FREMONT, Neb. – Rylee Balcazar went 4-0 to conquer a field of 10 wrestlers and win the 110-pound bracket, headling the performances from a limited number of Chadron State women's wrestlers that made the trip to the Midland Warrior Open at Midland University. 

Overall, three of the eight competing Chadron State wrestlers placed, with Regan Rosseter going 5-2 on the day to finish fourth at 138 pounds and Maria Arellano placing sixth at 160 pounds. 

Also making the trip and competing were Trona Bates (124), Maddox Gehlhausen (124), Hattie Baldwin (138), Alissa DuBois (160) and Estrella Vasquez Gutierrez (207).

Balcazar was dominant in all her matches as she became the second Eagle after Esther Peters to win an open title during the 2024-25 season. It is Balcazar's second top-two finish of the year as she previously finished second in the Bob Smith Open at Fort Hays State on December 1. Balcazar also placed fifth at 110 pounds at last week's RMAC Championships.

On Saturday, the freshman from Fort Lupton, Colorado won by tech fall margins of 10-0 and 12-1 in the first two rounds before earning a pin at 3:58 into her semifinal and running up another 12-1 tech fall in the championship. She defeated wrestlers from Iowa Western CC (twice), Hawkeye CC and Doane. 

Rosseter did well to bounce back from an opening round loss to earn her way into the places with a five-match winning streak through the consolation bracket with three tech falls and two decision victories. 
Arellano advanced to the semifinals by earning 8-6 and 7-3 decision victories before falling in the semi and consolation semi and then forfeiting the fifth/sixth place match. 

Chadron State will have two more duals against nonconference opponents this upcoming Wednesday, as they face Hastings College at 4 p.m. MT and Fort Hays State at 5 p.m. MT on February 12. 

After that, the Eagles will compete at NCWWC Regionals in Denton, Texas on Saturday, February 22 and hope to qualify for nationals, which are on March 7 in Coralville, Iowa.