ALFRED, New York – February 7, 2026 – Hiram women's wrestling placed second at the AMCC Championships, trailing only Elmira and featuring four all-conference winners in Allydia Byard (160 lbs), Cicely Cullins (160 lbs), Alazhandra Williams (180 lbs) and Emily Lorenzon (207 lbs).

One year after the Terriers placed first at the AMCC Invitational, the team nearly replicated its success behind the efforts of six different student-athletes: Kretina Rai (124 lbs), DeJonae Rivers (131 lbs), Byard, Cullins, Williams and Lorenzon. Among that group were four first-years, one sophomore and Byard as the team's accomplished senior.

Hiram's four all-conference selections join the six All-AMCC honorees from 2025; Byard becomes the first student-athlete in program history to earn multiple all-conference awards.

It marks a strong start to the postseason for Hiram, who will now take the next two weeks to prepare for regionals and make another run at having multiple student-athletes compete at the NCAA National Championships in March.

Both Williams and Lorenzon won each of their two bouts, with Williams taking care of two wrestlers from Elmira: Angelina Caban (technical fall, 10-0) and Nyla Capen (fall, 1:00). Lorenzon also beat a pair of student-athletes from the eventual champions of the event: Alexis Bilka-Durdon (decision, 3-2) and Marissa Crofoot (decision, 10-9).

It continues a standout season for the pair of first-years, who collectively lead the team in wins and win percentage over the course of the winter campaign.

Byard nearly found her way to the top of the leaderboard in the 160-lb bracket, beating Alfred State's Allison Strausbaugh by fall (1:49) and her teammate, Cullins, by fall (0:56). A loss to Elmira's Talia Robles (fall, 2:45) proved to be the final result, but still gave Byard a second-place finish in one of the larger brackets of the event. Cullins, who placed third in the same bracket, finished with a 3-1 record for the day, with that one loss being the bout against Byard.

Rivers and Rai each picked up a win to round out the results; Rivers beat John Carroll's Kaiden Boshers by fall (1:22) and Rai beat Alfred State's Nathalia Santana Hidalgo by fall (4:28). Every Hiram wrestler earned a win in what represented the biggest event of the season up to this point.

The Terriers will now focus on the NCAA Northeast Region on Friday, Feb. 20 and Saturday, Feb. 21 in Tiffin, OH.