CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Qualifying for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III National Championship bracket, Alma College men's wrestling's heavyweight Cayden Bell became the first Scot to compete in the National Tournament brackets since 2019 when All-Americans Brendan Ladd '20 and Zachary Cooper '20 both qualified. Bell finished his tournament with an 0-2 record and overall season with an 11-8 record.

Bell opened his tournament with a bout against Coe College sophomore, Wyatt Smith in the championship preliminary round. Bell opened the match with a take down to tally the first three points. Smith escaped earning one point to then take down bell to score another three and take the lead, 4-3. Smith added another point from stalling warnings and an additional escape point before the match was concluded, where he scored a solo point for riding time. The final score of the match was 7-3 in favor of Smith. 

Bell flipped his attention towards the consolation preliminary rounds where he would then take on Sloan Welch, a junior from the University of Wisconsin Eau-Claire. Bell again opened his bout with a take down to score three points in the first period. Welch then scored on a reversal and a Bell penalty to tie the match at the end of the first. Welch added a point in the second period for an escape after starting on bottom before he would ultimately pin Bell and take a victory by fall in 5:42 time.

The Scots season will conclude at the National Championship as Head Coach Jared Groeneveld '15 picked up his first national qualifier of his head coaching career and returned the big dance for the first time since being an assistant coach with the program in the years prior to 2023-24 season.