STEVENS POINT, Wis. – The UW-stevens Point women's wrestling team hosted the National Collegiate Women's Wrestling Championships Northwest Regionals on Sunday.  Six UWSP wrestlers advanced to nationals with Abby Nelson (Iron River, Wis./Northwestern) and Brooke Thurber (Nekoosa, Wis./Nekoosa) winning their bracket today.
 
Results
 
Nelson went 2-0 to win the 116 bracket.  She needed just 36 seconds to win by fall over Iowa Wesleyan's Ashden Welty in the semifinals.  In the finals, she took a 14-2 tech fall victory over Sarah Martinez of North Central.
 
Thurber needed just 49 seconds to win her bracket.  She received a bye until the finals and pinned Kate Cacho of NCC in under a minute.
 
Tabitha Breitrick (Clintonville, Wis./Clintonville) took second in the 191 bracket.  She won by fall in the quarterfinals at 1:18 over Alondra Aguayo of NCC.  In the semifinals, she needed 2:59 to win by fall over Kassandra Ayard from IWU.  Breitrick came up short in the finals in a 7-4 decision.
 
Savannah Hisel (LaValle, Wis./Ithaca) finished third in the 143 bracket.  She earned a win by fall at 51 seconds in the third-place match against Raena Schledwitz of NCC.
 
Morgan Bethea (Neillsville, Wis./Neillsville) and Kelly Enriquez (Waukesha, Wis./South) placed fourth in the 123 and 109 brackets, respectively.  Addison Young (New London, Wis./New London) and Megan Struble (Seymour, Wis./Seymour Community) finished fifth in the 130 and 136 brackets.
 
The Pointers will next compete at nationals in Tiffin, Ohio, on March 6 beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET.