KANSAS CITY, Mo. - (Brackets | Watch Live) The brackets for the Inaugural NAIA Women's Wrestling National Championship have been finalized in advance of the event starting on March 10th in Jamestown, North Dakota.
Brackets were finalized by a 10-member committee consisting of conference raters and oversight members from each of the five sponsoring conferences in the NAIA. A total of 210 wrestlers were placed within the 10 weight classes. All matches at the national championships for will be stream live via FloWrestling.
Four teams will bring a full complement of 12 wrestlers to the championships including Grand View (Iowa), Life (Ga.), Menlo (Calif.), and Southern Oregon. Iowa Wesleyan will travel 11 while Campbellsville (Ky.), Central Methodist (Mo.), and Indiana Tech sport 10 each.
The Heart of America Athletic Conference and Mid-South Conference are tied for the lead with 53 student-athletes each while the Cascade Collegiate Conference is third with 45 individual qualifiers.
Each conference tournament awards automatic bids per weight class based on the final regular-season poll, which can be seen HERE. Each conference is awarded automatic berths based on the amount of wrestlers ranked in each weight class. Each conference is awarded a minimum of one automatic bid per weight class, which will go to the tournament champions, even if the conference did not have any wrestlers ranked in the final regular-season poll.
For additional information on the 2023 NAIA Women's Wrestling National Championships, click HERE.