Jay Figgins sets career wins mark, Flanagan honored
Jon Denham, Sports Information Director
February 7, 2008

The Loras College Graber Sports Center hosted two incredibly memorable events on Thursday night. In the final dual meet of the 2007-2008, the Duhawks hosted Simpson College and defeated the Storm 35-9.

Simpson forfeited the night's opening two matches at 125 and 133 pounds. They followed by winning three of the first four scored matches (141, 149, and 165) to make the score 15-9. Brandon Bauer won a slim 2-1 decision via his riding time point and set the stage for the main match of the night at 184 pounds.

Senior Jay Figgins entered his match with Trent Van Dorin of Simpson College tied with Jim Brophy ('96) with 122 career wins. Just seconds into the match Figgins was in control and earned an early take down. At the 00:26 mark of the opening period Figgins pinned the freshmen and claimed the careers wins record. The crowd took time to recognize the senior on "Senior Night" and a delayed smile emerged from the Clinton, Iowa native as referee Bill Roths held his hand up in victory.

The Duhawks rolled in the final two matches following Figgins' win with freshmen Alex Grafft and Jeremy Klein earning a fall and technical fall, respectively.

Earlier in the night, in a ceremony at the Graber Sports Center, the Loras College community recognized former head wrestling coach Pat Flanagan (1966-1981) for his contributions to the program when they named the team's practice room for him. The hallway on the second floor of Graber now boasts a plaque recognizing the room as the Pat "Flash" Flanagan Wrestling Room. Flanagan left as the program's all time leader in coaching wins with 127.

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