ALBANY, N.Y. – Carving out a schedule that many wouldn't envy, the sixth-ranked Presbyterian College women's wrestling squad continues its penchant for high-level opponents this weekend by heading to New York on Saturday. They'll meet four straight top-20 schools in Albany, dubbed the "NYS Journeymen Duals".

The Blue Hose will begin this grueling stretch at 11:00 AM when squaring off with #15 Sacred Heart, a challenger who PC has already defeated this season (a 32-12 result nearly two weeks back).

From there, head coach Brian Vutianitis will take his crew to a 1:30 affair against #19 Elmira and a 2:45 date versus 12^th-ranked Lock Haven.

Presby finishes Saturday's gauntlet with possibly their toughest test of the winter, a meeting with the top dog in the national poll, the Iowa Hawkeyes at 4:00. It'll be the second straight year that the Blue Hose takes on Iowa with the latter having the distinction of number one.

Certainly up to the task based on their 10 dual victories and boasting eight wrestlers with at least 15 wins, PC will have competed against 10 nationally-ranked opponents by the time tomorrow's quartet wraps up.


 
GAMEDAY INFO – SATURDAY, JANUARY 25
NYS JOURNEYMEN DUALS | ALBANY, N.Y.
WATCH: Flo Wrestling
LIVE RESULTS: Track Wrestling

 
#6 Presbyterian (10-3) vs. #15 Sacred Heart (7-6)
11:00 AM
 
#6 Presbyterian (10-3) vs. #19 Elmira (5-3)
1:30 PM
 
#6 Presbyterian (10-3) vs. #12 Lock Haven (7-5)
2:45 PM
 
#6 Presbyterian (10-3) vs. #1 Iowa (15-0)
4:00 PM


 
RANKINGS ALL OVER
 
- Saturday's four-piece will entail a whopping 27 wrestlers who are ranked inside the top ten of their respective weight class, with eight of those individuals repping the Blue Hose and 16 others on Iowa's roster.

- True freshman May Cuyler is the highest-ranked on Coach V's unit, winning 19 of her 21 matches to this point and giving PC their best-ever podium placement at the Midlands Championships bracket in Chicago with a 1^st-place prize.

- Carina Giangeruso and Chloe Dearwester are two other Presby rookies to make a major push toward All-American status, going 39-3 between them with 19 technical falls and 13 pins.

- Maria Aiono, yet another Blue Hose newbie, is one of three wrestlers for the Scotsmen to already display 20 wins (the others being Giangeruso and junior Paige Wehrmeister).

 
An update on Presby's nationally-ranked troops can be viewed below (listed from lowest to highest weight class):
 
Chloe Dearwester: #10 in Class 110 | 19-0 Record | 10 Falls, 8 Tech's
Alyssa Mahan: #5 in Class 124 | 19-5 Record | 6 Falls, 6 Tech's
Cassia Zammit: #9 in Class 131 | 16-3 Record | 7 Falls, 4 Tech's
Carina Giangeruso: #5 in Class 138 | 20-3 Record | 3 Falls, 11 Tech's
Paige Wehrmeister: #10 in Class 145 | 20-6 Record | 5 Falls, 12 Tech's
May Cuyler: #4 in Class 160 | 19-2 Record | 13 Falls, 5 Tech's
Maddie Kubicki: #6 in Class 160 | 12-2 Record | 9 Falls, 3 Tech's
Ella Beam: #10 in Class 207 | 12-8 Record | 5 Falls, 3 Tech's