CLINTON, S.C. – The #6 Presbyterian College women's wrestling team is approaching the 2025 regular season finale, looking for one more statement in a winter full of them against Emory & Henry inside Templeton Gymnasium on Saturday.
Displaying a 13-4 dual record and a tournament resume that most coaches would envy, the Blue Hose will go head-to-head with the Wasps at 5:00 PM, streaming live on ESPN+.
Chiara Barbieri,
Ella Beam,
Olivia Waller, and
Samantha Hauff will all be recognized in a pre-match ceremony for Senior Day, four crucial pieces to the rapid development of one of the nation's most elite women's wrestling programs.
A victory over E&H tomorrow evening would denote the 30
th dual win by PC in the last three campaigns, running roughshod over most opponents this year with eyes fixated on a national championship.
Presbyterian has remained inside the NWCA top 15 for the entirety of their seniors' college careers, keeping their foot on the gas pedal with nine wrestlers who have at least 18 victories.
GAMEDAY INFO – SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8
#6 Presbyterian (13-4) vs. Emory & Henry (2-7)
WHERE / WHEN: Templeton Gymnasium | 5:00 PM
WATCH: ESPN+
LIVE RESULTS: Track Wrestling
AIMING FOR THE TRIFECTA
- Tomorrow's clash in Clinton will be the third straight season that PC has gone up against this particular foe from Virginia. The past two have been runaway W's for head coach
Brian Vutianitis, blasting the Wasps 35-5 and more recently 37-10.
- Presby scattered two pins and two technical falls while the Wasps forfeited three matches to them in 2024, building a lead that reached its biggest at 32 points.
- The Scotsmen have outgunned E&H by a combined deficit of 72-15 in their two duals, a positive sign for PC considering they've surpassed the 30-point mark eight times this winter.
SENSATIONAL STATS
- Now a feared program in the Southeast Region with 25 individual championships in tournament play and seven wins over nationally-ranked schools, the Blue Hose have witnessed five of their own reach at least 20 W's.
- Junior
Paige Wehrmeister leads the way in that department with a 26-6 personal record, scoring a team-high 16 technical's and fresh off a 1
st-place finish at the Frostburg Bobcat Open last weekend in Maryland.
- Coach V's gang is formally creating a tradition of phenomenal freshman, with
Chloe Dearwester/
Carina Giangeruso/
May Cuyler rivaling the feats of then-rookies
Maddie Kubicki,
Cassia Zammit, and
Henlee Haynes who were each All-American earners last year.
- Cuyler, Dearwester, and Giangeruso have added up for a record of 62-6 in their debut seasons, not to mention another newbie,
Maria Aiono, who has carved a 21-7 mark for herself.
- Another signifier to Presby's sustained dominance, they have achieved a ludicrous 141 pins since November.
- Beam and Barbieri have combined for 69 victories in their time at PC, winning seven tournament titles between them as they say goodbye to Templeton on Saturday.
RANKINGS UPDATE
- The Southeast Regional bracket looms closer once the E&H dual is complete, as eight Blue Hose grapplers are ranked inside the NWCA top ten for their respective weight class:
