ALLEN, Texas – Liberty University leads the NCWA Championships after the first day, advancing seven wrestlers into the quarterfinals but using its depth with nine other alive in the consolation rounds for a 74-point total and a moderate cushion over the field. The Apprentice School is comfortably in second place for the moment with 66.5 points, while Central Florida is 14 points back in third with 60 points. Two-time defending champion Emmanuel College is fourth with 56 points, with BYU just behind in fifth at 55.5. Grays Harbor College and Washington State are tied for sixth at 50 points.

We have broken down our first-day coverage into separate stories on each weight class on our site. Full coverage of the NCWA Championships is available to watch and follow along at www.arena.flowrestling.org.

Wrestling begins again at 9 a.m. Friday with the championship quarterfinals and the two rounds of 16 consolation matches. The championship semifinals are at 7 p.m.

The top two seeds in this class could make for a great championship bout between two two-time All-Americans. But there's another prospective matchup that could be even more appealing with two heavyweights battling each other in the tournament's final match with the team title on the line.

We have broken down our first-day coverage into separate stories on each weight class on our site. Full coverage of the NCWA Championships is available to watch and follow along at www.arena.flowrestling.org.

Wrestling begins in the men's division again at 9 a.m. Friday with the championship quarterfinals and the two rounds of 16 consolation matches. The championship semifinals are at 7 p.m.

Seven of the top eights seeds are still alive into the quarterfinals at 125, paced by top-seeded Byron Smith of Middle Tennessee. Smith won three matches Thursday by tech fall, with combined scores of 48-2. Also, UCF has two keys to its championship run in this bracket.

We have broken down our first-day coverage into separate stories on each weight class on our site. Full coverage of the NCWA Championships is available to watch and follow along at www.arena.flowrestling.org.

Wrestling begins again at 9 a.m. Friday with the championship quarterfinals and the two rounds of 16 consolation matches. The championship semifinals are at 7 p.m.

141 lbs. One of the featured quarterfinal matches will come at 141, where at the bottom of the bracket Liberty’s 2-seed Reid Stewart will face Apprentice’s 10-seed Shalek Colon. Stewart is the front end of the bulk of Liberty’s middleweight prowess, while Colon edged 7-seed and returning All-American Nick Reddy of Grand Valley State 10-7 in the round of 16. The winner there could play a big part of the championship picture.

We have broken down our first-day coverage into separate stories on each weight class on our site. Full coverage of the NCWA Championships is available to watch and follow along at www.arena.flowrestling.org.

Wrestling begins again at 9 a.m. Friday with the championship quarterfinals and the two rounds of 16 consolation matches. The championship semifinals are at 7 p.m.

The top eight seeds all won in the 165 class to set up a quarterfinal series of matches where all four returning All-Americans in the bracket are still in the championship hunt, plus another match that will have an impact on the team title chase. In the middle of the bracket is a matchup of returning All-Americans as Javiair White of the Rutgers Wrestling Club, the 4-seed, taking on returning All-American JA Jones of Emmanuel. Jones took third in this class last year, while White was third at 174 in 2017. The White-Jones result will have team title implications.

We have broken down our first-day coverage into separate stories on each weight class on our site. Full coverage of the NCWA Championships is available to watch and follow along at www.arena.flowrestling.org.

Wrestling begins again at 9 a.m. Friday with the championship quarterfinals and the two rounds of 16 consolation matches. The championship semifinals are at 7 p.m.

The team title will take an interesting turn following the results of the quarterfinals here. Three returning All-Americans are still alive in the championship side of the bracket, with two of the eight quarterfinalists from UCF and one from Liberty. And they're all on the same side of the bracket.

We have broken down our first-day coverage into separate stories on each weight class on our site. Full coverage of the NCWA Championships is available to watch and follow along at www.arena.flowrestling.org.

Wrestling begins again at 9 a.m. Friday with the championship quarterfinals and the two rounds of 16 consolation matches. The championship semifinals are at 7 p.m.

