CHADRON, Neb. – After concluding their home schedule with a matchup against Sioux Falls, Chadron State women's wrestling moves back to RMAC opponents as they trek through Colorado this weekend. 

The Eagles (1-5, 0-3 RMAC) will face Adams State (0-3, 0-3 RMAC) in the final RMAC dual of the season before both teams will join the other three RMAC women's wrestling programs at the second-annual RMAC Women's Wrestling Championships, held all-day Saturday at Colorado College in Colorado Springs. 

The championship event is available on the RMAC Network on a pay-per-view live stream with live results available on Trackwrestling.

Looking Back
Chadron State fell 28-20 in a dual against Sioux Falls last Friday in the Chicoine Center. 

RECAP: Sioux Falls

The Eagles outscored the Cougars 20-18 on the mat but forfeited two weight classes which allowed USF to take the lead. Brianna Vollendroff, Rylee Balcazar, Karstin Hollen and Esther Peters all won their matches, with the latter three earning pins. Hollen's victory came in the senior's final home match.

RMAC Programming Note
All RMAC Championship events, including the women's wrestling championships, will be broadcast pay-per-view on the RMAC Network. 

Fans can purchase a day pass for $9.95 which will allow access to the entire event. The RMAC will have a total of three broadcast feeds over the course of the event, with the day pass providing access to all three. 
 

Session I | 10 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 1
Preliminary Rounds up to Fifth-Place Matches	Watch Live: Mat 1 | Mat 2
Session II | 1 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 1
Third Place Matches	Watch Live
Session III | 2 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 1
Championship Matches	Watch Live

The official 2024-25 RMAC Women's Wrestling Championship tournament central features official entry lists as well as links to purchase tickets and championship merchandise. It can be accessed at this link.

For fans interested in more than just women's wrestling, the RMAC also offers packages with discounted "season pass" prices to either all championships for a particular season (fall, winter, spring) or for the entire year. To purchase those, visit this link or RMACSports.org/buyRMACtv. 

The event was originally scheduled to be held at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, but changes to security clearance protocols at the base forced the event to be moved to the campus of Colorado College, also in Colorado Springs.

Thursday Dual Preview
Prior to the official championships, Chadron State will face off against Adams State in the Eagles' final RMAC dual of the season. 

The Grizzlies are winless in duals this season, with an 0-3 record having fallen to Texas Woman's on criteria 22-22 and losing to RMAC frontrunners Simon Fraser 31-9 and Colorado Mesa 38-8. 

Adams State features two nationally ranked wrestlers according to The Open Mat's rankings. 110-pounder Austria Holland is ranked No. 11 while 138-pounder Corrie Williams is ranked No. 9 in the nation. In the NWCA's Regional Rankings from January 16, Holland is No. 5 and Williams is No. 3 at their respective weights. 

Thursday's dual will also be significant for RMAC placing. The other three teams in the conference have completed their dual schedules, with Simon Fraser at 4-0, Colorado Mesa at 3-1 and Texas Woman's at 2-2. Chadron State and Adams State are both 0-3, meaning the winner of Thursday's dual will finish fourth in the conference and the loser will place fifth. 

Here is the projected lineup for Chadron State for Thursday's dual: 

103 - #20 Mana Chanthasone (So., 10-7)
110 - Rylee Balcazar (Fr., 11-10)
117 - Shania Wear (Jr., 9-11)
124 - Maddox Gehlhausen (R-Fr., 2-16)
131 - Open
138 - Regan Rosseter (Fr., 4-1)
            OR: Hattie Baldwin (So., 0-9)
145 - Karstin Hollen (Sr., 5-15)
160 - Maria Arellano (Jr., 1-4)
180 - Sicily Frates (Fr., 10-12)
            OR: Ella Shevlin (Fr., 13-11)
207 - Esther Peters (Fr., 10-6)
 
Here is how Adams State may line up:
 
103: Katelyn Faczak, (Fr.)
110: #11 Austria Holland, (So.)
117: Rylie McCabe, (So.)
124: Bella Devoto, (Sr.)
131: Brisa Salas, (Jr.)
138: #9 Corrie Williams, (Jr.)
145: Open
160: Abbey Smith, (So.)
180: Abigail Wold, (Fr.)
207: Brook Newton, (Fr.)
 
Championship Seeding
Ahead of Saturday's championship event, the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference has announced the tournament seeding for each weight class. A total of four wrestlers are seeded at each of the 10 weights, with rankings based heavily on head-to-head results and overall records. 

Five of those seeded wrestlers are from Chadron State, including two wrestlers who are the No. 2 overall seed at their weight. 

Mana Chanthasone is seeded No. 2 at 103 pounds. Chanthasone placed second at the RMAC championships last season and recently won the consolation bracket championship at the North Central Open. Ranked at No. 20 nationally by The Open Mat, Chanthasone is currently the only Eagles wrestler with any sort of national ranking.

Shania Wear is seeded No. 4 at 117 pounds. Wear has a 9-11 record this season and placed sixth at 123 pounds during last season's RMAC Championships. Wear also won the first-ever RMAC Women's Wrestling Summit Award last year in 2023-24, given to the student-athlete with the highest GPA competing at each sport's championship site. 

Regan Rosseter is seeded No. 3 at 138 pounds. Rosseter hasn't competed much in her true freshman season but has been impressive when she has, accumulating a 4-1 record. Rosseter earned a pin in an RMAC dual against Colorado Mesa. 

Ella Shevlin is seeded No. 4 at 180 pounds. Shevlin had several big moments in her freshman season, including a run to the championship match in the Chadron State Open back in December. She is one of two CSC regionally ranked wrestlers, coming in at No. 5 in the region at 180 according to the NWCA.

Esther Peters is seeded No. 2 at 207 pounds. Peters has rolled to two tournament titles this year, finishing first at the Chadron State Open and the York Open. She is Chadron State's other regionally ranked wrestler, currently No. 5 in the NWCA rankings at 207, and was named the RMAC Wrestler of the Week on January 21.

RMAC Entry List
The RMAC Championships will feature brackets across 10 available weight classes. Wrestlers will compete for individual RMAC championships while for the first time, a team tournament title will be up for grabs based on the program that earns the most team points. 

Chadron State will have 15 wrestlers enter the RMAC Championship across the 10 available weight classes. Below are the Chadron State wrestlers competing on Saturday: 

103: No. 2 Mana Chanthasone 
103: Brianna Vollendroff
110: Rylee Balcazar
117: No. 4 Shania Wear
124: Trona Bates
124: Maddox Gehlhausen
138: No. 3 Regan Rosseter
138: Hattie Baldwin
145: Karstin Hollen
160: Maria Arellano
160: Alissa Dubois
180: No. 4 Ella Shevlin
180: Sicily Frates
207: No. 2 Esther Peters
207: Estrella Vasquez-Gutierrez

Coach's Corner
Head Coach Taylor Summers will begin his second season at the helm of Chadron State Women's Wrestling program in 2024. 
 
In his first year in charge, Summers had an overall dual record of 8-5 and had four wrestlers qualify for the NCWWC National Championships. Previously, Summers was an assistant men's wrestling coach at RMAC member Western Colorado for five seasons, where he helped coach nine All-Americans. 

A former student-athlete for Chadron State, Summers began his coaching career at CSC as a men's assistant during the 2017-18 season. As a student-athlete, Summers won an RMAC title and qualified for nationals in 2016.

Summers is assisted by Samuel deSeriere and Giovanni Cassioppi, who also are both in their second seasons at Chadron State.