NAIA women's wrestling championship

Annual college wrestling tournament
NAIA women's wrestling championship
SportCollege wrestling
Founded2021
CountryUnited States
Most recent
champion(s)		Campbellsville (2nd)
Most titlesCampbellsville (2)
Official websiteNAIA.com

The NAIA women's wrestling championship is an annual tournament hosted by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics to determine the national champion of collegiate women's wrestling among its members in the United States.[1]

The tournament consists of both a team national title and individual titles at various weight classes. The NAIA voted to approve women's wrestling as its 28th national championship on April 9, 2022.[2] Prior to this, there had been three NAIA women's wrestling national invitational championships. The winners of the Invitational Championships are still recognized as National Champions.[3]

The 2020 National Invitational was canceled due to COVID-19.[4]

The reigning national champions are Menlo, who won their second title in 2024.

Results

Year Host city Team championship
Winner Points Runner-up Points
2019 Jamestown, North Dakota Menlo 230.5 Oklahoma City 154.5
2021 Campbellsville 185 Life 134.5
2022 Campbellsville (2) 189 Southern Oregon 158.5
2023 Southern Oregon 160 Life 139.5
2024 Menlo (2) 172 Life 138

2023

The 2023 championship took place March 10–11, 2023 at the Harold Newman Arena, on the campus of the University of Jamestown, in Jamestown, North Dakota. It was the first sanctioned collegiate women's wrestling championship.[5] The team championship was won by Southern Oregon University, led by first year head coach, Gabrielle Weyhrich.[6]

Team results

Rank Team Points
1 Southern Oregon 160
2 Life (GA) 139.5
3 Grand View (IA) 123.5
4 Menlo (CA) 123
5 Providence (MT) 102
6 Cumberlands (KY) 98
T7 Central Methodist (MO) 92.5
T7 Iowa Wesleyan 92.5
9 Texas Wesleyan 78.5
10 Campbellsville (KY) 66

Individual results

Weight Champion School Result Runner-up School Ref.
101 Ira Navarro University of Providence 2-1 Erin Hikiji University of Providence [7]
109 Peyton Prussin Life Fall (1:51) Mia Palumbo Iowa Wesleyan
116 Caitlyn Thorne Central Methodist 10-0 (3:40) Camille Fournier Texas Wesleyan
123 Carolina Moreno Southern Oregon 6-2 Alana Viva Menlo College
130 Lexie Basham Texas Wesleyan 6-3 Sarah Savidge Life
136 Adaugo Nwachukwu Iowa Wesleyan 15-2 (4:46) Mea Mohler Texas Wesleyan
143 Emily Se Southern Oregon 3-2 Alexis Gomez Grand View
155 Kaylynn Albrecht Baker 11-8 Latifah McBryde Life
170 Dymond Guilford Cumberlands Fall (3:59) Joye Levendusky Southern Oregon
191 Grace Kristoff Southern Oregon Fall (5:59) Jaycee Foeller Central Methodist

Recognition

  • Coach of the Year – Gabrielle Weyrich (Southern Oregon)[8]
  • Outstanding Wrestler – Adaugo Nwachukwu (Iowa Wesleyan)
  • Team Sportsmanship – Providence

2024

The 2024 NAIA championship took place March 8-9, 2024 at the Harold Newman Arena, on the campus of the University of Jamestown, in Jamestown, North Dakota. It was the second annual competition and Menlo College won the team championship with 172 points.[9]

Team scores

[10]

Rank Team Points
1 Menlo (CA) 172
2 Life (GA) 138
3 Southern Oregon 134
4 William Penn (IA) 111.5
5 Grand View (IA) 106
6 Texas Wesleyan 98.5
7 Providence (MT) 90.5
8 Missouri Baptist 87.5
9 Campbellsville (KY) 54
10 Cumberlands (KY) 53

Individual results

[11]

Weight Champion School Result Runner-up School
101 Stefana Jelacic Lourdes 12-3 Erin Hikiji Providence
109 Mia Palumbo William Penn 3-1 Jasmine Howard Texas Wesleyan
116 Juliana Diaz Missouri Baptist 7-6 Camille Fournier Texas Wesleyan
123 Cristelle Rodriguea Doane 10-0 (1:38) Maya Davis Grand View
130 Carolina Moreno Southern Oregon 11-0 (4:07) Sarah Savidge Life
136 Adaugo Nwachukwu William Penn Fall (2:16) Zaynah McBryde Life
143 Jamilah McBryde Life 10-0 (2:50) Emma Walker Campbellsville
155 Caitlyn Davis Southern Oregon 4-2 Latifah McBryde Life
170 Ashley Lekas William Penn 4-2 Abby McIntyre Grand View
191 Tavia Heidelberg-Tillitson Menlo 4-3 Joanna Hendricks Waldorf

Recognition

Team titles

Team # Winning years
Campbellsville 2 2021A, 2022A
Menlo 2 2019A, 2024
Southern Oregon 1 2023
  • A = Women's wrestling first approved for championship status beginning in 2023.

See also

References

  1. ^ "NAIA Women's Bowling Championship Records" (PDF). NAIA.org. NAIA. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  2. ^ "NAIA Votes to Adopt Women's Wrestling as 28th National Championship Sport". NAIA. 2022-04-09. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
  3. ^ "2nd Annual Women's Wrestling NAIA National Championship Program" (PDF). NAIA. March 8, 2024. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
  4. ^ "NAIA Women's Wrestling Invitational canceled". InterMat. 2020-03-12. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
  5. ^ "Women's Weekly: Chasing College Wrestling History – FloWrestling". www.flowrestling.org. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  6. ^ "Raiders dominate Day 2 to claim NAIA national championship". Southern Oregon University Athletics. 2023-03-17. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  7. ^ "2023 NAIA Women's Freestyle Wrestling Championships Results & Brackets – FloWrestling". www.flowrestling.org. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  8. ^ "Southern Oregon Claims Inaugural NAIA Women's Wrestling National Championship". NAIA. 2023-03-12. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  9. ^ "Menlo (Calif.) Captures 2024 NAIA Women's Wrestling National Championship". 9 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Floarena".
  11. ^ "Floarena".
  12. ^ "Menlo (Calif.) Captures 2024 NAIA Women's Wrestling National Championship". 9 March 2024.
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