Bowling Green, KY- Lady Tiger Wrestling wins their second conference championship in a row and third title in four years.
 
Early on in the day the Lady Tigers were able to control the tone of the championship. "It didn't feel like we were running on all fours" said Miracle. "We were making fundamental mistakes and which turned into certain losses. But we were able to turn around and wrestle really well in the second half".  Campbellsville was ranked fourth in the most recent NAIA polls despite beating Life in the regular season 26-18. Overall Campbellsville was able to come away with 207.5 points while top ranked Life University only was able to earn 169 team points followed very closely behind Cumberlands at 158.5 points. 
 
Campbellsville won key matchups throughout the day against the Running Eagles. A clutch performance from an injured Mia Diaz was one match on the day that was one for the books. Diaz had injury time in one of her early matches and looked like she would not be able to continue. Diaz would end up wrestling in the fifth place matchup in which she won by decision (7-7) with a four point takedown in the final three seconds over Cumberlands Olivia Coyne. Diaz brought in a crucial 10 points for the Lady Tigers from this victory.

"That showed a lot of guts by a freshman" said Miracle on Diaz. "It was everything it meant to be a Lady Tiger. Campbell showed a lot of heart and was able to get key falls and she is banged up not at overall at 100%.
 
Overall on the day, Campbellsville had five individual conference champions, two runner-ups, and two earn the bronze medal honors.  McKayla Campbell, Randi Robison, Emma Walker, Kendra Thompson, and Alexandra Castillo earned first team all-conference honors, Kaitlyn Pizzo and Jacquelin Ghent earned second team all-conference honors, and Angie Vitiritti, and Liliana Vergara earned third team all-conference honors. 
 
Campbell was able to earn pins in each one of her matches. The longest that she would end up wrestling would be in her opening round matchup against Mattalynn Meek at the 1:44 mark. The final two matches of her tournament did not go over the 1:30 mark of the first period. Robison joined Campbell in a dominant day at the top of the podium. She was able to earn a tech fall in her opening round match as well as a pin in her championship match over Life's Angie Prado.
 
Freshman Emma Walker made a statement early on that she would be a force throughout the course of the tournament. Her opening round match lasted 14 seconds before she secured the pin. She would have two other matches last under a minute which included her championship match against Indiana Tech's Samantha Snow at 25 seconds. Kendra Thompson was able to secure a tech fall in her opening round matchup as well as two pins in her semi-final as well as her championship match against Hanna Brisher of Cumberlands.
 
2020 national champion Castillo was able to get her post season started with another title to her career. She won the 170 weight class with a key win over Life's Jordan Nelson. Castillo will look to add an NAIA title along with here 2020 WCWA title in a few weeks.
 
Jacquelin Ghent earned a silver medal on the day. She won her first two matches which included a tech fall in her first match of the day over Korissa Vanover. Kaitlyn Pizzo was able to join Ghent with a silver medal on the podium. Her performance in the early two rounds was able to push her to the championship. She earned two pins in her opening round matches to push her to the championship match. 

"Ghent has finally turned the corner. Once she decidied that she could be great, then everything fell in place for her." 
 
Liliana Vergara and Angie Vitiritti brought in the bronze medal for the Lady Tigers in their respective weight classes. Vergara was able to avenger her first round loss by winning her next three matches to push her to the bronze medal match in which she won with a pin in the first minute. Vitiritti secured the bronzed medal with a 4-3 decision over Life's Briana Kellin with a back and forth match that ended with Vitiritti having a late takedown.

"That was a big win to have Vitiritti beat Kellin who was ranked ahead of her. I have a feeling we are going to see a matchup like this again" Miracle said.

Campbellsville had 

McKayla Campbell was named Wrestler of the Tournament, Emma Walker was named Freshman of the Year, and Coach Lee Miracle was named Coach of the Year. 
 
Up next for Campbellsville will be the NAIA National Championship where 12 wrestlers will get the chance to bring home the title. The national championship returns to Jamestown, North Dakota and will be held March 11-13.