CORALVILLE, Iowa | Xtreme Arena - No.3 McKendree University women's wrestling finished out its season on Saturday night at the 2025 National Collegiate Women's Wrestling Championships, placing third overall with 158.5 team points with nine All-Americans while Tristan Kelly championed the 207 weight class for her first individual national title. Kelly claimed her third All-American finish with her individual title while 124 Shelby Moore, 131 Viktorya Torres, 160 Kaylynn Albrecht, and 180 Lydia Krauss each added to their All-American resumes. McKendree also had four first time All-Americans with 103 Gabriele Tedesco, 131 Alex Szkotnicki, 138 Haylie Jaffe, and 145 Savannah Gomez. The Bearcats closed out the NCWWC championship era with the third place finish, as the NCAA has added women's wrestling as the 91st championship sport for the 2025-26 season, while totaling three national titles (2020, 2021, 2022) and three more top-four team finishes while collecting 18 individual national titles over the NCWWC era and two more during the WCWA championships.

207 NATIONAL CHAMPION | Tristan Kelly
Kelly, after moving up to 207 from 180 earlier in the season, captured another All-American finish in her career by claiming her first individual national title by defeating Jaycee Foeller (Iowa) on a convincing 6-0 decision. She sprinted through her national championship tournament with three tech falls and two dominant decision victories, capping it off with the win over the top-seeded Foeller. Her first two matches lasted less than one minute each as Kelly defeated Lock Haven's Trinity Monaghan (10-0) and Destiny Vaughans of Greensboro College (10-0). The quarterfinal saw the two-seed Kelly face Iowa's Alivia White, who she disposed of via 10-0 tech fall before beating Lindenwood's Sara Lake in the semis. With her championship, Kelly finished the season at 14-1 overall while owning a national title, a region 6 title, and a MoBap Open belt.