Centerville, IA – The three-time defending national champion Indian Hills Women's Wrestling team will head into the 2023-24 campaign as the top-ranked team in the nation. The Warriors claimed the No. 1 spot in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Preseason Women's Wrestling poll.

The Warriors, winners of the inaugural NJCAA Women's Wrestling National Invitational last season after back-to-back Junior College National Championships (JCNC), received 139 points in the preseason poll, announced Monday afternoon by the NJCAA Women's Wrestling committee. The Warriors sit ahead of second-place Iowa Central Community College while Umpqua Community College (OR), Snow College (UT), and Carl Albert State College (OK) round out the top-five.

Led by fourth-year head coach Cole Spree, the Warriors will see five top-10 nationally ranked teams in dual action this year, including four at the Multi-Purpose Building in Centerville.

Indian Hills will open the year against No. 5 Carl Albert at home on November 2 before taking on No. 6 Iowa Western Community College at home on November 15. Indian Hills will travel to No. 2 Iowa Central on November 29 before hosting No. 10 Trinidad State College (CO) on December 10. The Warriors will also host No. 8 North Iowa Area Community College on January 24.

Indian Hills is coming off another record-breaking season that saw the program attain four individual national champions, three which return for this upcoming season, along with 17 All-Americans, nine who will take the mat for the Warriors as sophomores in 2023-24.

Along with the top team ranking to start the season, 15 individuals found themselves in the national rankings in their respective weight classes.

READ MORE: 15 INDIVIDUALS RANKED TO OPEN NEW YEAR

Fans can catch all home dual action live on GoHillsTV

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