CHADRON, Neb. – The Chadron State women's wrestling team has grabbed their passports and left the country, as the Eagles will compete north of the border in Canada for two duals this Saturday. 

The Eagles will face Simon Fraser, who can clinch the RMAC title with a win over the Eagles, on Saturday at 5 p.m. MT (4 p.m. local/PT) before CSC faces California's Menlo College at 6:15 p.m. MT (5:15 p.m. local/PT). Both matches will take place in Simon Fraser's gym in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, just outside Vancouver. 

In addition, a smaller contingent of CSC reserves may compete at the York Open held at York University in Nebraska, also on Saturday.

Both duals will be available to stream on the RMAC Network and are part of any existing RMAC Network subscription. Live results are scheduled to be available on Trackwrestling.

Looking Back
The Eagles had an eventful and successful home weekend on January 9-10, going 3-0 during the home Chadron State Duals and then capturing two bracket championships during the Eagle Women's Open.

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In the duals, CSC earned victories over Adams State (30-16), Hastings College (26-19) and Texas Woman's (26-20). The wins over ASU and TWU gave the Eagles two conference victories and have CSC at 2-0 in the RMAC with two league duals remaining.

In the open, Rylee Balcazar (110 pounds) and Esther Peters (207 pounds) each won their respective weight class brackets, with Balcazar going 4-0 and Peters 3-0. Balcazar impressed by recording pins in all four of her matches in just over four minutes combined, while Peters' victories included wins over the reigning junior college national champion and the No. 9-ranked NCAA heavyweight (twice).

Adrianna Lopez (2^nd, 117), Brianna Vollendroff (3^rd, 103), Piper Cadden (3^rd, 131) and Nevaeh Leonard (3^rd, 138) also finished on the podium for Chadron State. Mana Chanthasone (103) and Eliza Davis (145) were runners-up in their respective weight classes while competing unattached.

RMAC Update
Chadron State controls its own destiny and is still in contention to win the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference regular season title, which is based on conference teams' dual record against one another during the season.

RMAC Results
11/1/25: Colorado Mesa 38, Texas Woman's 6
12/1/25: Simon Fraser 30, Adams State 16
12/2/25: Simon Fraser 25, Texas Woman's 22
12/17/25: Simon Fraser 26, Colorado Mesa 19
1/9/25: Texas Woman's 28, Adams State 20
1/9/25: Chadron State 30, Adams State 16
1/9/25: Chadron State 26, Texas Woman's 20

Simon Fraser (3-0) and Chadron State (2-0) are the final undefeated teams remaining in the conference. Simon Fraser, who went 4-0 in RMAC duals in both 2023-24 and 2024-25, moved into pole position for the title with their win over Colorado Mesa, which took home the RMAC's tournament title for their performance at the RMAC Championships last season.

National Rankings
The NWCA released an updated national rankings list on January 16. Chadron State does not have any nationally ranked wrestlers on the NWCA's list, which ranks the top 10 wrestlers at each weight.

Three CSC wrestlers appear in the NWCA's regional rankings, which rank five wrestlers per weight class in each of the country's six regions – Brianna Vollendroff (No. 4 at 103 pounds), Rylee Balcazar (No. 5 at 110) and Esther Peters (No. 4 at 207).

The Open Mat, which releases top 20 rankings at each weight weekly, has Vollendroff ranked No. 16 in the nation and Balcazar at No. 15. The Open Mat also has Piper Cadden ranked at No. 20 at 131 pounds and Peters at No. 9 nationally.

Probable Lineup
Here is the Eagles' projected starters for both matchups against SFU and Menlo this Saturday:

(rankings are NWCA/The Open Mat)

103: #NR/#16 Brianna Vollendroff (Sr., Oroville, Calif.)
110: #NR/#15 Rylee Balcazar (So., Fort Lupton, Colo.)
117: Adrianna Lopez (R-Fr., Colorado Springs, Colo.) 
124: Ana Rojas-Zamora (R-Jr., Sweeny, Texas)
      OR: Shania Wear (Sr., Gothenburg, Neb.)
131: #NR/#20 Piper Cadden (R-So., Gilbert, Ariz.)
138: Meredith Nash (R-Fr., Reno, Nev.) 
      OR: Nevaeh Leonard (Jr., Yankton, S.D.)
145: Meredith Nash (R-Fr., Reno, Nev.) 
      OR: Nevaeh Leonard (Jr., Yankton, S.D.)
160: Rowyn Wiltgen (Fr., Omaha, Neb.)
180: Sicily Frates (So., Arvada, Colo.)
        OR: Cosette Desrosiers (R-Fr., Nampa, Idaho)
207: #NR/#9 Esther Peters (So., McKinney, Texas)

Coach's Corner
Head coach Sammy de Seriere is in his first season at the helm of the Eagle program after spending two seasons as CSC's lead assistant coach. He is the third-ever women's wrestling coach at Chadron State. 

In his two years on staff at CSC, De Seriere has contributed to the Eagles qualifying eight wrestlers to the NCWWC National Championships across 2024 and 2025. He worked closely with Esther Peters, who became Chadron State's women's wrestling's first-ever All-American last season and, like de Seriere, is a heavyweight. 

De Seriere began his coaching career in 2022-23 as a volunteer assistant for his alma mater, the men's wrestling program at Western Colorado. Overlapping with Summers, then a Mountaineers assistant coach, de Seriere helped Western place fourth nationally at the Division II National Championships during his lone season on staff, the program's first team trophy in 19 years. 

As a student-athlete, de Seriere competed for Western Colorado for five years at heavyweight, once finishing in sixth place in Super Region VI. A strong student, de Seriere was a three-time Dean's List selection and earned Honorable Mention All-RMAC, RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll and NCAA Division II Scholar All-America honors as a senior.