CHADRON, Neb. – Chadron State women's wrestling will play host this weekend, as the Chicoine Center welcomes five other teams for the Chadron State Duals this Friday and four additional teams to the Chadron State Women's Open this Saturday. 

Duals will take place on two mats simultaneously across four time slots on Friday (1 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4 p.m.), with Chadron State competing in the last three time slots. A live stream of each mat will be available on the RMAC Network as part of the league's pay-per-view subscription service.

Three mats will be in play during Saturday's all-day open, which is set to start at 9 a.m. One live stream will cover all three mats during Saturday's action.

Live results and tournament brackets will be available all weekend long on Trackwrestling.

Weekend Overview
Chadron State will face three opponents as part of the Chadron State duals taking place on Friday. The Eagles will contest their first two RMAC duals of the season when they battle Adams State at 2 p.m. and Texas Woman's at 4 p.m. In between, the Eagles will take on Hastings College at 3 p.m.

Alongside the Eagles and their three opponents, Minot State and Trinidad State CC (Colo.) will also take part in Friday's duals. Below is the full dual schedule on Friday:
 

	Mat 1	Mat 2
1:00 PM	Texas Woman's vs. Adams State		Hastings vs. Minot State
2:00 PM	Texas Woman's vs. Minot State		Chadron State vs. Adams State
3:00 PM	Trinidad State vs. Minot State		Chadron State vs. Hastings
4:00 PM	Trinidad State vs. Hastings		Chadron State vs. Texas Woman's

 
LIVESTREAM LINKS: Mat 1 (Fri.) | Mat 2 (Fri.) | Open (Sat.)

All six schools competing at Friday's duals plus wrestlers from Bismarck State, Colorado Mesa ("B" team), Southeast CC (Neb.) and Jamestown are scheduled to compete in Saturday's open. Brackets will be contested at each of women's wrestling's 10 weight classes (103, 110, 117, 124, 131, 138, 145, 160, 180 and 207) with matches starting at 9 a.m. and continuing until winners have been crowned.

Looking Back
The Eagles last competed in the North Central Open on December 14, one of the largest tournaments in women's wrestling.

RECAP: North Central

The Eagles failed to place any of their competitors in the "A" bracket competitions, although Brianna Vollendroff (2-2 at 103 pounds) and Piper Cadden (2-2 at 131 pounds) each won multiple matches. 

In the "B" bracket, the Eagles received a second-place finish at 138 pounds from junior Nevaeh Leonard, who went 3-1 with 10-0, 10-9 and 7-0 wins before a loss in the final.
Chadron State scored 10.5 team points and were 25^th of 35 competing programs in the team standings.

National Rankings
The NWCA released an updated national rankings list on December 19. 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. 5 at 103 pounds), Rylee Balcazar (No. 5 at 110) and Esther Peters (No. 3 at 207).

The Open Mat, which releases top 20 rankings at each weight weekly, has Vollendroff ranked No. 12 in the nation and Balcazar at No. 16. The Open Mat also has Piper Cadden ranked at No. 17 at 131 pounds and Peters at No. 8 nationally. 

Probable Lineup
Below is the probable starting dual lineup for Chadron State on Friday. With RMAC duals in CSC's first and third competitions of the day, the Eagles may rotate their lineup during the second dual against Hastings College.

(rankings are NWCA/The Open Mat)

103: #NR/#12 Brianna Vollendroff (Sr., Oroville, Calif.)
110: #NR/#16 Rylee Balcazar (So., Fort Lupton, Colo.)
117: Adrianna Lopez (R-Fr., Colorado Springs, Colo.) 
OR: Shania Wear (Sr., Gothenburg, Neb.)
124: Ana Rojas-Zamora (R-Jr, Sweeny, Texas); Angelina Cassioppi (Fr., Roscoe, Ill.)
131: #NR/#10 Piper Cadden (R-So., Gilbert, Ariz.)
138: Meredith Nash (R-Fr., Reno, Nev.) 
OR: Nevaeh Leonard (Jr., Yankton, S.D.)
145: Desza Munson (R-Fr., Commerce City, Colo.)
160: Maria Arellano (R-Jr., Fresno, Calif.)
180: Sicily Frates (So., Arvada, Colo.)
OR: Cosette Desrosiers (R-Fr., Nampa, Idaho)
207: #NR/#8 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.