Final Brackets

Final Team Standings

No. 10 Fort Hays State's C.J. Napier and Tanner Kriss closed out the 2014 season with All-American performances at the NCAA Division II Wrestling National Championships in Cleveland, Ohio.  Napier finished fourth at 141 pounds while Kriss was sixth at 197 pounds on Saturday (March 15).
 
Napier reached the semifinals after going 2-0 yesterday, but dropped a 5-3 decision in overtime to Daniel Ownbey of UNC-Pembroke.  In the consolation semifinals, Napier picked up a narrow 6-5 decision over BJ Young of Newberry to reach the third-place match.  In that contest, Napier fell just short in his second overtime match of the day, falling to Dylan D'Urso (Mercyhurst) on riding time in the second tiebreaker.  The match was tied, 3-3 at that point.  Napier finished the season at 36-8 overall as an All-American, scoring 11.5 team points.
 
Kriss earned a berth to the semifinals with two wins yesterday, but fell in sudden victory to Romero Cotton (Nebraska-Kearney), 3-1 in the first match on Saturday.  In his second match of the day, Kriss dropped a 9-5 decision to Brandonn Johnson of Notre Dame, qualifying Kriss for the fifth-place match.  In that conteset, Kriss lost by fall in 2:10 to Joe Brandt of Ashland.  Kriss finished the season at 17-12 overall as an All-American, scoring eight team points.
 
Napier and Kriss are the first All-Americans for Fort Hays State since 2011, when Mitchell Means was fourth.  Means (157), Josh Rodriguez (174) and Jon Inman (184) joined Napier and Kriss at the Championships this season.

FHSU finished 21st in the final team point standings with 21.5.
 
Complete individual results are below…
 
141 – C.J. Napier (3-2), All-American – 4th place
Champ. Round 1 – C.J. Napier (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Dylan Kager (Lake Erie College), Dec 8-6
Quarterfinal – C.J. Napier (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Dylan D`Urso (Mercyhurst), Dec 3-1
Semifinal - Daniel Ownbey (UNC-Pembroke) won in sudden victory - 1 over Charles Napier (Fort Hays State), SV-1 5-3
Cons. Semi – C.J. Napier (Fort Hays State) won by decision over BJ Young (Newberry College), Dec 6-5
3rd Place Match - Dylan D`Urso (Mercyhurst) won in TB-2 by riding time over Charles Napier (Fort Hays State), TB-2 (RT) 3-3.
























157 - Mitchell Means (1-2)
Champ. Round 1 - Mitchell Means (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Brady Bersano (Cal Baptist), Dec 5-2
Quarterfinal - Clint Poster (St. Cloud State) won by tech fall over Mitchell Means (Fort Hays State), TF - 6:38, 23-6
Cons. Round 2 - Derrick Weller (Lindenwood), won in sudden victory - 2 over Mitchell Means (Fort Hays State), SV-2 4-2

174 - Josh Rodriguez (1-2)
Champ. Round 1 - August Mizia (Mercyhurst) won by decision over Josh Rodriguez (Fort Hays State), Dec 5-3
Cons. Round 1 - Josh Rodriguez (Fort Hays State) won in tie breaker - 1 over Clayton Jennissen (St. Cloud State), TB-1 2-1
Cons. Round 2 - Trevor Grant (CSU-Pueblo) won by decision over Josh Rodriguez (Fort Hays State), Dec 6-2

184 - Jon Inman (1-2)
Champ. Round 1 - Jared Holliday (Newberry College) won by decision over Jon Inman (Fort Hays State), Dec 3-1
Cons. Round 1 - Jon Inman (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Jordan DeBus (Chadron State), Dec 10-3
Cons. Round 2 - Dallas Smith (Ouachita Baptist) won by decision over Jon Inman (Fort Hays State), Dec 6-2

197 - Tanner Kriss (2-3), All-American – 6th place
Champ. Round 1 - Tanner Kriss (Fort Hays State) won in tie breaker - 1 over Sam Mangum (Western State Colorado), TB-1 2-1
Quarterfinal - Tanner Kriss (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Joe Brandt (Ashland University), Dec 3-2
Semifinal - Romero Cotton (Nebraska-Kearney) won in sudden victory - 1 over Tanner Kriss (Fort Hays State), SV-1 3-1
Cons. Semi - Brandonn Johnson (Notre Dame (OH)) won by decision over Tanner Kriss (Fort Hays State), Dec 9-5
5th Place Match - Joe Brandt (Ashland University) won by fall over Tanner Kriss (Fort Hays State), Fall 2:10