NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - The Bethany College women's wrestling team has been picked to finish first in the 2026-27 Presidents' Athletic Conference Preseason Coaches Poll.
The Bison enter as the favorites in the PAC's first year sponsoring women's wrestling after receiving three first-place votes and 18 points. Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) College was predicted to finish second in their first year as a program with 16 points and two first-place votes. Hiram (Ohio) College was selected third with 15 points and Waynesburg (Pa.) University was picked fourth with 12 points while Chatham (Pa.) University also enters their first season and rounds out the poll with nine points.
Being named to the PAC Wrestlers to Watch list were freshman 103-pounder
Emma Acampora (Bordentown, N.J.), sophomore 207-pounder
MyJanniea Baptist (Los Angeles, Calif./Lawndale), sophomore 117-pounder
Taelor Rae Busch (Omaha, Neb./Mercy), sophomore 131-pounder
Rose Mary Dodd (Lake Elsinore, Calif./Temescal Canyon), and freshman 131-pounder
Reagan Roxas (Swedesboro, N.J./Kingsway).
Pete Di Pol enters his third season as head coach of the Bethany women's wrestling program and returns 10 wrestlers from last year's squad that finished with a 16-5 record and placed 13th at the 2026 National Wrestling Coaches Association National Dual Meet Championships.
2026-27 PAC Women's Wrestling Preseason Poll
School - Points (First Place Votes)
1. Bethany - 18 (3)
2. Washington & Jefferson - 16 (2)
3. Hiram - 15
4. Waynesburg - 12
5. Chatham - 9
The Bison opened the 2026-27 at the JCU Round Robin last weekend and is back in action on Sunday, November 8 as they travel to Westminster, Maryland to compete at the Green Terror Quad hosted by McDaniel (Md.) College at 1 p.m. in the Gill Center.
