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NCAA Women's Wrestling Championships Results

CORALVILLE, Iowa -- The semifinals are set at the 2026 NCAA Women's Wrestling Championships. Iowa's Nyla Valencia defeated Gabrielle Tedesco of McKendree in the quarterfinals at 110 pounds, avenging a loss from the Missouri Valley Open. Top-ranked McKendree leads the team race by 2.5 points over No. 3 Iowa after the opening day.

Brackets & Team Standings | Schedule

Team Standings (Top 10)

1. McKendree 94
2. Iowa 91.5
3. North Central 73
4. Grand Valley State 67.5
5. Presbyterian 58
6. King 33.5
7. Lehigh 31
8. Wartburg 30.5
9. Colorado Mesa 29.5
10. East Stroudsburg 26.5

Note: The Open Mat rankings are referenced, not championship seeds.

Quarterfinal Results

103:
No. 1 Heather Crull (McKendree) tech. fall No. 8 Alexis Winecke (UW-Stevens Point), 15-5
No. 4 Rayana Sahagun (Grand Valley State) pinned No. 5 Maddie Avila (North Central), 5:11
No. 6 Trinity Pendergrass (Quincy) dec. No. 3 Mia Zuniga (Colorado Mesa), 12-4
No. 2 Val Solorio (Iowa) dec. No. 7 Genesis Ramirez (Aurora), 7-1

110:
No. 1 Audrey Jimenez (Lehigh) tech. fall No. 9 Adriana Gomez (Colorado Mesa), 10-0
No. 5 Nyla Valencia (Iowa) dec. No. 3 Gabriele Tedesco (McKendree), 4-4
No. 6 Chloe Dearwester (Presbyterian) by disqualification over No. 4 Kaelani Shufeldt (North Central)
No. 2 Sage Mortimer (Grand Valley State) tech. fall No. 7 Teegan Sibble (East Stroudsburg), 20-8

117:
No. 1 Yu Sakamoto (McKendree) dec. No. 11 Maddie Ripley (Western New England), 11-7
No. 5 Brianna Gonzalez (Iowa) pinned No. 14 Icart Galumette (Delaware State), 5:03
No. 3 Riley Rayome (North Central) dec. No. 6 Abbi Cooper (Lehigh), 9-4
No. 2 Karissa Turnwall (Emmanuel) tech. fall No. 8 Shea Reisel (Dubuque), 11-1

124:
No. 1 Sara Sterner (North Central) tech. fall No. 7 Alyssa Mahan (Presbyterian), 11-1
No. 3 Shelby Moore (McKendree) dec. No. 5 Aspen Blasko (Grand Valley State), 9-0
No. 2 Xochitl Mota-Pettis (Quincy) pinned No. 9 Savannah Witt (Eastern), 4:33
No. 6 Lorianna Piestewa (Colorado Mesa) dec. No. 4 Virginia Foard (King), 8-5

131:
No. 1 Cameron Guerin (McKendree) dec. No. 9 Kassey Daugherty (Presbyterian), 5-1
No. 5 Abigail Mozden (Mount Union) pinned No. 4 Karlee Brooks (Iowa), 1:48
No. 3 Lexi Janiak (Aurora) tech. fall No. 17 Lindsey Rywolt (Bridgeport), 10-0
No. 2 Aubre Krazer (Lehigh) dec. No. 10 Cassia Zammit (West Liberty), 3-2

138:
No. 1 Katie Lange (Grand Valley State) dec. No. 9 Aine Moffit (Augustana), 7-2
No. 4 Lilly Luft (Iowa) dec. No. 5 Jacinda Espinosa (Lindenwood), 4-1
No. 3 Haylie Jaffe (McKendree) dec. No. 10 Sophia Ball (Aurora), 10-2
No. 2 Claire DiCugno (North Central) tech. fall No. 8 Kylie Rule (Wartburg), 11-1

145:
No. 1 Reese Larramendy (Iowa) tech. fall No. 8 Maddie Kubicki (Presbyterian), 12-2
No. 6 Alex Szkotnicki (McKendree) tech. fall No. 4 Alissa Caltagirone (Northern Michigan), 10-0
No. 5 Annelise Obermark (Simpson) tech. fall No. 14 Alexandra Ford (Emmanuel), 12-1
No. 2 Bella Mir (North Central) tech. fall No. 7 Liv Wieber (Simon Fraser), 10-0

