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PARK CITY, Kan. – Halfway through the NAIA Women's Wrestling Championships, Southern Oregon stands in sixth place and four Raiders are two wins away from individual titles at Park City Arena.

Top-seeded Carolina Moreno (131 pounds), No. 2 seed Kat Hingano (207), No. 4 seed Emma Baertlein (110) and No. 5 seed Jasmine Howard (117) each advanced to semifinals Friday and surrendered just two points between them. They're all guaranteed top-six places, and unseeded Lillian Gradillas-Flores (180) gave SOU a fifth All-American but winning three consecutive consolation matches to lock up a top-eight spot.

They'll be in action again starting at 8 a.m. PDT Saturday. The finals are scheduled to begin at 5 p.m.

The Raiders are sitting on 69 points and just 3 ½ points removed from the top-four trophy circle. They nearly had a fifth semifinalist in Quilaztli Miguel-Lapham, the No. 3 seed at 160, but she suffered an injury in her quarterfinal match and was lost for the tournament.

Moreno, the senior from Somerton, Ariz., kept her record perfect and bid for a fourth championship alive with back-to-back technical fall shutouts. Hingano advanced with a tech shutout and a pin, and Howard wrestled three times without giving up a point – winning by fall, by technical fall, and by 7-0 upset of Grand View's No. 4-seeded Cailin Campbell in the quarterfinals.

Baertlein had a tight quarterfinal against another Grand View representative, No. 5 seed Lita Cruz, and hung on for a 5-2 win. The senior is an All-American for the third year in a row.

Malia Welch (124) contributed three technical falls in the consolation rounds before going out. Bailey Dennis (180) opened with two wins to reach the quarters before dropping two in a row.

Complete Day 1 results are below:

TEAM SCORES (top-10 of 35) – 1. Life (Ga.) 118.5, 2. Grand View (Iowa) 85, 3. William Penn (Iowa) 80, 4. Cumberlands (Ky.) 72.5, 5. Missouri Valley 70, 6. Southern Oregon 69, 7. Providence (Mont.) 56.5, 8. Ottawa (Kan.) 48, 9. Texas Wesleyan 47.5, 10. Indiana Tech 46

110 – No. 4 Emma Baertlein
Round of 32 – Bye
Round of 16 – Baertlein tech. fall Jaden Breeden, Doane, 10-0
Quarterfinals – Baertlein dec. No. 5 Lita Cruz, Grand View, 5-2

117 – No. 5 Jasmine Howard
Round of 32 – Howard tech. fall Larhae Whaley, Dickinson State, 10-0
Round of 16 – Howard p. Julia Breeden, Doane, 0:58
Quarterfinals – Howard dec. No. 4 Cailin Campbell, Grand View, 7-0

117 – No. 8 Marissa Kurtz
Round of 32 – Shammika Miranda, Cumberlands, dec. Kurtz, 6-0
Consolation R1 – Bye
Consolation R2 – Icart Galumette, Campbellsville, dec. Kurtz, 16-8

124 – Malia Welch
Round of 32 – No. 7 Alyssa Randles, Providence, dec. Welch, 8-1
Consolation R1 – Welch tech. fall Emily Paulino, Midland, 11-0
Consolation R2 – Welch tech. fall Kylie Robledo, Baker, 10-0
Consolation R3 – Welch tech. fall Tess Barnett, Wayland Baptist, 13-2
Consolation R4 – No. 6 Maya Davis, Grand View, p. Welch, 2:06

124 – Kaylee Annis
Round of 32 – No. 8 Kamilah Brooks, Lindsey Wilson, tech. fall Annis, 10-0
Consolation R1 – Bye
Consolation R2 – No. 7 Alyssa Randles, Providence, dec. Annis, 10-9

131 – No. 1 Carolina Moreno
Round of 32 – Bye
Round of 16 – Moreno tech. fall Cameron Ortiz, Campbellsville, 10-0
Quarterfinals – Moreno tech. fall No. 8 Devin Patton, William Penn, 10-0

145 – Holland Wieber
Round of 32 – No. 1 Jamilah McBryde, Life, p. Wieber, 1:05
Consolation R1 – Bye
Consolation R2 – Bridgette Sotomayor, Doane, dec. Wieber, 11-5

160 – No. 3 Quilaztli Miguel-Lapham
Round of 32 – Miguel-Lapham p. Amelia Frounfelter, Saint Mary, 2:24
Round of 16 – Miguel-Lapham tech. fall Corin Lowe, Oklahoma City, 11-1
Quarterfinals – No. 6 Allyssa Johnson, Jamestown, injury def. Miguel-Lapham, 4:56
Consolation R4 – Abigail Sebesta, Ottawa, injury def. Miguel-Lapham

180 – No. 4 Bailey Dennis
Round of 32 – Dennis dec. Ella Murphey, Oklahoma City, 10-3
Round of 16 – Dennis dec. Siara Arrington, Ottawa, 8-1
Quarterfinals – No. 5 Liliana Vergara, Campbellsville, dec. Dennis, 5-0
Consolation R4 – No. 7 America Lopez, William Penn, tech. fall Dennis, 10-0

180 – Lillian Gradillas-Flores
Round of 32 – Bye
Round of 16 – No. 3 Kelani Corbett, Missouri Valley, tech. fall Gradillas-Flores, 11-0
Consolation R2 – Gradillas-Flores tech. fall Ella Murphey, Oklahoma City, 13-2
Consolation R3 – Gradillas-Flores p. Yazmin Belk, Doane, 0:48
Consolation R4 – Gradillas-Flores dec No. 8 Saiheron Preciado-Meza, Cumberlands, 7-0

207 – No. 2 Kat Hingano
Round of 32 – Bye
Round of 16 – Hingano tech. fall Abigail Fonseca, Texas Wesleyan, 10-0
Quarterfinals – Hingano p. No. 7 Bella Porcelli, Grand View, 4:11