OKLAHOMA CITY – For the third straight year, Lady Tiger wrestling is bringing home two national champions from the WCWA National Championship.
Kayla Miracle and
Andribeth Rivera earned first-place finishes in the 123-pound and 136-pound weight class, respectively.
Miracle reigns as three-time national champion in the 136-pound class after fending off Menlo College's Solin Pearcy in the semifinal and Simon Fraser University's Nicole Depa in the final match, both by 10-0 tech falls.
Rivera defeated Hanna Grisewood of King University by decision (5-4) in the semifinal, then won a thrilling final (10-10) over Dominique Parrish of Simon Fraser to claim the championship.
In the 2016 WCWA National Championships, Miracle and Tiara Scott represented Campbellsville as champions.
Receiving All-American honors for Campbellsville were
Charlotte Fowler (109) in fifth place;
Shelby Hall(130) in fourth place;
Koral Sugiyama (136) in third place;
Mariah Harris (155) in seventh place;
Hanna Hall (170) in sixth place; and
Jesse Grubbs (191) in eighth place.
Fowler took on Mayra Ramirez of Wayland Baptist University in the fifth-place match, winning by decision (4-2); S. Hall fell to Alicia Reyes of Missouri Valley College by fall (5:52) in the third-place match, giving her fourth place; Sugiyama defeated Fran Giorgio of Simon Fraser University by tech fall (10-0) for third; Harris won over Tatum Sparks of Southwestern Oregon Community College in the seventh-place match by fall (1:25); H. Hall fell to Janelle Fuamatu by decision (6-4) for sixth; and Grubbs won the seventh-place match over Courteney Tompkins of University of the Cumberlands by decision (3-0).
Campbellsville finished the national competition in third place with a total team score of 153. King University won the event with a total of 187.5 points followed by Simon Fraser in second place with 170.5 points. Trailing Campbellsville were Wayland Baptist University with 142.5 points and Menlo College in fifth with 124.5 points.
