MANHEIM, Pa. – A perennial national championship contender, the Presbyterian College women's wrestling team has achieved their highest-ever preseason ranking from the NWCA (announced on Friday afternoon). PC will begin the season slotted number three, boasting eight wrestlers in the individual top-ten for their respective weight class.

The Blue Hose captured the Southeast Region team title last spring for the second season in a row, qualifying one wrestler from all 10 weight classes to the inaugural national championship tournament to be sponsored by the NCAA.

Two-time Region Coach of the Year Brian Vutianitis has built a juggernaut that finished in 5^th place as a team at Nationals last year. Presbyterian claimed six All-Americans for the second consecutive campaign.

Defending national champion McKendree takes the top spot in the NWCA preseason coaches' poll, with runner-up Iowa on their heels. Those two and PC are the only three schools in the country that have eight wrestlers ranked in the preseason individual top-ten.

Chloe Dearwester (110), Jenna Anderson (117), Alyssa Mahan (124), Maddie Kubicki (145), May Cuyler (160), and Maria Aiono (207) all finished in the top eight at Nationals to garner All-American status back in March.

Those six will enter a brand-new season with 335 combined wins, four Region Championships, and 11 separate All-America honors.

PC will rev their engines and start fresh again on November 1, traveling to the northeast for a tournament at Princeton.






 
NWCA Preseason Top 25 Coaches Poll

1. McKendree (98 Points, 8 Wrestlers Ranked)

2. Iowa (89 Points, 8 Wrestlers Ranked)

3. Presbyterian (64 Points, 8 Wrestlers Ranked)

4. North Central (38 Points, 4 Wrestlers Ranked)

T-5. King (36 Points, 6 Wrestlers Ranked)

T-5. Lehigh (36 Points, 4 Wrestlers Ranked)

7. Grand Valley State (35 Points, 4 Wrestlers Ranked)

8. Colorado Mesa (27 Points, 3 Wrestlers Ranked)

9. Quincy (22 Points, 3 Wrestlers Ranked)

10. Emmanuel (19 Points, 3 Wrestlers Ranked)

11. Sacred Heart (17 Points, 3 Wrestlers Ranked)

T-12. Aurora (16 Points, 2 Wrestlers Ranked)

T-12. Eastern (16 Points, 2 Wrestlers Ranked)

T-12. Fort Hays State (16 Points, 2 Wrestlers Ranked)

T-12. Lock Haven (16 Points, 3 Wrestlers Ranked)

T-12. Simpson (16 Points, 2 Wrestlers Ranked)

T-17. Wartburg (14 Points, 2 Wrestlers Ranked)

T-17. West Liberty (14 Points, 3 Wrestlers Ranked)

19. Northern Michigan (13 Points, 3 Wrestlers Ranked)

20. Buffalo State (12 Points, 1 Wrestler Ranked)

T-21. Gannon (9 Points, 1 Wrestler Ranked)

T-21. Lindenwood (9 Points, 1 Wrestler Ranked)

23. East Stroudsburg (8 Points, 2 Wrestlers Ranked)

T-24. Delaware State (7 Points, 2 Wrestlers Ranked)

T-24. Simon Fraser (7 Points, 1 Wrestler Ranked)


 
CHLOE DEARWESTER
Jr. | Cincinnati, Ohio
#3 in Class 110
46-9 Career Record
2026 All-American
2026 Region II Champion





 
- Dearwester kicked off her sophomore season with an excellent 18-1 record and a 12-match winning streak that lasted nearly two entire months.

- She defeated King's Avery Kibelbek in the 110-lb. region title match with a 50-second fall, carrying that momentum to Nationals where she won her first two bouts in the winner's bracket and ultimately placed 6^th.

- Chloe won 16 times via pin last season, more than anyone else on PC's roster. After two full seasons, she has won 84 percent of her matches (the highest mark of the six returning All-Americans).


