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The Open Mat, an established voice in college wrestling media, has relaunched as HerMat, a platform devoted exclusively to women's college wrestling. HerMat is now live at HerMat.com, with TheOpenMat.com redirecting to the new site. hermat.com/article/the-open-… #HerMat #collegewrestling #womenswrestling #womenscollegewrestling #ncaawrestling #naiawrestling #njcaawrestling #3c2awrestling

Everest Leydecker has yet to wrestle her first college match. At only 19 years old, she is already a senior world champion. The Iowa freshman won the 55-kilogram title at the 2026 Senior World Championships on Friday at Barys Arena in Astana, Kazakhstan, defeating Ukraine's Nataliia Klivchutska 4-1 in the gold-medal match. hermat.com/article/leydecker… #HerMat #wrestleastana #usawrestling#collegewrestling #womenswrestling #womenscollegewrestling #ncaawrestling 📸: Kostadin Andonov/United World Wrestling

Iowa head coach Clarissa Chun and the No. 1-ranked Hawkeyes headline Sunday's Luther Hill Open in Indianola, Iowa, one of eight events featuring multiple ranked teams from Friday, Oct. 30 through Monday, Nov. 2. HerMat looks at the top events and potential matchups this weekend across the NCAA, NAIA and NJCAA. hermat.com/article/weekend-p… #HerMat #collegewrestling #womenswrestling #womenscollegewrestling #ncaawrestling 📸: @Tony_Rotundo

Adaugo Nwachukwu is a world champion. Nwachukwu scored a takedown in the closing seconds against Japan's Nonoka Ozaki in the 62-kilogram final at the Senior World Championships on Thursday night in Astana, Kazakhstan. hermat.com/article/mckendree… #HerMat #collegewrestling #womenswrestling #womenscollegewrestling #ncaawrestling 📸: @Tony_Rotundo

Iowa Central's Erica Pastoriza, the returning national champion at 103 pounds, opens the season No. 1 in HerMat's NJCAA pound-for-pound rankings. Indian Hills is chasing its seventh straight title, with Umpqua, Southeast, Iowa Central and Murray State all in the hunt. HerMat looks at 10 storylines to watch in NJCAA women's wrestling this season. hermat.com/article/ten-story… #HerMat #collegewrestling #womenswrestling #womenscollegewrestling #njcaawrestling 📸: Antonyo Johnson/AJKREATIONZ

HerMat NJCAA Rankings: Six-time defending champion Indian Hills, the only national champion junior college women's wrestling has ever had, opens at No. 1 in HerMat's preseason NJCAA rankings. Returning national champion Gabriela Avila Diaz (124) is one of four No. 1-ranked wrestlers for the Warriors. hermat.com/rankings/?divisio… #HerMat #collegewrestling #womenswrestling #womenscollegewrestling #njcaawrestling 📸: Antonyo Johnson/AJKREATIONZ

Southern Oregon's Lillian Gradillas-Flores is ranked No. 1 by HerMat at 207 pounds and No. 2 in the NAIA pound-for-pound rankings. With Grand View opening at No. 1 and two-time defending champion Life University no longer the favorite, HerMat looks at 10 NAIA storylines to watch this season. hermat.com/article/ten-story… #HerMat #collegewrestling #womenswrestling #womenscollegewrestling #naiawrestling 📸: Al Case/Ashland Daily

HerMat NAIA Rankings: Tristan Nitta and the Grand View Vikings open the 2026-27 season ranked No. 1 in HerMat's preseason NAIA tournament and dual meet rankings. With 12 ranked wrestlers, Grand View will try to win its first NAIA women's national title after placing in the top five in each of the past four seasons. hermat.com/rankings/?divisio… #HerMat #collegewrestling #womenswrestling #womenscollegewrestling #naiawrestling

North Central has a ranked wrestler in every weight class, led by No. 2 Riley Rayome (124), a returning NCAA finalist. Joe Norton's team could get even stronger in the second semester. HerMat looks at 10 storylines to watch as the 2026-27 NCAA women's wrestling season gets underway. hermat.com/article/ten-story… #HerMat #collegewrestling #womenswrestling #womenscollegewrestling #ncaawrestling 📸:@Tony_Rotundo

NCAA Rankings: Kylie Welker and the Iowa Hawkeyes open the season at No. 1 in both the HerMat tournament and dual meet rankings. Clarissa Chun's squad boasts four top-ranked wrestlers: Val Solorio (103), Everest Leydecker (124), Brooklyn Hays (160) and Welker (180). hermat.com/rankings/?divisio… #HerMat #collegewrestling #womenswrestling #womenscollegewrestling #ncaawrestling 📸: @Tony_Rotundo

The 2026 NWCA All-Star Classic features four women's matches, including an NCAA rematch at 131 pounds between West Liberty's Cassia Zammit and Life U's Janida Garcia. Zammit won their first-round meeting 3-0 last March, and Garcia gets her shot at revenge on Nov. 24 at Rec Hall. Check out HerMat's breakdown of all four women's matches. hermat.com/article/breaking-… #HerMat #collegewrestling #womenswrestling #womenscollegewrestling #ncaawrestling #naiawrestling 📸: @Tony_Rotundo

Indiana Tech's Rose Kaplan doesn't set goals based on results, even after earning All-America honors as a freshman in 2025 and reaching the NAIA national finals as a sophomore. She and coach Paul Rademacher explain the mindset behind her rise to one of the top pound-for-pound wrestlers in NAIA women's wrestling. hermat.com/article/kaplan-tr… #HerMat #collegewrestling #womenswrestling #womenscollegewrestling #naiawrestling

Xochitl Mota-Pettis spent years saying she would never wrestle in college. Then a letterman's jacket changed her mind, and she won Quincy University's first national title, with a torn labrum. The Pan American champion, who once pinned Alli (Ragan) St. John and wrestled Helen Maroulis for a world team spot, talks about her unusual path, her banjo and why an athlete is just an athlete. hermat.com/article/mota-pett… #HerMat #collegewrestling #womenswrestling #womenscollegewrestling #ncaawrestling 📸: Joseph Cress/Think Iowa City

The Bellevue University's women's wrestling program hasn't wrestled a match, but it won't look like a first-year team. Ten wrestlers followed coach Matt Atwood from perennial NAIA power Providence. Along with junior college champions and an international medalist, they give the Bruins a shot at a trophy in year one. hermat.com/article/atwood-tr… #HerMat #collegewrestling #womenswrestling #womenscollegewrestling #naiawrestlingThe

Savannah Isaac won an NAIA national title as a freshman at Life University. Two transfers and a neck injury later, she's all smiles as the centerpiece of Wheeling University's first-year women's wrestling program. hermat.com/article/isaac-all… #HerMat #collegewrestling #womenswrestling #womenscollegewrestling #ncaawrestling