ASHLAND – Sebastian Echeverria and Tyler Rhue entered the individual rankings and the Southern Oregon men's wrestling team checked in at No. 6 in the latest NAIA Top 25 coaches' poll released Thursday by the national office.

The Raiders (9-1 overall) moved down one spot as a team, jumped by Oklahoma City – a team they defeated 25-15 on their way to fifth place at last week's NWCA-NAIA National Duals.

They were again represented by 12 ranked individuals. Rhue joined that group at No. 21 in the 141-pound class and Echeverria jumped in at No. 22 in the heavyweight division.

SOU's four highest-ranked individuals topped their respective classes in the Cascade Conference rankings: No. 4 Asher Ruchti (197 pounds), No. 5 Isaac Hampton (125), No. 6 Kolton Malone (149) and No. 6 Avant Stepherson (157). Stepherson was the team's top climber, up seven spots compared to the last poll. Malone moved up five spots and Hampton went up three.

The Raiders are off this week before hosting three duals next week – Friday against Westcliff (Calif.) at 4 p.m. and No. 17 Corban at 6 p.m., and Saturday against No. 8 Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) at 5 p.m.

SOU INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS (N – NAIA; C – Cascade Conference)
125 – 1C/5N Isaac Hampton, 4C/15N Kyle Sieminski
141 – 4C/21N Tyler Rhue
149 – 1C/6N Kolton Malone
157 – 1C/6N Avant Stepherson
165 – 4C/23N Cole Zoller
174 – 4C/13N Braylin Ruchti, 5C/18N Jackson Potts
184 – 3C/8N Adrian Chavez-Morales
197 – 1C/4N Asher Ruchti, 3C/14N Elias Corona
285 – 6C/22N Sebastian Echeverria

 

TREND	RANK	LAST	SCHOOL	POINTS
●	1	1	Grand View (Iowa)	261
●	2	2	Life (Ga.)	259
●	3	3	Southeastern (Fla.)	231
●	4	4	Indiana Tech	193
▲	5	6	Oklahoma City	176
▼	6	5	Southern Oregon	169
●	7	7	Campbellsville (Ky.)	154
●	8	8	Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)	144
▲	9	13	Cumberlands (Ky.)	139
▼	10	9	Cumberland (Tenn.)	137
▲	10	11	Doane (Neb.)	137
▼	12	10	Providence (Mont.)	136
▼	13	12	Missouri Valley	133
●	14	14	Central Methodist (Mo.)	90
●	15	15	Arizona Christian	84
▲	16	20	Saint Mary (Kan.)	61
▼	17	16	Marian (Ind.)	59
▲	17	22	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	59
▼	17	18	Corban (Ore.)	59
▼	20	17	Friends (Kan.)	58
●	21	21	Wayland Baptist (Texas)	54
▼	22	18	Concordia (Neb.)	53
●	23	23	Reinhardt (Ga.)	51
●	24	24	Montana State-Northern	42
●	25	25	Morningside (Iowa)	41

Receiving Votes: Baker (Kan.) 40, Dickinson State (N.D.) 38, Missouri Baptist 36, Eastern Oregon 34, Midland (Neb.) 31, Keiser (Fla.) 28, Cornerstone (Mich.) 26, Briar Cliff (Iowa) 24, Rio Grande 22, Cleary (Mich.) 21, Northwestern (Iowa) 20, Lourdes (Ohio) 19, Brewton-Parker (Ga.) 17, Rochester Christian (Mich.) 16, St. Ambrose (Iowa)15, Hastings (Neb.) 15, Ottawa (Kan.) 14, Graceland (Iowa) 14, Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 13, Benedictine (Kan.)12, William Woods (Mo.) 10, Georgetown (Ky.) 10, Westcliff (Calif.) 8, Evergreen State (Wash.) 8, William Penn (Iowa) 6, St. Thomas (Fla.) 6, Oklahoma Wesleyan 5, Avila (Mo.) 5, Texas Wesleyan 3, Simpson (Calif.) 2, Siena Heights (Mich.) 2.