The 2025 National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Championships are March 7-8 at the Xtream in Coralville, Iowa. The NCWWC includes NCAA Divisions I, II, and III. Athletes qualified for the 2025 NCWWC through eight Regional Qualifiers.

Top-seeded wrestlers are Rianne Murphy of Iowa (103), Sage Mortimer of Grand Valley State (110), Brianna Gonzalez (117), Amani Jones (124), Alexis Janiak (131), Katie Lange of Grand Valley State (138), Macey Kilty of Iowa (145), Kennedy Blades of Iowa (160), Kylie Welker of Iowa (180) and Jaycee Foeller of Iowa (207).

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Read below for instant reactions to the brackets and the draws. Returning champion Iowa (D1) is the favorite, with North Central (D3), McKendree (D2), and Grand Valley State (D2) giving chase. 

Tournament Format

The National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Championships has 32 wrestlers per bracket compared to 24 last year. 

Each team can qualify up to 15 wrestlers, but only one at each weight can score. If a team has two wrestlers in the finals (it has happened before), then only the champion will score. However, this can prevent another team from earning placement 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.

Women's college wrestling uses freestyle rules, so no major decisions exist.

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

103 Pounds

This is the most balanced and competitive weight class, with eight wrestlers in contention for the title. Iowa’s #1 Rianne Murphy and #3 Sterling Dias are on opposite sides of the bracket and could meet in the finals. Dias reached the 2024 finals, falling to teammate Emilie Gonzalez, who moved up to 110. 

McKendree’s Gabby Tedesco had wins over Dias, Maddie Avila (North Central), and Rayana Sahagun (Grand Valley State) but fell to Murphy and King’s Mia Zuniga. Potential quarterfinal matches between Avila, a 2023 NCWWC champion, and Murphy and Olivia Shore (Otterbein), a 2022 NCWWC champ, are looming. 

Brianne Graves (North Central), Avery Kibelbeck (King), Mia Zuniga (King), Jennessis Martinez (Colorado Mesa), and Odelia Lopez (Schreiner) can make some noise. 

Circle this weight for entertainment. It will be a wild ride. 

110 Pounds

U23 World champion Sage Mortimer (Grand Valley State) returned to college competition after two seasons at King and a redshirt year. She has looked impressive and is the favorite following national finishes of third in 2022 and second in 2023. 

Iowa has two national champions in this bracket: #2 Ava Bayless and #5 Emilie Gonzalez. Mortimer and Gonzalez could meet in the semifinals, an interesting potential match since the Iowa star was competitive in an 11-5 loss at the Missouri Valley Open. 

No. 3 Samara Chavez has placed third, second, and third at the past three national championships. The King star has the most offensive tools and could face Mortimer (her former teammate) in the finals if she can get past Bayless in the semifinals. 

No. 4 Kendra Ryan (Central) has an intriguing opening match against McKendree’s four-time All-American Samantha Miller. The two met twice at last year’s national tournament, with Ryan earning a 10-0 quarterfinal tech before getting pinned by Miller for third. The Cardinal star won by tech earlier this season. 

117 Pounds

A potential finals showdown between Iowa’s returning finalist Brianna Gonzalez and 2024 U23 Yu Sakamoto (Northern Michigan) is looming — if they can navigate several landmines. 

Sakamoto hasn’t wrestled much this season but has looked sharp lately. Her lone season loss was to Sacred Heart’s Nohea Moniz by fall. And, guess what, the two meet in the first round. 

No. 3 Sydney Petzinger fell to Sakamoto at regionals and has finishes of 2-4-4 at nationals. King’s Clare Booe is on a semifinal collision course with Gonzalez. The two met in the best-of-three finals at the 2024 U20 World Team Trials, with Booe winning the first match 7-6 before Gonzalez secured the next two by tech. 

124 Pounds

Returning national champion Amani Jones (124) is undefeated this season but has formidable challenges to secure a second title. She has four wins over freshman Aspen Blasko (Grand Valley State) but the matches have been competitive. Jones defeated McKendree’s Shelby Moore, 6-5, in an early season match after falling to her at the 2024 National Duals. 

No. 2 Montana Delawder (King) has three losses to Jones this season but has national finishes of 7-4-3. Delawder held a 3-1 lead over Jones during last year’s semifinal match and had a cradle locked with 40 seconds left before the North Central star turned the tables for a fall. 

Look out for Iowa’s No. 3 Cali Leng. She continues to improve at every competition.

131 Pounds

No. 1 Alexis Janiak (Aurora), No. 2 Sara Sterner (North Central), and No. 3 Alex Szkotnicki (McKendree) are the favorites, with the remaining field giving chase. Janiak, a two-time age-level World medalist, reached the finals as a freshman before finishing third in 2024. She fell to Szkotnicki but has two wins over Sterner, and Sterner has three wins over Szkotnicki.

138 Pounds

Lots of possibilities here, with Katie Lange leading the way. Lange won a 2023 national title for Augsburg before redshirting. She joined her former coach, Jake Short, and Grand Valley State — picking up where she left off with an undefeated season.

No. 2 Carina Giangeruso is seeking to become Presbyterian’s first NCWWC champion. Presbyterian is the first D1 program to add women’s wrestling. Her lone NCAA loss was to teammate #4 Paige Wehrmeister, whom she defeated at regionals. 

No. 3 Haylie Jaffe is wrestling her best late in the season, avenging a loss to Iowa’s Nanea Estrella at the Grand View Open. Augsburg’s Nina Makem, a 2022 NCWWC finalist, dropped from 160 to 138 and could be formidable if she can function at the lower weight. 

145 Pounds

Iowa’s top-seeded Macey Kilty, a two-time senior World medalist, is the overwhelming favorite with 2024 NCWWC champ Reese Larramendy expected to face her teammate in the finals. 

North Central’s #3 Bella Mir and King’s #4 Aine Drury will make this bracket interesting. Mir transferred from Iowa after a fifth-place 2024 NCWWC finish at 155. Drury fell to Larramendy in the 2024 national finals and Kilty in the best-of-three 2024 World Team Trials finals. Mir and Larramendy have exchanged pins this season. 

160 Pounds

Two words: Kennedy Blades. 

Blades is a 2024 Olympic silver medalist with every tool in the toolbox. Her toughest competition is No. 2 Kaylynn Albrecht (McKendree), whom she teched at National Duals. 

180 Pounds

Two words: Kylie Welker.

The returning NCWWC champion added a 2024 Senior World bronze medal to her resume. She has surrendered zero points this season, winning every match by fall or tech. Grand Valley State’s Sabrina Nauss is seeded second. 

207 Pounds

Iowa’s returning finalist Jaycee Foeller is seeded first, but she’ll be challenged by McKendree’s Tristan Kelly. Kelly moved up from 180 for a national title shot following third-place finishes in 2021 and 2024. 

Lindenwood’s third-seeded Sara Lake has four combined NCAA losses to Kelly and Foeller, and North Central’s Traeh Haynes has a loss to teammate Dasia Yearby but a win over Foeller last year.