WICHITA, Kan. – The No. 18 ranked Newman wrestling team's upset bid over No. 2 Nebraska-Kearney fell short Monday evening (Feb. 4) as the Lopers defeated the Jets 35-9. The Jets fall to 3-6 in dual play on the year and drop to 1-3 in the MIAA.

Falling behind 29-0 just after the midway point of the dual, sophomore Tyler Lawley sparked some Jets noise inside the Fugate Gymnasium. Despite a rough first period finding himself trailing 14-0, Lawley decided to take top to begin the second period, knowing an escape point could lead to a tech fall defeat. However Lawley decided to close the match on his own with a second period fall (4:28) over Kearney's Wesley Dawkins putting the Jets on the board ending the 29-0 Lopers run.

After landing inside the InterMat's top-12 individual poll this past week, No. 8 ranked Kameron Frame handed the Jets their second victory of the dual with an 11-5 first period sudden victory on a takedown and four-point near fall defeating Nick Babcock.

In the final match of the dual featuring the top two wrestlers in the 157-pounds, No. 2 Tyler Mies suffered just his second loss of the season in a 9-3 decision defeat to No. 1 Matt Malcom as Kearney took the match 35-9.  

165 – No. 1 Calvin Ochs (UNK) over Noah Perkins (NU) by a 8-0 major decision, UNK leads 4-0
174 – Zach Stodden (UNK) over Nate Panagakis (NU) by a 8-0 major decision, UNK leads 8-0
184 – Terrell Garraway (UNK) over Ivan Balavage (NU) by a fall (1:35), UNK leads 14-0
197 – Trey Schlender (UNK) over Sage Eckman (NU) by a fall (3:48), UNK leads 20-0
285 – No. 5 Jarrod Hinrichs (UNK) over Thor Balavage by a 8-0 major decision, UNK leads 24-0
125 – No. 3 Josh Portillo (UNK) over Jake Patch (NU) by a 18-3 tech fall, UNK leads 29-0
133 – Tyler Lawley (NU) over Wesley Dawkins (UNK) by a fall (4:28), UNK leads 29-6
141 – No. 8 Jonathan Killingsworth (UNK) over Kevin Kissane (NU) in a 7-6 decision, UNK leads 32-6
149 – No. 8 Kameron Frame (NU) over Nick Babcock (UNK), in a 11-5 SV1 decision, UNK leads 32-9
157 – No. 1 Matt Malcom over No. 2 Tyler Mies (NU) in a 9-3 decision, UNK wins 35-9

The Jets will return back to the mats Wednesday evening (Feb. 6) as they host Pratt CC for senior night. First match is slated for 7:00 p.m. inside the Fugate Gymnasium in Wichita, Kan.