2023 NAIA Women's Wrestling Championship

Brackets And Seeds Released For NAIA Women's Wrestling Championships

Brackets And Seeds Released For NAIA Women's Wrestling Championships

Brackets are here for the 2023 NAIA Women's Wrestling Championships held in Jamestown, North Dakota, on March 10-11.

Mar 4, 2023 by Kyle Klingman
Brackets And Seeds Released For NAIA Women's Wrestling Championships

The historic 2023 National Collegiate Women's Wrestling Championships in Jamestown, North Dakota, is on March 10-11. FloWrestling is streaming the entire tournament, so be sure to tune in live. 

Click here for full 2023 brackets and scroll down for seeds

Past college national championships
2022 NAIA Invitational brackets
2021 NAIA Invitational brackets
2019 NAIA Invitational brackets

Campbellsville, the reigning two-time NAIA Invitational champions, is sending 11 to the tournament. Grand View, Life, Menlo, and Southern Oregon qualified 12 and are the favorites. Menlo and Campbellsville are the only teams to win titles during the three-year run of the NAIA Invitational Championships. 

Each team can qualify up to 12 wrestlers and all 12 can score team points.

Bonus points cannot be scored if two wrestlers from the same team face each other. This prevents a coach from fixing matches to get additional team points. Below is a breakdown of how tournament scoring works.

Reminder: women's college wrestling uses freestyle rules so there are no major decisions.

Championship advancement: 1
Consolation advancement: 0.5
Technical superiority: 1.5
Fall: 2

Placement points
First: 16
Second: 12
Third: 10
Fourth: 9
Fifth: 7
Sixth: 6
Seventh: 4
Eighth: 3

101-Pound Seeds
1    Ira Navarro (Providence)
2    Erin Hikiji (Providence)
3    Esthela Trevino (Southern Oregon)
4    Elizabeth Dosado (Cumberlands)
5    Makayla Young (Indiana Tech)
6    Esther Walker (Midland)
7    Alyssa Quezaire (Missouri Baptist)
8    Jas Alexander (Grand View)
9    Devyn Gomez (Life)
10    Alaina Sunlin (Iowa Wesleyan)
11    Kayla Mckinley-Johnson (Menlo)
12    Tianna Fernandez (Menlo)

109-Pound Seeds
1    Peyton Prussin (Life)
2    Mia Palumbo (Iowa Wesleyan)
3    Natalie Reyna-Rodriguez (Southern Oregon)
4    Stefana Jelacic (Lourdes)
5    Jasmine Sands (Texas Wesleyan)
6    Macie Stewart (Southern Oregon
7    Tehani Soares (Indiana Tech)
8    Faith Cole (Iowa Wesleyan)
9    Kaycie Tanimoto (Texas Wesleyan)
10    Hailey Holland (Missouri Valley)
11    Kory Phillips (Life)
12    Kelsey Bilz (Campbellsville)

116-Pound Seeds
1    Ashley Gooman (Providence)
2    Caitlyn Thorne (Central Methodist)
3    Juliana Diaz (Missouri Baptist)
4    Camille Fournier (Texas Wesleyan)
5    Avery Ashley (Oklahoma City)
6    Cailin Campbell (Grand View)
7    Ajayzee Zaballos (Menlo)
8    Hannah Hall (Central Methodist)
9    Alexis Medina (Cumberlands)
10    Josie Bartishofski (Jamestown)
11    Marissa Ritchie (Vanguard)
12    Glory    Konecny (Southern Oregon)

123-Pound Seeds
1    Carolina Moreno (Southern Oregon)
2    Catharine Campbell (Grand View)
3    Alana Vivas (Menlo)
4    Haley Narahara (Menlo)
5    Karoline Ortiz (Missouri Baptist)
6    Sophie Smith (Oklahoma City)
7    Ashley Whetzal (Missouri Valley)
8    Arianna Maruffo (Jamestown)
9    Larissa Kaz (Hastings)
10    Maya Davis (Grand View)
11    Olivia Mottley (Life)
12    Andrea Hernandez (Indiana Tech)

