It was the last big wrestling tournament held before sporting events across the nation were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And the University of Connecticut’s club wrestling team made sure they took advantage. For the second straight year, the Huskies had three
Chelsea Wilson had just enough time to get in with her best shot. Then she and her RPI wrestling teammates had just enough time to get out.
The sophomore from Menlo Park, California, used an outside sweep single to get control of the leg of her opponent, Allicia Mahoe of Schreiner University in Texas, with 18 seconds left in their match, and Wilson got the takedown and added a point for riding time with seven seconds left to win 6-3 at the Allen Event Center.
This was on Saturday, March 14, as the world was in the process of furiously battening down the hatches against the coronavirus. The National Collegiate Wrestling Association national championships was one of the last sporting events to.....
ALLEN, Texas – Liberty tied its own NCWA record with five individual champions, and added three runners-up and a third-place finisher to tie another record with its third consecutive NCWA team championship. The Flames are one of only two teams – Grand Valley State did it from 2006-08 – to win three straight NCWA titles.
ALLEN, Texas –Liberty dominated the early rounds at the NCWA Championships placing 14 of its 19 wrestlers into the quarterfinals, then rolled through Friday’s action again as the two-time champion Flames sent a program-record eight wrestlers into the national finals matches to claim – and clinch – the lead at the Allen Event Center.
ALLEN, Texas – It’s a four-team race after the first day of the 2020 NCWA Championships. Liberty, the two-time defending champion, has a 14.5-point lead over The Apprentice School (58 points) with Springfield Tech CC (57.5) and Grays Harbor College (55) just behind going into Friday morning’s quarterfinals.
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The Grays Harbor College men’s and women’s wrestling programs proved once again they are the elite in the Pacific Northwest.
Both Chokers teams bested wrestlers from Washington State and the University of Washington, among others, to take first place at the National Collegiate Wrestling Association Northwest Championships on Sunday at Aberdeen High School.
Grays Harbor’s men’s team won its fifth-straight NCWA Northwest title with.......
Liberty holds the top spot once again in the Men's Division while Schreiner takes the top spot in the first Women's rankings of the season after a successful run at the WCWA tournament in freestyle.
The NCWA has determined its official list of national qualifying bids per conference. The NCWA Men's Division has grown 10% since last season and the Women's Division grew a whopping 43%! The men must qualify in one of 8 conference tournaments across the nation while the women's qualifications are determined by each conference (4 conferences will host a tournament this season).
Liberty University's men's wrestling team overwhelmed The Apprentice School 43-13 on Saturday night at the LaHaye Ice Center to win its third consecutive NCWA National Duals championship and fifth in the nine years the Flames have competed at that level.
"Dominance," Liberty Head Coach Jesse Castro said. "That's what the goal was coming in, to establish a dominant performance. We wanted to get momentum early and
The official bracket for the 2020 NCWA National Duals hosted at Liberty University on January 24-25, 2020 has been released.
The bracket can be viewed HERE.
The action starts at 10 AM on January 24th at the LaHaye Ice Center on the campus of Liberty University. The finals are set for 5 PM on Saturday January 25th.
The 2019-2020 season starts this Saturday (11/2) and features a total of 56 returning All-Americans in the Men's Division including EIGHT Returning Champions and TEN individuals with National Championships under their belt. The team race looks to be Liberty's for the taking with mainstays Apprentice, Springfield Tech, Grand Valley State, and Central Florida not too far behind.
Elma native Kevin Pine will not only be returning home to the Harbor to coach the Grays Harbor College Women’s wrestling team, he’ll be able to work along side his brother for the first time in over 10 years.
Last weekend, the University of North Texas claimed their third straight National Collegiate Wrestling Association (NCWA) GoGreco National Championships title. The Mean Green were led by Head Coach, three-time world medalist and two-time NCAA Champion, Andre Metzger. North Texas brought home
The 2019 edition of the National Collegiate Wrestling Association (NCWA) GoGreco Nationals will be once again held at Richland College in Dallas Texas, June 14-15.
In addition to the men's Greco-Roman ...MORE
The 2019 edition of the NCWA GoGreco Nationals will be once again held at Richland College in Dallas Texas. We will be adding, as an Exhibition, the first ever Women's Greco Division.
The Competition will begin on Saturday June 15th at 10:00 am with with weigh-in’s at 7:00 - 8:00 pm Friday June 14th. The GoGreco Summit meetings will begin Friday at 1:00 where rules, season and overall expansion will be discussed. -- ATHLETE REGISTRATION --
The Tentative Schedule will be as follows:
Friday June 14th
3:00 - 5:00 - GoGreco Summit meetings - Embassy Suites
5:30 - 7:00 - Greco-Roman Open Mat & Clinic - Richland
7:00 - 8:00 - GoGreco Weigh-ins - Richland
Saturday June 15th
8:00 - 8:30 - Optional Late weigh-in Richland
10:00 - Preliminary Rounds — >>> — Through Championship Finals
For More Information or to register CLICK HERE
On Saturday, April 27th, Collegiate Jiu-Jitsu competition became a reality. Chris Martin, jiu-jitsu coach at Marquette University and head marketing officer of Nova Gyms in Milwaukee, with the support of the National Collegiate Wrestling Association, hosted the first-ever Collegiate Team Dual meet where Marquette students faced off against the Northern Illinois University Jiu Jitsu team. The competition, though new and unique, included features familiar to grappling fans of all persuasions.
The first competition, reflecting the influence of the NCWA, was a true dual meet, where teams of six faced off, each in his/her own weight class. Wins by submission offered higher point values, and faster wins offer still higher rewards with a team champion being crowned based on total points.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — Before working out with the wrestling team, Erin Aragon sat down and told a childhood story that was difficult to believe.
She was maybe 10 or 11 years when she forced herself to order a meal in a restaurant — out loud, by herself — for the very first time.
"I cried when I did it," she said. "It was really, really bad."
A phone interview with her mother confirmed this story. Lisa Aragon said her daughter was painfully shy and could not walk into a new experience without being terrified.
How things change.
Erin Aragon, 24, is the first female wrestler in the history of ......