CHADRON, Neb. – Chadron State snagged bonus points in six of their seven victories to earn a 30-9 dual win over New Mexico Highlands and improve to 2-0 in RMAC play. 

Mason Villwok earned a dominant tech fall win within the first period at 197 pounds while the Eagles earned four major decision wins from Hunter Jacobsen (133 pounds), Brandon Paredes (157), Brooks Loosvelt (184) and Eli Reese (285), in addition to picking up six free points with an NMHU forfeit at 174 pounds. 

The Eagles have now won seven consecutive RMAC duals dating back to last season. In addition to their 2-0 RMAC record, the Eagles are also 2-0 in home duals and 4-1 in overall duals in 2025-26 after Sunday's win. 

Highlands, which dropped to 0-3 in the RMAC and 6-3 overall, earned decision victories at 141, 149 and 165 pounds. The Cowboys' loss to CSC was by a larger margin than earlier losses to conference foes Colorado School of Mines (20-14) and Colorado Mesa (24-13), but an improvement over last year's dual result between the two programs, when CSC won nine of 10 matches in a lopsided 41-3 result. 

Sunday's dual started at 157 pounds, so CSC ran away with it early by winning seven of the first eight bouts contested. Brandon Paredes secured three takedowns en route to an 11-2 major to give CSC an early 4-0 lead. 

Ivan Smith, Jr., ranked No. 7 in the country and a reigning regional champion for NMHU at 165 pounds, gutted out a 4-2 decision over CSC's Tayten Gillette. The match ended with a scramble as Gillette made a valiant attempt at a match-winning takedown but Smith wriggled out of trouble and kept the Eagle wrestler at bay. 

After NMHU's only ranked wrestler held serve, Chadron State took over. The Cowboys forfeited 174 before Mason Villwok racked up three takedowns and two four-point near falls to win by tech fall – 17-2 – in just three minutes. 

The bonus points continued for CSC as heavyweight Eli Reese and 133-pounder Hunter Jacobsen each secured major decision wins, sandwiched around a comfortable 8-2 decision for nationally ranked 125-pounder Quade Smith. 

Jacobsen's bout against James Montoya was a high-scoring match full of frantic exchanges that ended 17-5 for the CSC wrestler. Jacobsen tallied five takedowns and pressed for a pin but was unable to close. For his part, Montoya escaped three times and flipped Jacobsen over for a two-point reversal. 

Chadron State led 30-3 at that point in the dual and had things more than sewn up, but Highlands was able to put a damper on the night at the end with wins in the final two matches. At 141 pounds, Terrell Kinlicheenie upset CSC's No. 8/14-ranked Caleb Chaves 2-1 after Chaves needed to use nearly all of his injury time in the second period and barely attacked after tweaking his knee. 

The final match of the night was the closest. NMHU's Sebastian Freeman and CSC freshman Aidan Callahan went back-and-forth at 149 pounds – Callahan led 4-2, Freeman found a takedown to take a 5-4 lead, but Callahan squirmed out for an escape with just 10 seconds to go, sending the match to overtime at 5-5. Freeman came up with a takedown in the extra period to win 8-5 via sudden victory and make the final dual margin 30-9. 

Chadron State has four more RMAC duals this season, with the next two also coming at home in the Chicoine Center. The Eagles will face CSU Pueblo on Friday, January 23 before battling Adams State the following Saturday, January 31.

Dual Results: 
125: #6/5 Quade Smith (CSC) def. Diego Camarillo, Dec. 8-2
133: Hunter Jacobsen (CSC) def. James Montoya, MD 17-5
141: Terrell Kinlicheenie (NMHU) def. #8/14 Caleb Chaves, Dec. 2-1
149: Sebastian Freeman (NMHU) def. Aidan Callahan, SV 8-5
157: Brandon Paredes (CSC) def. Reed McCarty, MD 11-2
165: #7/#6 Ivan Smith, Jr. (NMHU) def. Tayten Gillette, Dec. 4-2
174: Logan Berger (CSC) wins, forfeit
184: Brooks Loosvelt (CSC) def. Rylan Taylor, MD 12-2 
197: NR/#19 Mason Villwok def. Devin Kinlicheenie, TF 17-2
285: Eli Reese (CSC) def. Phil Chobot, MD 11-3