160:
No. 1 Kennedy Blades (Iowa) tech. fall No. 8 Keeley Kehrli (Simpson), 10-0
No. 3 Stella Steigler (King) tech. fall No. 4 May Cuyler (Presbyterian), 10-0
No. 5 Tiffani Baublitz (East Stroudsburg) tech. fall No. 6 Taylor Graveman (North Central), 12-2
No. 2 Savannah Gomez (McKendree) dec. No. 9 Noelle Gaffney (Grand Valley State), 8-3

180:
No. 1 Kylie Welker (Iowa) tech. fall No. 8 Azariah Moore (Lock Haven), 11-0
No. 4 Shenita Lawson (North Central) dec. No. 6 Paige Maher (Simon Fraser), 4-2
No. 3 Isabella Renfro (Fort Hays State) pinned No. 12 Mia Gaetjens (Adrian), 0:58
No. 2 Destiny Rodriguez (McKendree) dec. No. 5 Bella Phillips (Gannon), 5-4

207:
No. 1 Tristan Kelly (McKendree) tech. fall No. 7 Maria Aiono (Presbyterian), 10-0
No. 4 Rewa Chababo (Wartburg) dec. No. 5 Katja Osteen (Iowa), 2-1
No. 3 Caroline Ward (North Central) dec. No. 6 Jayleen Sekona (Colorado Mesa), 6-2
No. 2 Sabrina Nauss (Grand Valley State) pinned No. 9 Josephine Larson (Sacred Heart), 1:35

Round 1 Results

103:
No. 1 Heather Crull (McKendree) tech. fall No. 17 Alyssa Sedillo (D'Youville), 10-0
No. 8 Alexis Winecke (UW-Stevens Point) dec. No. 12 Sloane Kruger (Presbyterian), 8-3
No. 5 Maddie Avila (North Central) pinned No. 13 Olivia Klein (East Stroudsburg), 1:38
No. 4 Rayana Sahagun (Grand Valley State) pinned No. 18 Emily Doolittle (Felician), 3:38
No. 3 Mia Zuniga (Colorado Mesa) pinned No. 15 Aaliyah Payne-Parris (Sacred Heart), 2:30
No. 6 Trinity Pendergrass (Quincy) dec. No. 9 Brianna Vollendroff (Chadron State), 8-7
No. 7 Genesis Ramirez (Aurora) dec. No. 11 Lillian Prendergast (Mount Olive), 4-0
No. 2 Val Solorio (Iowa) tech. fall No. 10 Rebekah Jean-Baptiste (Emmanuel), 11-0

110:
No. 1 Audrey Jimenez (Lehigh) tech. fall Abby Duke (Elmira), 10-0
No. 9 Adriana Gomez (Colorado Mesa) dec. No. 8 Afftynn Stusse (Wartburg), 3-2
No. 5 Nyla Valencia (Iowa) tech. fall No. 18 Kellie Kennedy (Otterbein), 10-0
No. 3 Gabriele Tedesco (McKendree) tech. fall No. 17 Victoria Orender (Western New England), 16-5
No. 4 Kaelani Shufeldt (North Central) tech. fall No. 10 Emily Mendez (William Jewell), 13-2
No. 6 Chloe Dearwester (Presbyterian) pinned No. 12 Theresa Zeppetelli (Felician), 0:50
No. 7 Teegan Sibble (East Stroudsburg) pinned No. 15 Alexandra Tchekounova (Quincy), 0:20
No. 2 Sage Mortimer (Grand Valley State) tech. fall No. 14 Sylvyn Parham (Muhlenberg), 10-0

117:
No. 1 Yu Sakamoto (McKendree) tech. fall No. 10 Jenna Anderson (Presbyterian), 13-2
No. 11 Maddie Ripley (Western New England) pinned No. 9 Leiannah Landreth (Fort Hays State), 3:47
No. 5 Brianna Gonzalez (Iowa) tech. fall No. 15 Josey Wehr (Eastern), 12-0
No. 14 Icart Galumette (Delaware State) pinned No. 4 Alex Waitsman (William Jewell), 2:40
No. 3 Riley Rayome (North Central) pinned No. 13 Nohea Moniz (Sacred Heart), 0:49
No. 6 Abbi Cooper (Lehigh) tech. fall No. 17 Kiely Tabaldo (Grand Valley State), 11-1
No. 8 Shea Reisel (Dubuque) dec. No. 7 Carleigh Czerneski (Adrian), 8-4
No. 2 Karissa Turnwall (Emmanuel) tech. fall No. 16 Trinity Howard (West Liberty), 10-0

