LOCK HAVEN, Pa. - The Lock Haven women's wrestling team is set to open the 2024-25 season on Sunday, Nov. 3 at the Princeton Open. Action will start at 9 a.m.
 
Lock Haven Princeton Lineup:
103: Summer Batts
117: Taylor Bloom
124: Jayleah Pletz
131: Lucy Maris
131: Isabella DeVito
131: No. 9 Lily Sherer
160: Paige Jackson
160: Avry Ryhal
180: Azariah Moore
180: Lindsay Laws
207: Alyssa Favara
207: Trinity Monaghan
 
Live coverage from Princeton:
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National Rankings:
The Bald Eagles will start the season ranked in the top-25. The National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) released the preseason NCAA women's coaches' rankings on Oct. 25 and Lock Haven was listed at No. 17 in the country.
 
Last year, Lock Haven opened the season ranked No. 8 and jumped as high as No. 7 in the national rankings.
 
Grace Stem and Lily Sherer are ranked individually at the start of the 2024-25 season. Stem is ranked No. 4 at 138, while Sherer is ranked No. 9 at 131.
 
Returning National Qualifiers:
Lock Haven returns four national qualifiers for the 2024-25 season. Along with All-Americans Sherer and Stem, the Bald Eagles return national qualifiers, Azariah Moore and Paige Jackson. Last year at nationals, Moore went 3-2 and Jackson went 1-2.
 
All-Americans:
Stem is one of two returning All-Americans after a fourth-place finish at last year's national championships. Stem was also an All-American in 2022-23. Sherer returns as a 2022-23 All-American where she placed in eighth.
 
Head Coach Matt Lackey:
The 2024-25 season will mark the third for head coach Matt Lackey. The former NCAA Division I men's national champion wrestler and the 2003 Big Ten Male Athlete of the Year returned to The Haven after serving as the men's assistant wrestling coach at Lock Haven from 2009-2011. Following his stint with the Bald Eagles, he moved on to the University of Buffalo, where he served as the head assistant men's wrestling coach.
 
The Road Ahead:
The Haven will open the year with back-to-back tournament appearances with the Princeton Open and the Adrian Open. The Bald Eagles' will then travel to East Stroudsburg on Nov. 23 for the East Stroudsburg Duals.
 
Lock Haven will face some of the top teams in the country. They will face preseason-ranked No. 1 King, No. 2 Iowa, and No. 5 Presbyterian.
 
Lock Haven's first home meet will be on Feb. 2 where it will host Ursinus and Gannon.
 
The Bald Eagles will return to East Stroudsburg on Feb. 22 for the Region I Championships.
 
The 2024-25 National Championships will take place in Coralville, Iowa from March 7-8 at the Xtreme Arena.
 
UP NEXT:
Following action Sunday at the Princeton Open, the Lock Haven women's wrestling team will return to action on Sunday, Nov. 10 at the Adrian Open, hosted by Adrian College.