The 235-pound bracket has been loaded from the start with eight returning All-Americans seeded in the bracket. Seven of them reached the quarterfinals representing a total of 10 All-American honors for what should be a great set of matches toward the close of the Friday morning session. The only reason all eight aren't the quarters is one of them lost to another when Luttere Eglaus of UCF edged Clemson's Danny Falconer 6-4 in the round of 16.

The 21st NCWA Championships are underway in Allen, Texas, as the Emmanuel Lions try to defend their national title against what looks like to be the most balanced team field in tournament history. Wrestling begins at 10 a.m. Thursday and continues through Saturday's finals at 6 p.m. All matches can be seen at arena.flowrestling.org. Here is the complete tournament competition schedule ...

Two women are changing the culture of Colorado State wrestling – a space traditionally dominated by men. Juniors KaMele Sanchez and Kendal Davis are leading the way in one of the most successful seasons in CSU history. Sanchez and Davis’ wrestling journeys have led them on juxtaposing paths to become officers for the team as well as two of the most successful wrestlers to ever compete in

The National Championships Brackets were seeded to 24 places and the live broadcast was completed Saturday. Check out this years completed brackets

Watch live this Saturday, March 3rd, at 7PM Eastern / 4PM Pacific as we draw the remaining unseeded athletes for bracket placements in the 2018 NCWA National Championship Tournament. CHECK BACK HERE AT BROADCAST TIME!

Due to a clerical error, a top-10 wrestler at 197-lbs was recently removed from the rankings. The REVISED rankings include him, Jack Dahlgren of Grays Harbor who is the #7-ranked wrestler at 197-lbs. Our apologies for the error! Please see the updated rankings at REVISED NCWA RANKINGS

The last rankings before the National Tournament in Allen, TX have been released. Liberty shows a sizable lead over their closed rivals Central Florida, Grand Valley State, Apprentice, and Emmanuel...

Colorado State University Wrestling won its first conference title under head coach Kendall DeJonge last weekend at the National Collegiate Wrestling Association Great Plains Conference Tournament.

CSU had 11 wrestlers finish on the podium, including four champions, qualifying them for the NCWA Division II Nationals. The men will be joined by the team’s two female wrestlers, juniors KaMele Sanchez and Kendal Davis, who already qualified.

DENTON, Texas – The University of North Texas and Richland College (Dallas) went neck-and-neck in the team standings throughout the SWC Championships, with UNT pulling away at the end with a championship at heavyweight from Ikaika Neal to edge Richland, 138.5-134. The Eagles and Thunderducks each won five weight classes, with UNT taking most of the lighter weights and Richland earning most of the heavier classes.

Richland and UNT battled each other in seven finals matches, with Richland taking

The 2018 installment of the Great Lakes Conference saw the University of Toledo’s Workman record his 100th Victory at GLC and GVSU winning a fifth consecutive Conference Championship.

Liberty University's men's wrestling team had five individual weight class champions and added four runner-up finishes and three third-place showings to clinch its seventh consecutive Mid-Atlantic Conference tournament crown, Saturday at the LaHaye Multipurpose Center.

The NCWA National Duals champion Flames will send 16 wrestlers who qualified with top-five finishes Saturday to Allen, Texas, for the March 8-10 NCWA Grand National Championships, where they will

The Women's Division for the 2018 NCWA National Championship is now open for registration on FloArena.

DALLAS - Championship Week begins this weekend at nine locations around the country. The road to earning on of the 490 qualifying spots in the NCWA Men's National Championships starts with the conference qualifiers, as all nine of the NCWA conferences are in action.

Ross Graham of The Apprentice School has been named the USCAA Wrestler of the Week for the week of Feb. 11. At the USCAA Wrestling National Invitational, Graham pinned all three of his opponents to win the 197-pound bracket and help pace the Builders to the tournament title.