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NAIA Top 10 matchup features No. 3 Lady Tigers and No. 9 Cumberlands on Friday night

CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. — An NAIA Top 10 matchup will be featured on Friday night in Gosser Gymnasium as No. 3 Campbellsville University women's wrestling is hosting No. 9 University of the Cumberlands.

The Mid-South Conference dual will begin at 7 p.m. ET in Gosser Gym. Live results will be streamed on Track Wrestling and fans can watch the varsity matches on the CU Sports Network – www.campbellsvilletigers.com/watch.

Campbellsville and Cumberlands feature 22 total wrestlers ranked in their respective weight classes. The Lady Tigers have 12 led by No. 1 Abby Nette at 130 lbs. and Cumberlands is led by No. 3 Bridgette Duty at 136 lbs.

Nette started her duals record with a 4-0 mark at the Patriot Duals with three tech falls and a pin. In her career, Nette is a U23 World Team Trials champion and WCWA Champion last season.

Duty, ranked at 136, has been wrestling up at 143. She bolters a 10-1 record this season including three wins over ranked opponents. The 136 pounder leads UC with a team high seven tech falls.

CU's McKayla Campbell ranks No. 2 at 109 pounds and brings in a 7-0 record on the year in opens and duals. She already beat Dorinda Andrews from Cumberlands with a 10-0 tech fall earlier in November. At 116, Katlyn Pizzo is 9-1 on the year with a 3-0 duals record – including a win over Madison Angelito from Cumberlands a few weeks ago.

Battling back from injuries, Charlotte Fowler boasts a 3-1 duals record this year. She defeated Ashley Tobe from Cumberlands in their first matchup.

In the 10 weight classes for CU, the Lady Tigers are projected to have nine of those filled will ranked wrestlers.

Projected Lineups:
101 – No. 7 McKenzie Bacich vs. No. 12 Olivia Coyne
109 – No. 2 McKayla Campbell vs. No. 13 Dorinda Andrews
116 – No. 3 Katlyn Pizzo or No. 5 Charlotte Fowler vs. No. 9 Madison Angelito
123 - Adriana Lopez vs. No. 15 Ashley Tobe
130 – No. 1 Abby Nette vs. No. 13 Ashley Ikner
136 – No. 12 Randi Robison vs. No. 7 Andrea Schlabach
143 – No. 10 Mhina Oseitutu vs. No. 3 Bridgette Duty
155 - Kendra Thompson Kailee Godinez
170 – No. 3 Kenya Sloan vs. No. 8 Jesse Kirby
191 – No. 7 Liliana Rose Vergara vs. TBA

Information from University of the Cumberlands
After Duty, University of the Cumberlands' second-best ranking is in the 130-pound weight class with Andrea Schlabach ranked seventh. The freshman has 7-4 record including four wins by pin fall. Also ranked at 130 is Ashley Ikner at 13th having earned three wins this year.

Senior, Madison Angelito stays in the NAIA rankings at ninth. She bolsters the second-best record on the team with seven wins and three losses. Dorinda Andrews also stays in the rankings at 13th in the 109-weight class.

Of the UC women's wrestlers receiving votes, two of them enter the poll for the first time in their career. Junior, Olivia Coyne is ranked 12th at 101 after recording her first career pin fall at the Patriots Duals. Ashley Tobe joined Coyne with her first career ranking at 15th in the 123-pound weight class. Tobe is off to the best start in her collegiate career having already notched two wins in the young season.

Both Kelly-Ann Jimenez and Ismileyna Valles enter the rankings for the first time this season coming in 10th at 155 and 11th at 143 respectively.

Rounding out the top-ten rankings for UC is Jesse Kirby at eighth in the 170-pound weight class. Kirby has been able to win one of her matches by fall with one of the quickest times of 1:14.

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Players Mentioned

McKenzie Bacich: Senior; Stockton, Calif.

McKayla Campbell: Junior; Wauseon, Ohio

Charlotte Fowler: Senior; Katy, Texas

Katlyn Pizzo: Junior; Madison Heights, Mich.

Kenya Sloan: Sophomore; Knoxville, Tenn.

Adriana Lopez: 5' 2"; Freshman; Upper Lake, Ca.

Abby Nette: 5' 3"; Senior; St. Rose, La.

Mhina Oseitutu: 5' 5"; Freshman; Katy, Texas

Randi Robison: 5' 3"; Freshman; East Peoria, Ill.

Kendra Thompson: 5' 6"; Freshman; Jackson, Ohio

Players Mentioned

McKenzie Bacich
: Senior; Stockton, Calif.

McKayla Campbell
: Junior; Wauseon, Ohio

Charlotte Fowler
: Senior; Katy, Texas

Katlyn Pizzo
: Junior; Madison Heights, Mich.

Kenya Sloan
: Sophomore; Knoxville, Tenn.

Adriana Lopez
: 5' 2"; Freshman; Upper Lake, Ca.

Abby Nette
: 5' 3"; Senior; St. Rose, La.

Mhina Oseitutu
: 5' 5"; Freshman; Katy, Texas

Randi Robison
: 5' 3"; Freshman; East Peoria, Ill.

Kendra Thompson
: 5' 6"; Freshman; Jackson, Ohio