)
160 – No. 16 Quilaztli Miguel-Lapham, SOU, dec. No. 4 Micah Fisher, 3-2. (18-17)
180 – No. 6 Bailey Dennis, SOU, dec. No. 3 Saiheron Preciado-Meza, 7-0. (21-17)
207 – No. 4 Kat Hingano, SOU, p. No. 9 Maquoia Bernabe, 0:51. (26-17)