FULL RESULTS
 
CORALVILLE, IOWA. – Azariah Moore, Lindsay Laws, Presley McCandlish and Jayleah Pletz represented the Lock Haven women's wrestling team on the first day of the NCAA Championships in Coralville, Iowa on Friday (March 6).
 
It was a historic day in the packed Xtreme Arena for the first-ever NCAA Women's Wrestling Championships. 54 teams were represented with national qualifiers.
 
Azariah Moore became the first Lock Haven women's wrestler to earn NCAA All-American honors. Moore picked up three impressive victories to propel her to All-American honors for the second time in as many years. 

Moore opened her day in the 180 lbs. division by earning a 10-0 tech fall over Emmanuel's (GA) Gemma Templeman in 4:09. Moore followed this performance with an impressive 10-0 tech fall over Wisconsin Stevens Point's No. 8-ranked Kara Kuge in 4:10.
 
Moore fell in her third match to Iowa's No. 1-ranked Kylie Welker. Moore came back from the defeat with another 10-0 tech fall, this time over Western New England's Atiyana Williams in 5:56.
 
Moore earned a spot in tomorrow's (March 7) action as she will face Simon Fraser's Paige Maher. The NCAA Championships will resume Saturday (March 7) at 11 a.m. EST (10 a.m. CST).
 
Lindsay Laws got a tough draw in the first round of the 207 lbs. division. Laws fell to McKendree's No. 1-ranked Tristan Kelly. Laws responded well by defeating Illinois Wesleyan's Alivia Davey 8-0.
 
However, Laws' NCAA tournament run would come to a close after falling to Sacred Heart's No.7-ranked Josephine Larson in the next round.
 
Presley McCandlish (160) earned an NCAA tournament win on the day. After falling to North Central's (Ill.) No.6-ranked Taylor Graveman in the first round, McCandlish bounced back by winning a 16-8 decision over New Jersey City's Taylor Savory.
 
McCandlish's run came to an end after falling to Fort Hays State's Alexis Burton. The two wrestlers were tied 3-3 after six minutes of regulation, but Burton advanced by victory thanks to criteria.
 
Lock Haven's 124-pounder Jayleah Pletz fell to Tiffin's Annesley Day and Frostburg State's Brianna Holcomb. Pletz found herself with early leads in both matches before getting pinned.
 
Full results from today can be found at the link above.