124:
No. 1 Sara Sterner (North Central) tech. fall No. 11 Megan Edwards (Elmira), 11-0
No. 7 Alyssa Mahan (Presbyterian) tech. fall No. 10 Annesley Day (Tiffin), 11-0
No. 5 Aspen Blasko (Grand Valley State) tech. fall No. 12 Linda Holeman (Western New England), 11-0
No. 3 Shelby Moore (McKendree) dec. No. 8 Cali Leng (Iowa), 1-1
No. 2 Xochitl Mota-Pettis (Quincy) tech. fall No. 14 Laura Alcantar Soto (Simon Fraser), 12-1
No. 9 Savannah Witt (Eastern) pinned No. 16 Brianna Holcomb (Frostburg State), 0:34
No. 6 Lorianna Piestewa (Colorado Mesa) tech. fall No. 17 Mariah Mills (West Liberty), 11-0
No. 4 Virginia Foard (King) pinned No. 18 Lauren Nguyen (Sacred Heart), 0:40

131:
No. 1 Cameron Guerin (McKendree) pinned No. 8 Christina Borgmann (Felician), 1:01
No. 9 Kassey Daugherty (Presbyterian) tech. fall No. 13 Maddy Barton (Quincy), 10-0
No. 5 Abigail Mozden (Mount Union) pinned No. 15 Piper Cadden (Chadron State), 2:32
No. 4 Karlee Brooks (Iowa) tech. fall No. 16 Makayla Paclib (Pitt-Johnstown), 12-2
No. 3 Lexi Janiak (Aurora) tech. fall No. 11 Jazmene Molina (Western New England), 10-0
No. 17 Lindsey Rywolt (Bridgeport) pinned No. 6 Yele Aycock (North Central), 0:49
No. 10 Cassia Zammit (West Liberty) dec. No. 7 Janida Garcia (Emmanuel), 3-0
No. 2 Aubre Krazer (Lehigh) tech. fall No. 18 Isis Severe (Allen), 10-0

138:
No. 1 Katie Lange (Grand Valley State) tech. fall No. 15 Tanya Teneva (Western New England), 10-0
No. 9 Aine Moffit (Augustana) pinned No. 7 Carina Giangeruso (Presbyterian), 3:33
No. 5 Jacinda Espinosa (Lindenwood) dec. No. 14 Maura White (York), 15-8
No. 4 Lilly Luft (Iowa) pinned No. 18 Kalyse Hill (Mount Olive), 2:45
No. 3 Haylie Jaffe (McKendree) dec. No. 12 Cece Ravenelle (Lehigh), 5-0
No. 10 Sophia Ball (Aurora) pinned No. 6 Jaclyn Dehney (New England), 4:05
No. 8 Kylie Rule (Wartburg) pinned No. 13 Ragan Retell (East Stroudsburg), 1:55
No. 2 Claire DiCugno (North Central) tech. fall No. 16 Ella Finding (Simon Fraser), 10-0

145:
No. 1 Reese Larramendy (Iowa) tech. fall No. 10 Nikki Moore (Fort Hays State), 11-1
No. 8 Maddie Kubicki (Presbyterian) pinned No. 15 Cloe Charlesworth (Ursinus), 2:00
No. 6 Alex Szkotnicki (McKendree) pinned No. 11 Aniyah Kelly (Wartburg), 3:37
No. 4 Alissa Caltagirone (Northern Michigan) tech. fall No. 18 Selina Moore (East Stroudsburg), 12-0
No. 14 Alexandra Ford (Emmanuel) dec. No. 3 Zoey Lints (Elmira), 5-3
No. 5 Annelise Obermark (Simpson) tech. fall No. 9 Margaret Buurma (Grand Valley State), 13-2
No. 7 Liv Wieber (Simon Fraser) pinned No. 13 Louise Juitt (Delaware State), 1:47
No. 2 Bella Mir (North Central) tech. fall No. 17 Sanyah Queen (Western New England), 11-0

160:
No. 1 Kennedy Blades (Iowa) pinned No. 15 Vida Beckel (Emmanuel), 2:03
No. 8 Keeley Kehrli (Simpson) pinned No. 11 Lene-Marie McCrackin (Simon Fraser), 0:28
No. 4 May Cuyler (Presbyterian) pinned No. 14 Sky De Leon (Western New England), 2:53
No. 3 Stella Steigler (King) dec. No. 13 Love Daley (Sacred Heart), 11-4
No. 5 Tiffani Baublitz (East Stroudsburg) dec. No. 18 Alexis Burton (Fort Hays State), 12-3
No. 6 Taylor Graveman (North Central) tech. fall No. 12 Presley McCandlish (Lock Haven), 10-0
No. 9 Noelle Gaffney (Grand Valley State) dec. No. 7 Alex Hofrichter (Dubuque), 5-2
No. 2 Savannah Gomez (McKendree) tech. fall No. 10 Sophia Bassino (Northern Michigan), 12-0

180:
No. 1 Kylie Welker (Iowa) pinned No. 9 Genevieve An (Lehigh), 0:35
No. 8 Azariah Moore (Lock Haven) tech. fall No. 10 Kara Kuge (UW-Stevens Point), 10-0
No. 6 Paige Maher (Simon Fraser) tech. fall No. 7 Abbie Miles (Northern Michigan), 10-0
No. 4 Shenita Lawson (North Central) tech. fall No. 14 Madeline Hodges (Sacred Heart), 10-0
No. 3 Isabella Renfro (Fort Hays State) tech. fall No. 15 Isabella Gretzinger (Presbyterian), 11-0
No. 12 Mia Gaetjens (Adrian) pinned No. 11 Maryam Ndiaye (Augustana), 5:37
No. 5 Bella Phillips (Gannon) tech. fall No. 18 Ay'Seante Ross (Norwich), 11-0
No. 2 Destiny Rodriguez (McKendree) vs. No. 13 Atiyana Williams (Western New England)

207:
No. 1 Tristan Kelly (McKendree) tech. fall No. 12 Lindsay Laws (Lock Haven), 10-0
No. 7 Maria Aiono (Presbyterian) dec. No. 15 Alivia Davey (Illinois Wesleyan), 9-0
No. 5 Katja Osteen (Iowa) pinned No. 10 Talisha Lewis (Felician), 1:13
No. 4 Rewa Chababo (Wartburg) dec. No. 11 Esther Peters (Chadron State), 2-1
No. 3 Caroline Ward (North Central) pinned No. 14 Eliza Stricklin (D'Youville), 1:21
No. 6 Jayleen Sekona (Colorado Mesa) by medical forfeit over No. 8 Katianna Martinez (Marymount)
No. 9 Josephine Larson (Sacred Heart) pinned No. 13 Peyton Fries (York), 1:08
No. 2 Sabrina Nauss (Grand Valley State) pinned No. 18 Zaria Robinson (Mount Olive), 1:28



Preliminary Results

103:
No. 12 Sloane Kruger (Presbyterian) pinned No. 14 Mandy Gavares (Ursinus), 1:03
No. 11 Lillian Prendergast (Mount Olive) tech. fall No. 16 Jesenia Camargo (Eastern), 12-2

110:
No. 9 Adriana Gomez (Colorado Mesa) tech. fall No. 16 Katie Simmons (Mount Olive), 11-0
No. 15 Alexandra Tchekounova (Quincy) dec. No. 11 Avery Kibelbek (King), 5-3

117:
No. 11 Maddie Ripley (Western New England) pinned No. 12 Gable Hemann (Wartburg), 1:08
No. 7 Carleigh Czerneski (Adrian) tech. fall No. 18 Dianna Pineda (Alfred State), 10-0

124:
No. 10 Annesley Day (Tiffin) pinned No. 15 Jayleah Pletz (Lock Haven), 4:38
No. 17 Mariah Mills (West Liberty) dec. No. 13 Sophie Bowers (Wartburg), 6-2

131:
No. 13 Maddy Barton (Quincy) dec. No. 12 Agnia Krakovska (Simon Fraser), 11-4
No. 10 Cassia Zammit (West Liberty) dec. No. 14 Kenzie Childers (Wartburg), 11-4

138:
No. 9 Aine Moffit (Augustana) pinned No. 17 Lina Rodriguez (Felician), 2:27
No. 13 Ragan Retell (East Stroudsburg) pinned No. 11 Ruby Julien-Newsom (King), 0:24

145:
No. 15 Cloe Charlesworth (Ursinus) tech. fall No. 16 Selena Sifuentes Shaffer (Sacred Heart), 10-0
No. 13 Louise Juitt (Delaware State) pinned No. 12 Zoey Haines (Eastern), 1:16

160:
No. 11 Lene-Marie McCrackin (Simon Fraser) tech. fall No. 17 Tehana Savory (New Jersey City), 13-2
No. 9 Noelle Gaffney (Grand Valley State) tech. fall No. 16 Olivia Kinder (Eastern), 10-0

180:
No. 8 Azariah Moore (Lock Haven) tech. fall No. 17 Gemma Templeman (Emmanuel), 10-0
No. 18 Ay'Seante Ross (Norwich) pinned No. 16 Journey Land (Mount Olive), 4:12

207:
No. 15 Alivia Davey (Illinois Wesleyan) dec. No. 16 Jamie Shapton (West Liberty), 6-0
No. 13 Peyton Fries (York) pinned No. 17 Jazz Ocampo (Carthage), 1:32