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

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 [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

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

References

  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.
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