130-Pound Seeds
1    Lexie Basham (Texas Wesleyan)
2    Sarah Savidge (Life)
3    Skye Realin (Central Methodist)
4    Cristelle Rodriguez (Doane)
5    Andrea Schlabach (Grand View)
6    Waipuilani Estrella-Beauchamp (Providence)
7    Angela Vitiritti (Campbellsville
8    Charmayne Delong (Indiana Tech)
9    Zaynah McBryde (Life)
10    Louisa Schwab (Menlo)
11    Kaylee Moore (Eastern Oregon)
12    Stephanie Chavez (Menlo

136-Pound Seeds
1    Adaugo Nwachukwu (Iowa Wesleyan)
2    Erin Redford (Eastern Oregon)
3    Paige Respicio (Providence)
4    Leidaly Rivera (Brewton Parker)
5    Aliyah Yates (Cumberlands)
6    Bella Amaro (Southern Oregon)
7    Mea Mohler (Texas Wesleyan)
8    Riley Dalrymple (Life)
9    Tabitha Wood (Hastings)
10    Gianna Moreno (Friends)
11    Eunique Davis (Missouri Baptist)
12    Taylor Howell (Campbellsville)

143-Pound Seeds
1    Alexis Gomez (Grand View)
2    Emily Se (Southern Oregon)
3    Emma Walker (Campbellsville)
4    Jamilah McBryde (Life)
5    Josette Partney (Missouri Baptist)
6    Liv Wieber (Eastern Oregon)
7    Kaydince Turner (Hastings)
8    Aevri Ciha (Doane)
9    Morgan Shines (Eastern Oregon)
10    Desiree Jones (Menlo)
11    Isabelle Hawley (Iowa Wesleyan)
12    Lisa Hoeflich (Hastings)

155-Pound Seeds
1    Latifah McBryde (Life)
2    Kaylynn Albrecht (Baker)
3    Caitlyn Davis (Central Methodist)
4    India Page (Brewton Parker)
5    Madison Diaz (Grand View)
6    Sadie Antoque (Providence)
7    Shannon Workinger (Menlo)
8    Gabrielle Holloway (St Andrews)
9    Alexandra Lopez (Menlo)
10    Alexandria Hernandez (Wayland Baptist)
11    Anastasia Hardin (Missouri Baptist)
12    Bailey Dennis (Southern Oregon)

170-Pound Seeds
1    Dymond Guilford (Cumberlands)
2    Joye Levendusky (Southern Oregon)
3    Abby McIntyre (Grand View)
4    Liliana Vergara (Campbellsville)
5    America Lopez (Iowa Wesleyan)
6    Shenita Lawson (Grand View)
7    Katelyn Lewis (Brewton Parker)
8    Jesaphine Lee (Life)
9    Lily El-Masri (Vanguard)
10    Bo Geibe (Siena Heights)
11    Chamira Cooper (Cumberlands)
12    Olivia Robinson (Eastern Oregon University)

191-Pound Seeds
1    Kelani Corbett (Missouri Valley)
2    Jesse Kirby (Cumberlands)
3    Tavia Heidelberg-Tillotson (Menlo)
4    Maquoia Bernabe (Cumberlands)
5    Jaycee Foeller (Central Methodist)
6    Riley Dempewolf (Indiana Tech)
7    Catherine Palmieri (Life)
8    Olivia Brown (Grand View)
9    Madeline Welch (Life)
10    Grace Kristoff (Southern Oregon)
11    Joanna Hendricks (Waldorf)
12    Samyra Thomas (Jarvis Christian)

