University of Dubuque To Offer Women’s Wrestling

The University of Dubuque will become the fifth American Rivers Conference school to add women’s wrestling beginning in 2023-2024. American Rivers Conference schools Buena Vista, Central, Simpson and Wartburg previously announced the addition of the sport. Women’s wrestling will become the Spartans’ 23rd varsity sport, and comes during a period of rapid growth for the sport. Three-time Olympian and former World Champion Dennis Hall will be the first women’s head wrestling coach in the school’s 170-year history. The NCAA recognized women’s wrestling as an emerging sport in 2020 and the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union will sanction its first season of girls wrestling this winter.