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No. 15 Fort Hays State rallied late but couldn’t complete the comeback win against No. 3 Nebraska-Kearney, falling to its rival on the road, 21-14 on Friday (Jan. 23).

FHSU (6-6, 2-2 MIAA) won four matches in the dual (including the final three) but couldn’t overcome the Lopers’ efforts in the middle weights.  FHSU had two bonus points in the match with two major decisions while UNK scored three bonus points (technical fall and major decision).

Down 6-0 after the first two matches, FHSU’s Noah Killip cut the deficit to three (6-3) over battling towards a 4-1 decision over Keith Surber.

UNK, though, ran off four straight wins from there – claiming a technical fall at 149 pounds, a major decision at 165 and decisions at 157 and 174 pounds to take a 21-3 lead.

The Tigers rebounded in the final three matches, however, as eighth-ranked Jon Inman (184) and Cash Drylie (197) turned in major decisions, followed by No. 6 Trey Page’s decision at 285 pounds.

Inman shut out Casey Powell (UNK) for a 12-0 victory, and Drylie’s 10-2 decision helped FHSU bring the Lopers’ lead back to 10 (21-11).  It was too little, too late however for FHSU, despite Page’s 3-2 decision over Ivan DeLeon to end the match at 21-14.

FHSU heads to Baldwin City, Kan., this Sunday (Jan. 25) for the Kansas Cup tournament. Last season, FHSU placed second at the Kansas Cup and won four individual titles.

Complete results from the dual are below…

125 – Connor Bolling (UNK) wins by decision (7-4) over Adam Ludwin (FHSU) … Lopers lead, 3-0
133 – No. 1 Daniel DeShazer (UNK) wins by decision (5-3) over Anthony Calderon (FHSU) … Lopers lead, 6-0
141 – Noah Killip (FHSU) wins by decision (4-1) over Keith Surber (UNK) … Lopers lead, 6-3
149 – No. 7 Destin McCauley (UNK) wins by technical fall (17-2, 2:58) over Matt Ziegler… Lopers lead, 11-3
157 – Leandro Arias (UNK) wins by decision (4-1) over Bradley Little… Lopers lead, 14-3
165 – Devin Aguirre (UNK) wins by major decision (14-2) over Kregg Clarke (FHSU) … Lopers lead, 18-3
174 – Chace Bila (UNK) wins by decision (12-6) over Nathan Shipley (FHSU) … Lopers lead, 21-3
184 – No. 8 Jon Inman (FHSU) wins by major decision (12-0) over Casey Powell (UNK) … Lopers lead, 21-7
197 – Cash Drylie (FHSU) wins by major decision (10-2) over Brady Raik (UNK)… Lopers lead, 21-11
285 – No. 6 Trey Page (FHSU) wins by decision (3-2) over Ivan DeLeon (UNK) … Lopers win, 21-14