Feb. 9, 2023

Colorado Mines Wins Dual With Eagles

The Colorado School of Mines wrestlers won six of the 10 matches while winning a dual with Chadron State College 26-18 in Golden on Thursday night. 

The Eagles won the first two matches to take a 9-0 lead.

Yusef Nelson, normally a backup at 125 pounds for the Eagles, had a 4-2 lead over Christian Lopez midway in the second period when the Oredigger was injured and could not continue, giving the visitors a 6-0 lead.

Next, the Eagles' Quen Campbell, who is ranked second at 133 pounds in NCAA II, won a 5-0 decision to boost his record to 13-1 for the season.

Chadron State's other winners were Brody Lamb at 157 pounds and Mason Watt at heavyweight.

Bolstered by a takedown and four nearfall points in the second quarter, Lamb took an 11-9 decision over Carter Noehre at 157 pounds.  Watt pinned his foe, Deandre Rucker, halfway through the first period to conclude the action.

Lamb has now won five consecutive matches since recovering from an injury and taking over the 157-pound weight class for during the second semester. Watt improved his record to 13-3 for the season.

Two of the Eagles' losses were by extremely narrow margins.  The first was at 149 pounds, where CSC's Brandon Paredes was edged 4-3 by Teague Dilbeck on a riding time point.  The second was at 165, where Preston Renner lost 4-2 when he was taken down in overtime by Tristin David.

Chadron State now has a 7-7 dual record.  The Eagles will take on Colorado Mesa at 11 a.m. Saturday (Feb. 11) in the Chicoine Center. The Mavericks defeated Colorado Mines 26-12 when they met last Friday in Golden.     

   The Chadron State-Mines results:

              125—Yusef Nelson, CSC, won by injury default over Christian Lopez, 3:57.

              133—Quen Campbell, CSC, dec. Tyler Krause, 5-0.

              141—Grayston DiBiasi, CSM, tech fall Skyler Geier Dodson, 15-0.

              149—Teague Dilbeck, CSM, dec. Brandon Paredes, 4-3.

              157—Brody Lamb, CSC, dec. Carter Noshre, 11-9.

              165—Tristin David, CSM, dec. Preston Renner, 11-9, SV-1 4-2.

              174—Levi Ferris, CSM, dec. Rowdy Pfeil, 9-5.

              184—Ryan Cody, CSM, pinned Keegan Gehlhausen. 4:51.

              197—Anderson Salisbury, CSM, pinned Bryan Zutavern, 4:40.

              Hwt—Mason Watt, CSC, dec. Deandre Rucker, 1:50.