2023 NAIA women's wrestling championship

The 2023 NAIA women's wrestling 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.[1] The team championship was won by Southern Oregon University, led by first year head coach, Gabrielle Weyhrich.[2]

Team results edit

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 edit

Weight Champion School Result Runner-up School Ref.
101 Ira Navarro University of Providence 2-1 Erin Hikiji University of Providence [3]
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

Recognitions edit

  • Coach of the Year – Gabrielle Weyrich (Southern Oregon)[4]
  • Outstanding Wrestler – Adaugo Nwachukwu (Iowa Wesleyan)
  • Team Sportsmanship – Providence

References edit

  1. ^ "Women's Weekly: Chasing College Wrestling History – FloWrestling". www.flowrestling.org. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  2. ^ "Raiders dominate Day 2 to claim NAIA national championship". Southern Oregon University Athletics. 2023-03-17. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  3. ^ "2023 NAIA Women's Freestyle Wrestling Championships Results & Brackets – FloWrestling". www.flowrestling.org. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  4. ^ "Southern Oregon Claims Inaugural NAIA Women's Wrestling National Championship". NAIA. 2023-03-12. Retrieved 2023-08-01.