CORALVILLE, Iowa – Esther Peters went 2-1 in three matches on day two of the NCWWC women's wrestling national championship to finish in seventh place at 207 pounds and become the first All-American in CSC women's wrestling history. 

Peters finished 4-2 overall at the national tournament, breaking the program record for most wins at nationals in a single season and tying the record for most career wins at nationals as a freshman. 

Both Peters and another CSC freshman, 110-pounder Rylee Balcazar, began the day by competing in what is often referred to as the "blood round," a consolation round where the field narrows from 12 to the eight wrestlers who will win All-America honors. 

Balcazar, seeded No. 25 at this year's national tournament, took on No. 5 seed Emilie Gonzalez of the University of Iowa in her blood round match Saturday morning, with the Iowa wrestler winning via an 11-0 tech fall to end Balcazar's season. 

Peters, the No. 11 seed at 207, took on No. 9-ranked Rewa Chababo of Wartburg College in her blood round matchup. After a slow-moving first period that saw Peters have a 1-0 lead at the break, the McKinney, Texas freshman scored four points in the second period to clinch a 5-0 decision win over Chababo. 

That win clinched a top eight finish and All-American nod for Peters and the first-ever placing for the Chadron State women's wrestling program, which is in its fourth year. 
Peters advanced to a matchup against the University of Iowa's Alivia White, and the No. 7-ranked Hawkeye was aggressive early and pinned Peters in 48 seconds. The loss knocked Peters down to the 7^th/8^th place match, where she would face Greensboro College's Destiny Vaughans. 

This time, it was Peters's turn to be aggressive off the bat, earning a four-point throw against Vaughans less than 10 seconds into the bout. Peters continued to push the pace and sealed a 10-0 tech fall win in just 1:25 to claim seventh-place honors. 

With Peters scoring 12 team points, Balcazar scoring 4.5 and Brianna Vollendroff scoring 2.5, Chadron State finished with 19 team points, putting the Eagles 23^rd in the team standings out of 64 competing schools. 

The Eagles were third among RMAC teams, with Colorado Mesa finishing eighth and Simon Fraser finishing just ahead of CSC in 21^st. The Eagles finished ahead of Adams State (32^nd) and Texas Woman's (43^rd). 

Peters was one of only two RMAC athletes to earn All-America honors at this year's championships, joining Colorado Mesa's Lorianna Piestewa, a third-place finisher at 124 pounds. 

Iowa won the team championship with 201.5 team points, beating out North Central (181.0) and McKendree (158.5). Grand Valley State (129.5) and King University (92.5) rounded out the top five. Iowa had three national champions, North Central and Grand Valley State had two apiece while Otterbein, Aurora and McKendree each had one.