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Sakamoto helps McKendree win team title at inaugural NCAA women's wrestling championship
McKendree won the first NCAA women’s wrestling team title with 171 points, narrowly defeating Iowa’s 166 at the inaugural championships, featuring three individual champions.
- At the inaugural NCAA women's wrestling championships, McKendree finished as team champion with 171 points, clinching the program's first NCAA team title on Saturday at Xtream Arena.
- A challenge and review followed a late scramble, with North Central issuing the challenge that awarded McKendree a 167-166 lead on Saturday, March 7, 2026.
- Cameron Guerin finished 131 with an 11-0 technical fall, Tristan Kelly closed 207 with an 11-0 technical fall, and Xochitl Mota-Pettis finished 124 with a 10-0 technical fall.
- Iowa women's wrestling finished second with 166 points, and coach Clarissa Chun said 'They can't hang their heads on how they competed and performed, because they battled, they fought'.
- As the NCAA made women's wrestling its 91st sanctioned sport this season, McKendree emerges nationally after crowning three champions, and Iowa will return all 10 wrestlers from this year's lineup.
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Sakamoto helps McKendree win team title at inaugural NCAA women's wrestling championship
Yu Sakamoto beat Riley Rayome of North Central (IL) 4-3 to win the 117-pound crown and clinch the team title for McKendree at the inaugural NCAA women’s wrestling championships.
McKendree takes inaugural NCAA Women's Wrestling Championships behind three individual champions
CORALVILLE, Iowa – A historic weekend at Xtream Arena came to a fittingly epic conclusion on Saturday night.When it was all over, 10 individuals and one team – the McKendree Bearcats – had earned the honor of calling themselves the first-ever NCAA Wome...
Women's Wrestling Reigns Supreme in Inaugural NCAA Championship; Captures 3 Titles, 10 All-Americans - McKendree University Athletics
CORALVILLE, Iowa | Xtream Arena - Purple reigned on Saturday night as McKendree University women's wrestling earned the Inaugural NCAA Women's Wrestling Championship with 171 Team Points, three individual National Champions, and 10 All-American finishes, toppling Iowa, North Central, and all adversaries. The Inaugural NCAA National Champions, McKendree, put nine in the semifinals before advancing five to the title bouts with 117 Yu Sakamoto, 131…
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