BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The #17 Campbellsville University women's wrestling team navigated a gauntlet of ranked opponents on Friday at the Mid-South Conference Championship. Led by a dominant title run from freshman Makennah Craft at 103 pounds, the Lady Tigers secured a 5th-place team finish and saw five individuals wrestle their way to placement matches.

• Freshman #2 Makennah Craft dominated her way to the 103-pound Mid-South Conference Championship, utilizing two first-period falls and a decisive 8-2 decision to claim her first conference title.
• #9 Kylee Tait secured a third-place finish at 160 pounds, utilizing a bounce-back performance in the consolation bracket that included a 10-0 technical fall and a pin.
• #20 Olivia Messerly made a resilient run to fourth place at 131 pounds, recording an impressive four falls throughout the tournament.
• #9 Gaby Perez added a fifth-place finish at 145 pounds in a highly competitive bracket, highlighted by a gritty criteria victory in the quarterfinals.
• The #17 Lady Tigers battled through a loaded field to secure a 5th-place team finish at the MSC Championships.
• The Tigers will now turn their focus to the NAIA Women's Wrestling National Championship as they prepare to compete on the national stage.

#2 Craft set the tone for the Tigers, claiming the 103-pound MSC Championship. Following a first-round bye, Craft opened her run with back-to-back first-period falls, pinning Lindsey Wilson's Skyler Randolph in 42 seconds and #14 Morgan Repasky of Montreat in 51 seconds. In the championship bout, the freshman controlled the action from the opening whistle, earning an 8-2 decision over #3 Zoey Haney of Indiana Tech to secure the conference crown.

At 160 pounds, #9 Kylee Tait powered her way to a third-place finish. Tait began her day with a 1:06 fall over Rio Grande's Paige Russell before falling to #6 Bo Geibe of Indiana Tech in the semifinals. Responding fiercely in the consolation bracket, Tait notched a 10-0 technical fall over Midway's Trinity Gottler. She then closed her tournament in style, flattening #13 Sierra Mefford of the Cumberlands for a fall in 2:02 to capture the bronze.

#20 Olivia Messerly turned in an endurance-testing run at 131 pounds, finishing fourth overall. She opened with a 47-second fall over Georgetown's Nicole Arroyo before dropping a quarterfinal bout to #7 Jeila Ramos of Lindsey Wilson. Messerly stormed back through the consolation rounds with three consecutive lightning-fast falls, defeating Brewton-Parker's Briyanna Peralta (0:17), Siena Heights' Cadence Wallace (0:28), and #15 Andrea Hernandez of Indiana Tech (1:07) to reach the third-place match. There, she ultimately fell in a tightly contested 4-4 criteria decision in a rematch with #7 Ramos.

At 145 pounds, #9 Gaby Perez placed fifth after a strong showing throughout the bracket. Perez recorded a 10-0 technical fall over Siena Heights' Emily Eakins and a hard-fought 5-5 criteria decision over #10 Hayden Newberg of Indiana Tech to reach the semifinals. After falling to #2 Jamilah McBryde of Life University, Perez dropped a narrow 2-1 decision to #5 Kori Campbell of Lindsey Wilson in the consolation semifinals. She ended her tournament with a victory, earning fifth place via medical forfeit over #3 Amelia Fawcett of Life.

#17 Addison Messerly secured seventh place at 124 pounds. After a bye and a quarterfinal decision loss to #4 Kamilah Brooks of Lindsey Wilson, she rebounded with a 41-second fall over teammate Josie Davis. Following a decision loss to Indiana Tech's Lola Barkby, Messerly capped her standard bracket with a 47-second fall over Lourdes' Aaliyah Lee in the seventh-place match. She then added a "True Sixth" victory by medical forfeit against #3 Anna Krejsa of Life.

Other notable performances for Campbellsville included Cameron Ortiz at 131 pounds, who secured a pair of 10-0 technical falls over Georgetown's Anna March and Indiana Tech's Marisa Moffitt. At 138 pounds, Rita Carey pinned #16 Kinnley Smith of Indiana Tech in 52 seconds, while Lauren Walton recorded a 4:15 fall over #15 Ruth Jimenez of the Cumberlands. Claire Avery also added two falls at 160 pounds, defeating Lourdes' Payton Curley (5:32) and Montreat's Nicole Lewis (4:45).