 
JENNA ANDERSON
So. | Moseley, Virginia
#5 in Class 117
27-10 Career Record
2026 All-American
2026 NCAA Region II Rookie of the Year





 
- Anderson went 13-2 in her final 15 matches before the postseason, overcoming a mid-year injury and defeating three opponents in elimination matches at Nationals.

- Altogether, 23 of her 27 victories came by either pin or technical fall. She finished in 6^th to conclude a phenomenal freshman run, the only first-year player on PC's side to be an All-American in 2026.


 
ALYSSA MAHAN
Sr. | Wilmington, Delaware
#5 in Class 124
83-30 Career Record
Two-Time All-American





 
- Mahan enters her final season of eligibility with the Presbyterian career record for total wins (83), collecting a 25-7 mark as a junior and landing an 8^th-place finish at Nationals.

- She won 18 of her first 19 matches last winter, leading her to three victories at the NWCA National Duals tournament and a silver medal at Regionals.

- Alyssa downed two opponents at Nationals from Tiffin and West Liberty by a combined margin of 21-0, becoming the fourth member of PC's active roster who has more than one All-America accolade.


 
KASSEY DAUGHERTY
Jr. | Newport News, Virginia
#8 in Class 131
52-24 Career Record
2026 National Championship Qualifier





 
- Perhaps no Blue Hose enjoyed a more drastic turnaround from year one to year two than Daugherty, breaking the program record for longest personal winning streak (25 matches) which lasted from December 12 to February 21.

- She won 84 percent of her matches as a sophomore, leading the team in technical falls with a staggering 22.

- Kassey earned a 27-3 regular-season record last year, making it to Nationals for the first time and winning her first match there by 10-0 tech over her opponent from Quincy.


 
CARINA GIANGERUSO
Jr. | Hamilton, New Jersey
#6 in Class 138
50-13 Career Record
2025 All-American
2025 Region II Champion





 
- Giangeruso published a top-five finish at Nationals during her freshman year in 2025, able to return to the postseason again despite battling injuries for the majority of last winter.

- She won her 50^th collegiate match in just two years against her opponent from Western New England with a 13-2 technical fall at the national championship bracket.


 
MADDIE KUBICKI
Sr. | Kansas City, Missouri
#2 in Class 145
78-22 Career Record
Three-Time All-American
2026 Region II Champion





 
- Kubicki made Presbyterian history seven months ago, becoming the first-ever PC wrestler to be named an All-American in three separate seasons. She has the chance to go four-for-four as a senior, winning 78 career matches to rank second only behind Mahan.

- The best individual placer on Presby's behalf at the 2026 Nationals was in fact Kubicki, who came in 4^th in class 145 after steamrolling her way to the Southeast Region crown.

- Maddie won three times on the consolation side of the bracket, cementing her 4^th-place nod with a 62-second fall over Simpson's Annelise Obermark.


 
MAY CUYLER
Jr. | Alexandria, Virginia
#3 in Class 160
49-10 Career Record
Two-Time All-American
2025 Region II Champion




 

- Cuyler's two seasons in the Blue Hose singlet have been nothing short of dominant, winning 83 percent of her matches during that span and grabbing two All-American plaudits.

- An 11-match winning streak set Cuyler up for a 5^th-place finish at Nationals, a one-spot improvement from her freshman year which was sealed with a 4:09 pin against Love Daley of Sacred Heart.

- Over the summer, May qualified for the U20 Pan-American Championships in Brazil and won the silver medal while representing the United States.


 
MARIA AIONO
Jr. | San Jose, California
#4 in Class 207
49-20 Career Record
Two-Time All-American
2026 Region II Champion





 
- The fourth current Presbyterian wrestler with multiple All-American earnings, Aiono won 15 of her final 18 matches to wrap up her second year with a 7^th-place standing at Nationals.

- She was unbothered by any of her three foes at the Regional tournament, beating them all by pin in just two minutes and 26 seconds combined.