BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Eleven Titans are slated to make their college debuts as the Illinois Wesleyan University women's wrestling team begins the 2026-27 campaign at the Luther Hill Invitational hosted by Simpson College, Sunday, Nov. 1. Action from Indianola, Iowa, is scheduled for 9 a.m.
After a historic season that included the program's first-ever national qualifier, the Titans return two top-six placements from last season's College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin meet. Sophomore Kennedy Murray (Evanston, Ill.-Evanston) went 24-13 across the 145 and 160 pound weight classes, including top-six finishes at the Pointer Open, Eight Woman Battles, Cliff Keen-Mike Duroe Invitational, and CCIW Championships. Sophomore Jillian Giller (Wilmette, Ill.-New Trier) also returns for IWU after finishing second in her freshman season, splitting time between the 138 and 145-pound weight classes.
IWU is expected to have 13 wrestlers compete. Joining Murray is fellow sophomore Simone Dyer (Chicago, Ill.-Whitney M. Young), who will wrestle at 117 pounds. Sophomore Monica Garcia Franco (Cicero, Ill.-Morton East) makes her debut at 124 pounds after missing the 2025-26 season due to injury. Ten freshmen will suit up, including Quynn Foster (Afton, Iowa.-East Union) at 110 pounds, Jaylen McCammon (Sullivan, Ind.-Sullivan) at 117 pounds, and Isabella Hull (Cape Coral, Fla.-North Fort Myers) at 124 pounds. Freshmen 131-pounders Arynn Garrard (Indianapolis, Ind.-Cathedral) and Catalina Pacheco (Seneca, Ill.-Seneca), 138-pounder Josephine Clarke (Spring, Texas.-Klein Oak), Glorious Fridley (Liberty Center, Iowa.-Southeast Warren Junior-Senior) at 145 pounds, 180-pounder Naima Harvey-Bowen (Columbia, Md.-Atholton), and 207-pounder Abbie Heusing (Carlinville, Ill.-Carlinville) round out the lineup.
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