CHADRON, Neb. -- The Chadron State College wrestling team won seven consecutive matches and scored 28 straight points enroute to defeating New Mexico Highlands 34-7, Thursday evening in the Chicoine Center.
 
After Dominic Joyce, a freshman from North Port, Florida, won an exhibition match with a 20-5 tech fall to start the dual, fans were treated to a nationally ranked matchup at 125 pounds.
 
#15 Rhys Sellers for the Cowboy's and CSC's Quade Smith, who is ranked seventh in the nation, gave fans some third period excitement. While trailing 3-2, Sellers used a late escape to tie the match and later scored a takedown to win 6-3 and give the Cowboys a 3-0 match lead.
 
The 133-pound weight class is when CSC started the string of seven straight victories. #2 Quentrevion Campbell, a redshirt senior from Tifton, Georgia, defeated his opponent with a 17-4 major decision to improve to 11-1 on the season.
 
#17 Ethan Leake and Joseph Misitano from New Mexico Highlands were tied at four at the conclusion of the first period and Leake led 5-4 due to a stalling point from his opponent heading to the final period. Leake, a redshirt senior from Clovis, California, chose bottom to begin the third and scored the final point with an escape to win 7-4.
 
The only tech fall that counted towards team points was scored by Torry Early at 149 pounds. Early, a senior from Oak Park, Illinois, won 15-0 in 1:45 to add to his team record for tech falls in a season.
 
At 157 pounds, Clayton Robinson, a redshirt freshman from Johnstown, Colorado, won with a 10-7 decision.
 
Jaziah Whaley, a redshirt junior from Gilcrest, Colorado, scored seven first period points on his way to a 12-2 major decision at 165 pounds before Logan Berger received a forfeit victory at 174.
 
The Eagles seventh consecutive victory occurred at 184 pounds. Keegan Gehlhausen, a redshirt sophomore from Pinedale, Wyoming scored one takedown and an escape to win 4-2.
 
The Cowboys other ranked wrestler, #16 Zachary Ferris, defeated Eli Hinojosa, a redshirt senior from Imperial, Nebraska, with a 12-3 major decision at 197 pounds to end CSC's streak of 28 straight points.
 
In the final match of the evening, #5 Mason Watt didn't need long to win at heavyweight. The redshirt senior from Broomfield, Colorado only needed one takedown before pinning his opponent in 2:25.
 
The Eagles, who improve to 4-1 overall and 2-0 in RMAC action with the victory, host Colorado School of Mines at 6 p.m. on Friday, January 19. Instead of being held in the Chicoine Center, the dual will take place in the Nelson Physical Activity Center (NPAC) on Chadron State's campus.