Qualifiers by schools (head coach)
Avila - 2 (Graham Karwath)
Baker - 5 (Adam Venegas)
Brewton-Parker - 6 (Devane Dodgens)
Campbellsville - 11 (Lee Miracle)
Central Methodist - 9 (Brieana Delgado)
Cumberlands - 9 (Donnie Stephens)
Doane - 4 (Zack Wilcox)
Eastern Oregon - 8 (Mhar Caballa)
Friends - 2 (Aaron Meister)
Grand View - 12 (Angelo Crinzi)
Hastings - 5 (Cara Romeike)
Indiana Tech - 10 (Paul Rademacher)
Iowa Wesleyan - 11 (Jake Kadel)
Jamestown - 4 (Amy Golding)
Jarvis Christian - 2 (Lance Brown)
Life - 12 (Ashley Flavin)
Menlo - 12 (Michael Ayala)
Midland - 5 (Chelsea Dionisio)
Missouri Baptist - 7 (Kirwyn Adderly)
Missouri Valley - 9 (Kevin Corbett)
Montreat - 1 (Jake Britt)
Oklahoma City - 6 (Nicole Tyson)
Ottawa - 3 (Dalton Weidl)
Providence - 9 (Matt Atwood)
Saint Mary - 4 (Chuck Kearney)
Siena Heights - 2 (Mara Eason)
Southern Oregon - 12 (Gabby Weyhrich)
St. Andrews - 1 (Marquise Camp)
Texas Wesleyan - 9 (Jose Lazo)
Vanguard - 4 (Joe Evano)
Waldorf - 3 (Tyreece Gilder)
Wayland Baptist - 5 (Stryder Davis)
William Penn - 4 (Tucker Black)
York - 1 (Duane Bastress)

Teams Represented At Nationals
2019: 20
2021:31
2022: 35
2023: 34

NAIA Invitational Team Champions
2019: Menlo (Joey Bareng)
2021: Campbellsville (Lee Miracle)
2022: Campbellsville (Lee Miracle

Top Five Teams
2019 NAIA
1. Menlo - 230.5
2. Oklahoma City - 154.5
3. Jamestown - 137.5
4. Campbellsville - 126.5
5. Cumberlands - 106.5

2021 NAIA
1. Campbellsville - 185
2. Life - 134.5
3. Wayland Baptist - 100
4. Oklahoma City - 96.5
5. Southern Oregon - 94.5

2022 NAIA
1. Campbellsville - 189
2. Southern Oregon - 158.5
3. Menlo - 157
4. Life - 155.5
5. Texas Wesleyan - 135.5

Individual champions
2019
101: Asia Ray (Wayland Baptist)
109: Alleida Martinez (Menlo)
116: Jathiya Isaac (Wayland Baptist)
123: Tiana Jackson (Menlo)
130: Andribeth Rivera (Campbellsville)
136: Solin Piearcy (Menlo)
143: Marilyn Garcia (Menlo)
155: Iman Kazem (Menlo)
170: Dymond Guilford (Missouri Baptist)
191: Paige Baynes (Wayland Baptist)

2021
101: Nina Pham (Wayland Baptist)
109: McKayla Campbell (Campbellsville)
116: Peyton Prussin (Life)
123: Jasmine Hernandez (Lyon)
130: Bridgette Duty (Cumberlands)
136: Desiree Zavala (Wayland Baptist)
143: Waipuilani Estrella-Beauchamp (Midland)
155: Sienna Ramirez (Southern Oregon)
170: Jordan Nelson (Life)
191: Nkechinyere Nwankwo (Oklahoma City)

2022
101: Nina Pham (Wayland Baptist)
109: Peyton Prussin (Life)
116: Alleida Martinez (Menlo)
123: Caro Moreno (Southern Oregon)
130: Lexie Basham (Texas Wesleyan)
136: Adaugo Nwachukwu (Iowa Wesleyan)
143: Destiny Lyng (Oklahoma City)
155: Kenya Sloan (Campbellsville)
170: Dymond Guilford (Cumberlands)
191: Kelani Corbett (Lyon)

Returning NAIA Invitational champions
Peyton Prussin (Life), 2021, 2022
Lexie Basham (Texas Wesleyan), 2022
Adaugo Nwachukwu (Iowa Wesleyan), 2022
Dymond Guilford (Cumberlands), 2019, 2022
Kelani Corbett (Missouri Valley), 2022