Tarleton State Repeats as NCWA Women’s National Champions

BOSSIER CITY, La. – For the second-straight season, Tarleton State won the team title at the 2026 NCWA National Championships behind five individual champions. The Texans racked up 215 points over the three-day tournament at Brookshire Grocery Arena in Bossier City, La.

Along with having five champions, Tarleton State had 13 All-Americans.

At 110 pounds, Rachel Corley won her second-straight NCWA title behind four bonus victories. Corley capped off her title run with a 17-0 technical fall in the championship.

U.S. Senior National Team member Aine Drury won the 145-pound bracket for the Texans with pins in each of her four bouts. Anna DiCugno captured the 131-pound title with five victories, four coming by fall.

Fiona Smith (117 pounds) and Jennifer Soto (138 pounds) capped off the individual champions for the Texans. Soto beat each opponent in the tournament by pin, and Smith had four pins before winning a 14-5 major decision in the finals.

Cassandra Freundlich of UNLV was the only other repeat champion at the NCWA National Championships. At 160 pounds, Freundlich grabbed a 13-5 major decision to secure her second-straight national title.

UNLV, which finished sixth overall, produced a second national champion in 124-pounder Felicia Bell.

Menlo finished second in the team race with 145 points. Neila Fritts was the lone national champion for the Oaks after she pinned defending champion Erin Kremer of Washington State in the finals. Menlo had eight All-Americans.

Utah Tech capped off the top three in the team standings after racking up 129 points over the three days with six All-Americans.

Central Florida’s Sofia James and Katrina Wangen won the individual titles at 180 pounds and 207 pounds, respectively. Wangen was a finalist at last year’s national championships. Jocelynn Benitez (103 pounds) of Fresno State rounded out the individual champions at the NCWA National Championships.

Complete results from the finals and team standings top-10 are available below.

Archived matches, brackets and match-by-match results are available on FloWrestling.

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1. Tarleton State, 215

2. Menlo College, 145

3. Utah Tech, 129

4. Ottawa-Arizona, 127

5. Central Florida, 119.5

6. UNLV, 109

7. Washington State, 101.5

8. Apprentice, 75

9. Treasure Valley CC, 72.5

10. Fresno State, 47.5

1st – Jocelynn Benitez (Fresno State) fall Emma Graves (Tarleton State), 3:33

3rd – Liliana Voakes (Ottawa-Arizona) fall Elizabeth Brunson (UNLV), 4:04

5th – Kaelynn Seidl (UNLV) med. for. Danica Zenhye (High Point)

7th – Marlie Skidmore (Treasure Valley CC) med. for. Taylor Pascua (Washington State)

1st – Rachel Corley (Tarleton State) tech. fall Abby West (Utah Tech), 17-0

3rd – Ashlyn Lewis (Tarleton State) dec. Gracie Pham (Washington State), 5-3

5th – Dannielle Sizelove (Ottawa-Arizona) fall Lina Perez (Menlo)

7th – Yadira Covarrubias (Washington State) fall Kaylee Campbell (Apprentice), 1:02

1st – Fiona Smith (Tarleton State) maj. dec. Janyla Anderson (Apprentice), 14-5

3rd – Macali Lade (Washington State) maj. dec. Leila Memon (Central Florida), 13-5

5th – Mia Shepard (UNLV) fall Elena Bernard (Sacramento State), 4:09

7th – Maya Barrios (Menlo) fall Jessica Hidalgo (Arizona), 1:16

1st – Felicia Bell (UNLV) dec. Skylar Schaefer (Apprentice), 12-9

3rd – Marison Peña (Grand Canyon) fall Isabel Rodriquez (Tarleton State), 4:49

5th – Daniela Martinez (Tarleton State) dec. Nevaeh Santiago (Springfield Technical CC), 9-6 (SV)

7th – Valkyrie Shambry (Oregon) fall Sabrina Cunha (Sacramento State)

1st – Anna DiCugno (Tarleton State) maj. dec. Piper Pike (Tarleton State), 11-0

3rd – Jordyn Anderson (Apprentice) fall Madison Moody (Florida State), 4:03

5th – Lastevia Muir (Menlo) fall Keagan Alatiw (Connecticut), 2:32

7th – June Welch (Liberty) maj. dec. Mckinley Jovanovic (Maryland), 14-0

1st – Jennifer Soto (Tarleton State) fall Alexa Paz (Florida State), 1:55

3rd – Brianna Reyes (Ottawa-Arizona) fall Kali Watson (Utah Tech), 4:08

5th – Gwendolyn Tomkins (Menlo) dec. Liliana Busnardo (Fresno State), 4-3

7th – Jessica Bristol (Louisiana State) maj. dec. Olivia Probasco (Washington State), 12-4

1st – Aine Drury (Tarleton State) fall Katherine Stewart (Central Florida), 1:08

3rd – Ava Collins (Treasure Valley CC) def. Isabella Sagastume (Utah Tech), 4:09

5th – Mirina Enderlin (Washington) for. Kayla Zeidler (Menlo)

7th – Paige Taasan Uitu (Ottawa-Arizona) fall Destiny Henderson (Colorado State), 2:15

1st – Cassandra Freundlich (UNLV) maj. dec. Leia Hernandez (Menlo), 13-5

3rd – Gracin Dennis (Treasure Valley CC) fall Shawnnastasia Jackson (Ottawa-Arizona), 5:30

5th – Natalie Venabale (Tarleton State) maj. dec. Levi Burrell (Utah Tech), 11-3

7th – Allessandra Lammers (Central Florida) dec. Kristy Zhu (San Jose State), 12-7

1st – Sofia James (Central Florida) fall Tayleigh Robertson (Utah Tech), 4:10

3rd – Lia Gutierrez (Tarleton State) def. Aniyea Dickerson (Florida A&M), 1:19

5th – Zamaria Hemingway (Grand Valley State) fall Faith Kiefer (Liberty), 4:08

7th – Scarlett Snodgrass (Tarleton State) dec. Tiana Roy (Springfield Technical CC), 8-1

1st – Katrina Wangen (Central Florida) fall Jordan Hunter (UNLV), 0:47

3rd – Sydney Hall (Cincinnati) fall Evelynn Coronado (Ottawa-Arizona), 4:44

5th – Madison Mayes (Utah Tech) tech. fall Siomara Hernandez (Menlo), 17-0

7th – Karina Delgado Urbina (Pacific Lutheran) fall Marion Harmsen (Western Washington), 1:08

1st – Neila Fritts (Menlo) fall Erin Kremer (Washington State), 5:36

3rd – Janelle Mattos (Ottawa-Arizona) fall Kaitlynn Barner (Temple), 6:00

5th – Katherine Meza-Perez (Central Florida) fall Sophia Sunior (Grand Valley State), 5:31

7th – Hannah Fawver (Washington State) forfeit