MURRAY, Ky. -- The University of West Alabama wranglers competed at the Murray State University Rodeo over the weekend, with the Tiger men placing second.

West Alabama men finished with 600 points, while Tennessee at Martin won the event with 710 points. Host Murray was third (390) and Troy fourth (360).

Senior Josh Napp won the steer-wrestling event (8.2), while junior Blake Cavataio placed second (19.3) in calf roping. Senior Todd Bledsoe finished sixth (72) and in bull riding and senior Brandon Reynolds took second (152).

‘The men’s team had the best rodeo of the year, and put them back into the top four in the region,” Tigers coach Jayson Schoenfeld said. “The women’s team had some bad luck this weekend; however, they still are sitting second in the Ozark Region.”

Sophomore Casey Chapman placed sixth in goat tying (20.0) and eighth (34.91) in barrel racing.

After five rodeo meets, the West Alabama men are fourth with 1,745 points. Tennessee at Martin is first, (3,615), followed by Troy University (2,160) and Missouri Valley College (1,880). In the women’s standings, Troy is first (1,490), followed by West Alabama (1,350) and Arkansas at Monticello (1,026).

Senior Lauren Hedrick leads the women’s all-around (735), is second in breakaway roping (335) and third in goat tying (400). Junior Natasha Parker leads in breakaway roping (350).

In the men’s standings, Reynolds is second in bull riding (345), while freshman Tyler Earwood is 11^th (105). Senior Tyler Pearson (560) and Napp (505) are first and second, respectively, in steer wrestling, while Bledsoe is fifth (285) in bareback riding. Cavataio rounds out the standings in 11^th in tie-down roping (150).

The Tiger wranglers are off until March, when they travel to compete in the University of Arkansas at Monticello Rodeo in Pine Bluff, Ark.