FHSU Sports Information

No. 6 Fort Hays State picked up its first conference dual victory on Sunday (Feb. 2), rolling over Newman, 36-15, at Gross Memorial Coliseum.

The Tigers (7-4-1, 1-2 MIAA) had three pins on the afternoon, as C.J. Napier (141), Noah Killip (149) and Mitchell Means (157) stuck their individual opponents. Josh Rodriguez (174) had a technical fall, while Bradley Little (165) picked up a major decision and Symon Seaton (133) had a decision.

FHSU was open in the 125 and 285 pound weight classes, and lost just one head-to-head match:  a 3-1 decision at 197 pounds (Chad Rous).

After the bye at 125 pounds, Seaton paired up with Kris Workman (NU).  Down 4-1 with less than 30 seconds to go, Workman used a takedown and a five-second near fall count to pull ahead and take the decision, 6-5.  Reed had one point of riding time.

Napier started a stretch of three straight pins for the Tigers, working against Wyatt Wade for two periods before sticking him just 21 seconds into the second period (fall time of 3:39).

Killip, in his first match since Dec. 15, took control early and picked up a first period pin over Zach Duwe in 1:58.

Means followed suit, winning by fall over Colton Duhr in just 2:34, and stretching the Tigers’ team score advantage to 21-6.

At 165 pounds, Little used a takedown late in the third period (under 20 seconds remaining) and riding time to stretch a decision into a major, defeating Noel Torres, 10-2.

Rodriguez won FHSU’s final head-to-head matchup of the night in impressive fashion, scoring early and often en route to a 17-2 technical fall as time expired.  Rodriguez racked up over two minutes of riding time to push the victory from major to a tech fall.

After Jon Inman’s forfeit victory at 184 pounds, Chad Rous dropped a 3-1 decision to Steven Cooksley and FHSU went open at heavyweight, sending the dual to a final score of 36-15.

Fort Hays State closes out the home portion of its 2014 dual schedule on Thursday (Feb. 6) against Central Missouri at 7 p.m.