FHSU Sports Information

No. 6 Fort Hays State University fell, 33-12, to No. 4 Nebraska-Kearney in a home conference dual on Wednesday evening.

FHSU picked up wins from C.J. Napier (149), Jon Inman (184) and Trey Page (285) in the dual, but dropped to 6-4-1 on the year in its second Top 10 matchup in the last six days.  FHSU fell to No. 5 Central Oklahoma, last Thursday.

Napier’s victory was arguably the brightest spot of the evening, as he picked up an 8-7 decision over over second-ranked Brock Coutu.

Later in the dual, MIAA Wrestler of the Week Jon Inman pushed his win streak to seven matches with a pin over Matt Oliver at 3:42.

In the final match of the night, heavyweight Trey Page returned to the win column with a 4-2 decision against Kelsey Empting.

The Tiger wrestling program hosts the Kansas Cup this Saturday (Jan. 25) – a 10-team tournament of all Kansas schools sponsoring wrestling as a varsity sport – at Gross Memorial Coliseum.  Gates open at 8:30 a.m., with action scheduled to begin at 10 a.m.

Match Results
125 – Connor Bolling (Nebraska-Kearney) won by decision over Adam Ludwin (Fort Hays State), 3-2.
133 – Daniel DeShazer (Nebraska-Kearney) won by pin over Symon Seaton (Fort Hays State), 2:18
141 – Charles Napier (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Brock Coutu (Nebraska-Kearney), 8-7
149 – Tyler Anderson (Nebraska-Kearney) won by pin over Joey Dozier (Fort Hays State), 1:04
157 – Destin McCauley (Nebraska-Kearney) won by pin over Kregg Clarke (Fort Hays State), 4:32
165 – Brock Smith (Nebraska-Kearney) won in sudden victory 1 over Bradley Little (Fort Hays State), 9-7.
174 – Patrick Martinez (Nebraska-Kearney) won by decision over Josh Rodriguez (Fort Hays State), 6-3
184 – Jon Inman (Fort Hays State) won by pin over Matt Oliver (Nebraska-Kearney), 3:42
197 – Romero Cotton (Nebraska-Kearney) won by injury default over Zack Grimes (Fort Hays State), 2:14.
285 – Jack Page (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Kelsey Empting (Nebraska-Kearney), 4-2