FHSU Sports Information

Fort Hays State wrestling is ranked 10th in the final NCAA Division II Wrestling Coaches Poll of the 2013-14 season, released Wednesday.  The Tigers, previously No. 15, received 78 votes in the last poll of the year after finishing fourth at the NCAA Central Super Regional Championships last week.

Complete Rankings

Joining FHSU in the national rankings from the MIAA is Nebraska-Kearney (No. 2), Lindenwood (No. 3) and Central Oklahoma (No. 13).  UNK held steady in second, LWU jumped from eighth last week and UCO fell from fourth.

Four Tigers were listed in individual rankings, as C.J. Napier and Tanner Kriss remained ranked and Josh Rodriguez and Jon Inman entered the rankings for the first time this season.  Napier is third at 141 pounds, up one spot from last week, while Kriss (197 pounds) dropped to eighth in the poll.  At 174 and 184 pounds, respectively, Rodriguez and Inman were each voted sixth.

In addition to the four ranked wrestlers, Mitchell Means (157) was the other Tiger to qualify for the NCAA Division II National Championships in Cleveland, Ohio, next week (March 14-15).

Brackets for the NCAA Championships are available here.

The complete team rankings of the final DII Wrestling Coaches Poll of the year is below…

Ranking	Team	Points	Previous
1	Notre Dame (Ohio)	160	1st
2	Nebraska-Kearney	152	2nd
3	Lindenwood (Mo.)	134	8th
4	Indianapolis (Ind.)	126	14th
5	Western State (Colo.)	122	12th
6	St. Cloud State (Minn.)	115	3rd
7	Newberry (S.C.)	113	5th
8	Pittsburgh-Johnstown (Pa.)	97	11th
9	McKendree (Ill.)	89	9th
10	Fort Hays State (Kan.)	78	15th
11	California Baptist	75	10th
12	Mercyhurst (Pa.)	69	7th
13	Central Oklahoma	68	4th
14	Ouachita Baptist (Ark.)	59	17th
15	Ashland (Ohio)	53	19th
16	Maryville (Mo.)	44	13th
17	Upper Iowa	40	6th
18	Adams State (Colo.)	37	NR
19	Kutztown (Pa.)	25	16th
20	Lake Erie (Ohio)	12	NR

Others receiving votes:  Colorado Mesa, Findlay (Ohio), North Carolina-Pembroke, Southwest Minnesota.