Daley and Larson Earn All-American Honors at Inaugural NCAA NC Women’s Wrestling Championship

Saturday, March 7

Coralville, Iowa

11:00 AM (CST)

Sacred Heart

NC Women's Wrestling National Championship

Photo by: SHU Communications

Daley and Larson Earn All-American Honors at Inaugural NCAA NC Women’s Wrestling Championship

3/7/2026 4:33:00 PM | Women's Wrestling

Daley places sixth at 160 pounds while Larson captures eighth at 207 pounds

By: Samantha Carey

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – The Sacred Heart University women's wrestling team wrapped up competition at the inaugural NCAA NC Women's Wrestling National Championship on Saturday, highlighted by two All-American performances from Love Daley (160) and Josephine Larson (207).

Team Notes:

The Pioneers concluded the two-day championship with a team score of 21.5 points, highlighted by key wins at 160, 180, and 207 pounds.
Daley paced Sacred Heart with three victories, including two by pin, finishing the tournament with a 3-3 record.
Larson added two wins of her own, recording one pin and one technical fall, and concluded the championship with a 2-3 record.
Madeline Hodges also contributed a victory for the Pioneers, earning a 9-2 decision win in the first round of the consolation bracket.

Player Notes:
Love Daley (160)

Daley's championship run began with a setback, falling to King's Stella Steigler in an 11-4 decision, sending her to the consolation bracket. The junior quickly bounced back, winning her next two matches to secure her second All-American honor.
Daley first pinned WNE's Sky De Leon—the same opponent she defeated in the regional championship—just 21 seconds into the match. She followed with another pin against Grand Valley State's Noelle Gaffney, battling back after trailing early to advance further in the consolation bracket.
Day two proved challenging for Daley, as she suffered back-to-back losses that dropped her from contention for third place to the fifth-place bout. Despite the tough stretch, Daley finished sixth at 160 pounds, earning her second career All-American honor.

Madeline Hodges (180)

Despite opening the championship with a 10-0 technical fall loss, Hodges battled back in the first round of the consolation bracket with a 9-2 decision victory over Mount Olive's Journey Land.
The junior's tournament run came to an end in the following round, where she was pinned by Adrian's Mia Gaetjens in her final match of the championship.

Josephine Larson (207)

Larson opened the two-day championship in dominant fashion, pinning York's Peyton Fries at 1:08 to advance to the quarterfinals. She then faced Grand Valley State's Sabrina Nauss, where she was pinned and moved into the consolation bracket.
Larson responded with a strong performance to close out day one, recording an 11-0 technical fall over Lock Haven's Lindsay Laws, clinching All-American status and advancing into the consolation rounds with a chance to wrestle for third.
After a tough loss in the placement rounds to Colorado Mesa's Jayleen Sekona, Larson moved into the seventh-place match. There, Presbyterian's Maria Aiono secured a 4-1 decision, leaving Larson with an eighth-place finish at 207 pounds and her first career All-American honor.

Individual Records at Nationals:
103: Aaliyah Payne-Parris (0-2)
117: Nohea Moniz (0-2)
124: Lauren Nguyen (0-2)
145: Selena Sifuentes Shaffer (0-2)
160: Daley (3-3)
180: Hodges (1-2)
207: Larson (2-3)