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Back-to-Back; Presbyterian Wins Second Consecutive Region Championship

FRANKLIN SPRINGS, Ga. – History repeated itself for the fifth-ranked Presbyterian College women’s wrestling team on Saturday afternoon, winning the Southeast Region Championship for the second straight time and qualifying all 10 athletes to Nationals next month.
Chloe Dearwester, Maddie Kubicki, Isabella Gretzinger, and Maria Aiono each won their first Region titles at the tourney (which was held at Emmanuel). A PC wrestler competed in nine of the ten Championship matches.
Just like last season, head coach Brian Vutianitis was voted as the Southeast Region Coach of the Year. He’ll lead a Blue Hose lineup to Nationals in Iowa on March 6, aiming for a fourth straight top-ten finish.
In a Region tournament that also featured #5 King and #10 Emmanuel, the Scotsmen emerged as the champs by landing nine wrestlers at either Gold or Silver.
NOTABLES
– Dearwester (who holds PC’s best win percentage with a 21-2 personal record) defeated King’s Avery Kibelbek in the 110-lb. Finals with a 2:53 pin.
– Ranked fifth in the nation for her weight class, Dearwester avenged her 2^nd-place finish at Regionals last year and will be a favorite for the National Championship in two weeks.
– Two-time All-American Kubicki knocked off Delaware State’s Louise Juitt for the 145-lb. crown, collecting a 2:20 fall which is her 74^th career victory.
– Gretzinger grabbed two standard decisions to win Gold in class 180, shutting out Journey Land (Mount Olive) by a 5-0 count to win her first postseason title as a sophomore.
– One of Presby’s six All-Americans last spring, Aiono improved on her 3^rd-place standing at Regionals in 2025 with a ridiculous 20-second fall that won the 207-lb. championship. … more at … https://gobluehose.com/news/2026/2/21/womens-wrestling-back-to-back-presbyterian-wins-second-consecutive-region-championship.aspx

February 23, 2026 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized