Jaycee Foeller loses by 6-0 decision in the 207 final. Iowa wins three individual national championships.
Jaycee Foeller loses by 6-0 decision in the 207 final. Iowa wins three individual national championships.
Kennedy Blades (160) can add "collegiate national champion" to her resume. She wins via 10-0 tech fall against McKendree's Kaylynn Albrecht.
It's official. The Hawkeyes have clinched their second consecutive national title after Macey Kilty defeated Bella Mir via decision: https://www.thegazette.com/hawkeye-wrestling/iowa-womens-wrestling-clinches-second-team-national-championship-in-as-many-years/
Iowa's first finalist is up now. Iowa's Macey Kilty vs. ex-Hawkeye (and current NCC wrestler) Bella Mir.
The Hawkeyes can potentially clinch a national title here.
North Central only has one finalist left (Bella Mir) and still trails Iowa by 5.5 team points. As long as Macey Kilty doesn't lose by fall or tech fall, the Hawkeyes appear to be on their way to their second consecutive national title.
Finals are underway. Starting at 103. Iowa's first finalist is at 145.
Team scores ahead of the finals:
1. Iowa (186.5)
2. North Central (173)
3. McKendree (154.5)
4. Grand Valley State (120)
5. King (92.5)
Alivia White (207) places fourth after losing to Lindenwood's Sara Lake via 9-1 decision. Doesn't impact Iowa's team score.
Naomi Simon (180) wins via 9-0 decision against NCC's Shenita Lawson to place third. Kylie Welker will be Iowa's team scorer at the weight, but good win to keep NCC from cutting into Iowa's lead.
Reese Larramendy, a 2024 national champion, places third this year after winning via 10-3 decision over Elmira's Zoey Lints.
Nanea Estrella (138) wins by 11-0 tech fall and finishes fourth.
Two more placement matches for Iowa ahead of tonight's finals.
Emmily Patneaud (131) loses via 10-0 tech fall and finishes sixth at NCWWC.
Brianna Gonzalez pins Lindenwood's Caitlyn Jackson in 3:44 to place fifth at 117. She was a NCWWC runner-up in 2024.
Emilie Gonzalez won by decision over NJCU's Izabella Frezzo to finish fifth at 110. She was a national champion last year.
Cali Leng (124) wins by tech fall over Presbyterian's Alyssa Mahan to place seventh.
Ava Bayless loses to NCC's Kendra Ryan in the third-place match by 4-2 decision. She'll finish fourth at 110.
Rianne Murphy defeats teammate Sterling Dias via fall in the third-place match. Took almost five minutes.
Murphy, a freshman, will finish third. Dias will finish fourth.
Team scores ahead of placement matches:
1. Iowa (174.5)
2. North Central (163)
3. McKendree (152)
4. Grand Valley State (116)
Naomi Simon (180) wins by 10-0 tech fall against Lock Haven's Azariah Moore in the consolation semifinals.
Alivia White (207) then wins by 11-0 tech fall against Presbyterian's Maria Aiono.
Eleven of Iowa's 15 wrestlers are guaranteed to finish fourth or better. Third, fifth and seventh-place matches still to come this afternoon.
More from consolation semifinals:
Iowa's Nanea Estrella (138) wins by 12-4 decision against North Central's Taylor Graveman. Big win from a team score standpoint.
Emmily Patneaud (131) loses by 10-0 tech fall to McKendree's Viktorya Torres.
Other consolation semifinal results:
Rianne Murphy (103) pins Schreiner's Odelia Lopez in 1:25.
Brianna Gonzalez (117) loses by 6-5 decision to Northern Michigan's Yu Sakamoto.
Reese Larramendy (145) pins Presbyterian's Madeline Kubicki in 1:46.
Ava Bayless defeats teammate Emilie Gonzalez in the consolation semifinals by 2-1 decision and will finish at least fourth.
Sterling Dias (103) pins King's Avery Kibelbek in 40 seconds in the consolation semifinals and will finish at least fourth.
Team scores after the fifth consolation round:
1. Iowa (165.5)
2. North Central (156)
3. McKendree (147)
4. Grand Valley State (116)
Alivia White (207) pins Chadron's Esther Peters in the latest consolation round. Will finish no worse than sixth.
Nanea Estrella (138) wins by 7-4 decision against Augsburg's Nina Makem in the latest consolation round. Estrella will finish at least sixth.
Cali Leng (124) loses via 10-0 tech fall to Colorado Mesa's Lorianna Piestewa in the consolation bracket. She'll be wrestling for seventh later today.
All 15 Iowa wrestlers have clinched All-America status. That's up from 12 All-Americans in the Hawkeyes' inaugural season.
Jaycee Foeller won via 11-0 tech fall against Presbyterian's Maria Aiono in the semifinals. So the Hawkeyes will have four wrestlers in the finals.
Reigning national champion Kylie Welker defeats Iowa teammate Naomi Simon via 10-0 tech fall to advance to the finals.
North Central's Bella Mir defeats her former Iowa teammate Reese Larramendy by 6-3 decision in the semifinals. Kilty will be Iowa's team scorer at 145, so it's not the worst loss. But the Hawkeyes miss out on a chance to limit NCC's scoring at the weight.
Kennedy Blades (160) becomes the second Hawkeye to advance to the finals with a 13-0 tech fall after East Stroudsburg's Tiffani Baublitz.
Close one happening on the other semifinal mat as Iowa's Reese Larramendy (145) wrestles ex-Hawkeye Bella Mir.
Iowa fans have something to cheer about as Alivia White pins Colorado Mesa's Isabeau Shalack in the consolation bracket.
Macey Kilty advances to the finals with a 10-0 tech fall over King's Aine Drury. First Hawkeye to advance to the finals so far.
Consolation bracket update:
Emilie Gonzalez (110) won by 11-0 tech fall against Chadron's Rylee Balcazar.
Cali Leng (124) won by 13-2 tech fall against Gannon's Jayden Bazemore.
Emmily Patneaud (131) won by 7-2 decision against William Jewell's Shelby Kemp.
Nanea Estrella (138) won by 12-0 tech fall against Wartburg's Aniyah Kelly.
The bad news for Iowa: Even if everything else goes its way today, Iowa can only win four individual national titles. (Iowa won six last year.)
The good news: There are still plenty of opportunities for Iowa to pick up points on the consolation side of the bracket.
This is going from bad to worse for the Hawkeyes as Brianna Gonzalez loses in the semifinals by decision to King's Clare Booe.
Iowa is now 0-4 in the semifinals.
Another loss for the Hawkeyes in the semifinals as Ava Bayless (110) gets pinned by King's Samara Chavez. Iowa is 0-for-3 so far in the semis. Not ideal.
Tough start for the Hawkeyes in the semifinals as Sterling Dias and Rianne Murphy both lose by decision.
The Hawkeyes are done for the night. Got semifinals and the rest of the consolation rounds starting at 10 a.m.
Will have some takeaways from the first day online in a little bit.
207:
Jaycee Foeller wins via 3-0 decision against Simon Fraser's Julia Richey to advance to the semifinals.
Alivia White loses via 10-0 tech fall to McKendree's Tristan Kelly and moves to the consolation bracket.
The Hawkeyes will have 10 semifinalists. The other five are in the consolation bracket.
180:
Kylie Welker needed only 69 seconds to win via tech fall over McKendree's Lydia Krauss.
Naomi Simon wins by 9-6 decision over North Central's Brittyn Corbishley in front of animated groups of Iowa and NCC fans.
145:
Macey Kilty wins via 10-0 tech fall against North Central's Sydney Perry to advance to the semifinals. Reese Larramendy wins via 11-0 tech fall against Elmira's Zoey Lints to advance as well.
Meanwhile at 160, Kennedy Blades advances with a 10-0 tech fall over Colorado Mesa's Gretchen Donally.
Nanea Estrella loses to Presbyterian's Paige Wehrmeister, and Iowa now is 4-4 so far in the quarterfinals. Fortunately for the Hawkeyes, we're about to see the strength of their lineup with 145, 160 and 180.
Iowa's Emmily Patneaud loses via 6-0 decision to McKendree's Alexandra Szkotnicki in the quarterfinals.
The Hawkeyes are 4-3 so far in the quarterfinals.
Cali Leng (124) loses via 15-2 tech fall to Grand Valley State's Aspen Blasko in the quarterfinals.
117:
Brianna Gonzalez wins via 10-0 tech fall to advance to the semifinals. Fourth Hawkeye to reach the semifinals so far with another 10 yet to wrestle in this round.
At 110...
Aya Bayless pins Adams State's Austria Holland in 32 seconds to advance to the semifinals.
Emilie Gonzalez is not as fortunate, though, as she loses via 7-5 decision to North Central's Kendra Ryan. First Hawkeye to lose so far today.
Sterling Dias pins Colorado Mesa's Jennesis Martinez to advance to the semifinals. Iowa will have two of the final four wrestlers at 103 pounds.
Iowa's Rianne Murphy (103) wins via 10-0 tech fall against King's Avery Kibelbek to advance to the semifinals.
Alivia White wins via 6-1 decision. That's the last of the Hawkeyes' second round matches. All 15 Hawkeyes have advanced to the quarterfinals after going 30-0 in the first two rounds.
Iowa's Jaycee Foeller only needs 19 seconds to pin Albion's Abbie Miles and advance to the quarterfinals.
Naomi Simon wins via 10-0 tech fall as the Iowa freshman advances to the quarterfinals.
Iowa is a perfect 13-for-13 in the second round with the two 207-pound wrestlers still to go.
Kylie Welker (180) gets a four-point takedown and then tops it off with a pin. The reigning national champion advances to the quarterfinals.
Kennedy Blades takes a little longer than usual (by Kennedy Blades standards), but the Olympic silver medalist gets the 10-0 tech fall in 1:41 to advance to the quarterfinals.
Iowa is 2-for-2 at 145 in the second round.
Macey Kilty advances to the quarterfinals with a 10-0 tech fall over Sacred Heart's Khadijah Sanusi. Reese Larramendy then advances with a 13-2 tech fall.
Emmily Patneaud (131) wins via 8-3 decision to advance to the quarterfinals. Nanea Estrella wins via 11-0 tech fall to also advance.
Eight Hawkeyes have moved on to quarterfinals so far. Another seven to go this round.
Cali Leng (124) is the first Hawkeye to win without a tech fall or fall. She advances to the quarterfinals after winning via 4-2 decision against Schreiner University's Lexy Basurto.
That didn't take long... Ava Bayless wins via 12-0 tech fall in 65 seconds.
All five Hawkeyes who have wrestled so far this round have advanced to the quarterfinals.
Brianna Gonzalez wins via 12-2 tech fall to move onto the quarterfinals. Only the third time that Iowa has given up a match point so far this afternoon.
Emilie Gonzalez wins via 10-0 tech fall to advance to the quarterfinals.
Another Hawkeye at 103, another pin.
Rianne Murphy pins Wartburg's Carissa Hersom in 36 seconds to advance to the quarterfinals.
Sterling Dias (103) pins Lindenwood's Sienna Caruso to advance to the quarterfinals. Second pin of the day for the 2024 runner-up.
Great start for Iowa at 207 pounds.
Alivia White pins Delaware Valley's Sophie Pollack in 33 seconds. Jaycee Foeller then only needed 40 seconds for a 10-0 tech fall.
Every Hawkeye advances to the second round.
Iowa standout freshman Naomi Simon (180) pins Fort Hays State's Isabella Renfro in 2:40.
Reigning national champion Kylie Welker wins via 10-0 tech fall against UW-Stevens Point's Jade Herzer in the first round.
10 tech falls, 2 pins, 3 more to go for Iowa in this round.
Reigning national champion Reese Larramendy starts off strong this year. 10-0 tech fall against Mount Union's Karlie Stith in 55 seconds.
Olympic silver medalist Kennedy Blades only needs 41 seconds to win via 10-0 tech fall against Ursinus' Emma Matera.
Iowa's Macey Kilty (145) wins via 10-0 tech fall against Grand Valley State's Skylar Little Soldier, and the Hawkeyes continue to pick up some early activity points.
Nanea Estrella (138) wins via 10-0 tech fall against Lock Haven's Paige Jackson.
Six tech falls and two pins so far for the Hawkeyes in the first round.
Iowa's Emmily Patneaud (131) wins via 10-0 tech fall against East Stroudsburg's Zoe Gress. Every Iowa wrestler so far has won by pin or tech fall.
Brianna Gonzalez (117), a NCWWC runner-up last year, gets a pin in 1:48 in her first bout on Friday. Cali Leng (124) wins via 10-0 tech fall.
Ava Bayless (110) needs less than a minute to win via 11-0 tech fall against UW-Stevens Point's Alaina Sunlin.
Emilie Gonzalez (110) needs less than a minute to wi nvia 11-0 tech fall in her first bout. Iowa is 3-0 so far in the first round.
Iowa's Rianne Murphy wins her first bout against Chadron's Brianna Vollendroff via 17-6 tech fall. Fellow 103-pound wrestler Sterling Dias, meanwhile, only needs 38 seconds to pin Lock Haven's Summer Batts.
Solid start for the Hawkeyes.
Good morning from Xtream Arena. Iowa is going for back-to-back national championships today and tomorrow. Here's what to know ahead of competition: https://www.thegazette.com/hawkeye-wrestling/what-to-know-as-iowa-womens-wrestling-seeks-back-to-back-national-championships-in-2025/