The National Collegiate Wrestling Association hosted its three-day national championship, at the Brookshire Grocery Arena in Bossier City, LA. with 578 male and 195 female athletes competing for a championship title.
BOSSIER CITY, La. – Menlo College made Friday’s charge to the top of the tournament standings count, expanding its lead via a plethora of finals appearances to outdistance the field and win its first National Collegiate Wrestling Association title at the Brookshire Grocery Arena. The Oaks, second-year members of the NCWA as the program transitions into NCAA Division II membership, scored 214.5 points for the title.
As good as Menlo’s performance was, coupled by its best showing in years by NCWA blue-blood program The Apprentice School in second place, it was the women who stole the show during Saturday’s finals session. One after the other, the women’s title matches built upon one another on the raised stage to create a different twist to the team standings as Utah Tech, Ottawa (Ariz.) and first-year program Tarleton State jockeyed at the top.
BOSSIER CITY, La. – Menlo College made a charge through the championship brackets Friday to take charge of the NCWA Championships and set themselves up for a run at the men’s title at the Brookshire Grocery Arena.
Five of the nine quarterfinalists won their bouts here Friday and five other wrestlers remain alive in consolation rounds that should maintain Menlo’s hefty lead over second place. The Oaks lead the field after two days with 176 points, 21 points ahead of The Apprentice School (155) and 25 ahead of first-day leader Tarleton State (150.5). Apprentice has 11 wrestlers still alive in the finals rounds but only two are in the finals. Tarleton State matches Menlo’s 10 total but with four in the finals.
In the women’s division, a five-team showdown will begin early in the day as Saturday’s placing rounds, minus the finals, begin at 9 a.m. CT. Washington State leads the field with 103 points and is tied for the teams’ lead with three finalists along with fourth-place UNLV (92.5) and sixth-place UCF (68). Utah Tech rests in second at 98.5 followed by Tarleton State with 94.5.
The national championship matches for both divisions begin at 2 p.m.
BOSSIER CITY, La. - Tarleton State, an upstart program competing in its first season with the National Collegiate Wrestling Association, leads the men’s division with 73.5 points, just ahead of long-time stalwart The Apprentice School (Va.) after the first day of the NCWA Championships at Brookshire Grocery Arena.
The Texans, a non-scholarship NCWA Division I program from Stephenville, Texas, has 21 wrestlers still alive in the brackets evenly split between the championship (10) and consolation (11) brackets. Thursday’s opening rounds advanced wrestlers into the championship quarterfinals, where Tarleton’s 10 quarterfinalists trail only Apprentice (11) in quantity. Apprentice, one point back at 72.5, has 18 total wrestlers still in the over all field.
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The 2025 NCWA Women's National Duals took place on Friday January 31, 2025 in St. George, Utah with Washington State coming out on top with a 6-0 record with multiple individual upsets throughout the day. Each of the 7 teams in the competition faced the other 6 teams making this a true National Duals Championship.
Team Scores:
Round 1:
Washington State - 36 Utah Tech - 27
UNLV - 53 Western Washington - 12
Ottawa-Arizona - 54 Fresno State - 10
Round 2:
Utah Tech - 42 Fresno State - 6
Washington State - 53 Western Washington - 12
Ottawa-Arizona - 54 Colorado State - 12
Round 3:
Utah Tech - 36 UNLV - 30
Western Washington - 24 Colorado State - 21
Washington State - 36 Ottawa-Arizona - 20
Round 4:
Western Washington - 18 Fresno State - 10
Washington State - 51 Colorado State - 12
Ottawa-Arizona - 44 UNLV - 18
Round 5:
Utah Tech - 54 Colorado State - 12
Ottawa-Arizona - 52 Western Washington - 12
UNLV - 51 Fresno State - 6
Round 6:
Utah Tech - 41 Ottawa-Arizona - 18
Colorado State - 24 Fresno State - 12
Washington State - 36 UNLV - 30
Round 7:
Utah Tech - 54 Western Washington - 6
UNLV - 60 Colorado State - 0
Washington State - 60 Fresno State - 4
Final Results:
NATIONAL CHAMPION: Washington State University (6-0)
Runner-up: Utah Tech University (5-1)
3rd Place: Ottawa University - Arizona (4-2)
4th Place: University of Nevada, Las Vegas (3-3)
5th Place: Western Washington University (2-4)
6th Place: Colorado State University (1-5)
7th Place: Fresno State University (0-6)
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The first day of the 2025 NCWA Men's National Duals is complete and there were some big upsets, both team-wise and individually!
Team Scores:
Pool A
#1 Apprentice - 47 #5 Central Florida - 10
#3 Thomas More - 59 #7 Colorado State - 0
#1 Apprentice - 53 #7 Colorado State - 9
#3 Thomas More - 37 #5 Central Florida - 20
#1 Apprentice - 39 #3 Thomas More - 14
#5 Central Florida - 50 #7 Colorado State - 10
Pool B
#2 Liberty - 32 #6 Washington State - 25
#4 Life (NCWA) - 56 #8 East Carolina - 0
#2 Liberty - 55 #8 East Carolina - 6
#4 Life (NCWA) - 48 #6 Washington State - 12
#4 Life (NCWA) - 39 #2 Liberty - 9
#6 Washington State - 53 #8 East Carolina - 9
Day 2 - Quarterfinal Bracket:
Top Half
#1 Apprentice vs. #8 East Carolina
#2 Liberty vs. #5 Central Florida
Bottom Half
#3 Thomas More vs. #6 Washington State
#4 Life (NCWA) vs. #8 Colorado State
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