­­TOPEKA, Kan. – The Southern Oregon men's wrestling team won't return from the NAIA Championships with a title, but the Raiders still exceeded expectations by finishing fifth overall at the Kansas Expocentre.

Ranked 10th when the tournament started, SOU clinched four All-America finishes Friday and split its placing matches Saturday. Tyler Cowger (149 pounds) and Hunter Hodges (157) took fourth, while Andrew Orr (174) and Tanner Fischer (197) went out with wins to place seventh.

The Raiders – who were tied for the eighth-most representatives at the tournament with eight, getting multiple wins from seven of them – collectively went 19-16 with 10 bonus-point wins. Of their 60.5 points, Hodges led the way with 16.5 and Cowger and Orr contributed 12.5 apiece. They finished one point in front of Indiana Tech, which had 12 wrestlers, and one behind Williams Baptist, which had nine.

SOU has produced at least four All-Americans in 10 consecutive seasons.

Grand View (Iowa) ran away with its sixth championship in a row – clinching by the end of the first day and securing the NAIA team points record before the finals. The Vikings amassed 234.5 points to second-place Lindsey Wilson's 74.5 and had five individual champs.

Cowger joined Brock Gutches and Mitchell Loftstedt as the only individuals in Raider history with four top-five finishes. Seeded fourth at 149, he was in the semifinals for the second year in a row and dropped a 7-4 decision to top-seeded Scottie Bonds of Midland. Cowger rebounded with a 2-1 defeat of Morningside's fifth-seeded Steven Garcia in the consolation semis before losing the third-place match to No. 8 Daniel Leonard of Lindsey Wilson 6-5.

Cowger completed his career with a record of 114-32, including marks of 33-6 this season and 16-7 in four appearance at the NAIA Championships. He owns the No. 3 spot on SOU's all-time wins list.

The third-seeded Hodges also started the day with a loss in the 157-pound semis, 5-1 to second-seeded Brandon Weber of Montana State-Northern. He only needed 16 seconds to pin ninth-seeded Skylar Weber of Briar Cliff in the consolation semis, and lost a 9-3 decision to fourth-seeded Nate Croley of Cumberland in the third-place match. Now a two-time All-American, the redshirt-sophomore finished with a record of 27-9.

Orr, a No. 9 seed who lost his first match Friday but stayed alive with back-to-back consolation pins, defeated Jamestown's Mike Zupan 14-6 in the 174-pound seventh-place match – his team-leading third bonus-point win of the tournament. His day started with a 4-1 loss to second-seeded Dylan Blackford of Grand View.

Fischer also won his seventh-place match handily at 197, 6-0 over Baker's David Dow. John Dennis, the No. 4 seed from Grand View, sent him there with a 9-4 decision to start the day. Fischer ended the season with a record of 29-10.

Since 2000, the Raiders have finished in the top-five 11 times.

TEAM SCORES (top-10 of 46) – Grand View (Iowa) 234.5, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 74.5, Campbellsville (Ky.) 64.5, Williams Baptist (Ark.) 61.5, Southern Oregon 60.5, Indiana Tech 59.5, Midland (Neb.) 54.5, Montana State-Northern 53.5, Life (Ga.) 52.5, Cumberlands (Ky.) 49.

SOU RESULTS
149 – Tyler Cowger
Friday's Results
Round 1 – Cowger dec. Robert Humphrey, Indiana Tech, 4-2.
Round 2 – Cowger dec. Kenny Boyd, Missouri Valley, 6-0.
Quarterfinal – Cowger dec. Hunter Bell, Cumberlands, 5-4.
Saturday's Results
Semifinal – Scottie Bonds, Midland, dec. Cowger, 7-4.
Consolation Semifinal – Cowger dec. Steven Garcia, Morningside, 2-1.
3rd-place Match – Daniel Leonard, Lindsey Wilson, dec. Cowger, 6-5.

157 – Hunter Hodges
Friday's Results
Round 1 – Hodges received a bye.
Round 2 – Hodges dec. Paul Longshore, Midland, 5-2.
Quarterfinal – Hodges p. Tobias Barnes, Missouri Valley, 2:31.
Saturday's Results
Semifinal – Brandon Weber, MSU-Northern, dec. Hodges, 5-1.
Consolation Semifinal – Hodges p. Skylar Weber, Briar Cliff, 0:16.
3rd-place Match – Nate Croley, Cumberland, dec. Hodges, 9-3.

174 – Andrew Orr
Friday's Results
Round 1 – Orr received a bye.
Round 2 – Antonio Rodriguez, Indiana Tech, dec. Orr, 4-3.
Consolation Round 2 – Orr wins by medical forfeit over Nathan Garcia, Briar Cliff.
Consolation Round 3 – Orr p. Keion McVay, Wiliams Baptist, 5:48.
Consolation Round 4 – Orr p. Andras Lukacs-Farkas, Northwestern, 1:41.
Saturday's Results
Consolation Round 5 – Dylan Blackford, Grand View, dec. Orr, 4-1.
7th-place Match – Orr major dec. Mike Zupan, Jamestown, 14-6.

197 – Tanner Fischer
Friday's Results
Round 1 – Fischer received a bye.
Round 2 – Ken Burkhardt Jr., Concordia, p. Fischer, 6:59.
Consolation Round 2 – Fischer received a bye.
Consolation Round 3 – Fischer p. Troy Mercer, Lyon, 4:26.
Consolation Round 4 – Fischer p. Eric Fan, Eastern Oregon, 6:06.
Saturday's Results
Consolation Round 5 – John Dennis, Grand View, dec. Fischer, 9-4.
7th-place Match – Fischer dec. David Dow, Baker, 6-0.