Colorado School of Mines went 3-0 with wins over three regionally-ranked teams to make it a memorable Saturday at the Midwest Duals hosted by Nebraska-Kearney.
The Orediggers (6-1) won 21-18 thrillers over the University of Mary and Northern State, with a 30-11 win against Minot State in the middle. All three were ranked in the last Super Region 3 poll, with Northern State at #9, Mary at #10, and Minot at #12; Mines came in ranked #10 in SR4.
Mines was led by #6 Paul Wilson, who picked up two falls in a combined 1:16 before defeating #7 Joe Gomez to secure the win over Northern State. Zachary Gracia also went 3-0 at 125 including a pin to start the Northern State match,
Colorado School of Mines 21, University of Mary 18
Paul Wilson's 23-second fall at 197 pounds secured the win as Mines defeated University of Mary 21-18 in a back-and-forth thriller.
The two teams alternated wins the entire way beginning with Zachary Gracia's 9-6 decision over Josh Jensen at 125 pounds. Lukas Erickson earned the match's only point on an escape to beat Reed Cronin 1-0 at 141, and Ethan Ruby stuck Dane Fischer for a first-period fall at 157 for six points that proved to be critical.
Rocky Michaelson gave Mines a 15-9 lead after 174 pounds with his 6-4 win against Riley Nagel, but Jacob Green's 6-4 sudden victory win against Karl Breidenbach at 184 kept the door open for Mary. Wilson shut it, however, with his quick pin of Jonathan Pelach, and Mines forfeited heavyweight not needing the points.
RESULTS
125 - Zachary Gracia (Colorado Mines) over Josh Jensen (Mary) Dec 9-6
133 - Tate Barnhardt (Mary) over Noah Au-Yeung (Colorado Mines) Dec 9-3
141 - Lukas Erickson (Colorado Mines) over Reed Cronin (Mary) Dec 1-0
149 - Jakob Weisbrod (Mary) over Jacob Gerken (Colorado Mines) Dec 3-0
157 - Ethan Ruby (Colorado Mines) over Dane Fischer (Mary) Fall 1:14
165 - Paul Michaelson (Mary) over Keenan Willits (Colorado Mines) Dec 13-9
174 - Rocky Michaelson (Colorado Mines) over Riley Nagel (Mary) Dec 6-4
184 - Jacob Green (Mary) over Karl Breidenbach (Colorado Mines) SV-1 6-4
197 - #6 Paul Wilson (Colorado Mines) over Jonathan Pelach (Mary) Fall 0:23
285 - Travis Smith (Mary), by forfeit
Colorado School of Mines 30, Minot 11
Mines dominated with seven wins, including falls by Keenan Willits and Paul Wilson, to beat Minot 30-11.
The Orediggers were handed six points off the bat with Zachary Gracia taking a forfeit win at 125, and Noah Au-Yeung won a tight 2-1 decision at 133. Travis Torres and Jacob Gerken ground out decision wins at 141 and 149, respectively, to take Mines' lead to 15-0 before Minot got on the board with Marcus Polak's 7-6 win over Ethan Ruby.
Willits pinned Carlos Toledano in 4:45 at 165, and Ben Krantz sewed it up with his 5-2 decision over Anthony Raupp at 174. Brandon Saunders lost a close match at 184, 5-4, to Briley Crissler, and Paul Wilson earned his second first-period fall of the day at 197 with a 53-second pin of Hunter Hart.
RESULTS
125 Zachary Gracia (Colorado Mines), by forfeit
133 Noah Au-Yeung (Colorado Mines) over Colton Nichols (Minot) Dec 2-1
141 Travis Torres (Colorado Mines) over Tanner Crissler (Minot) Dec 7-2
149 Jacob Gerken (Colorado Mines) over Cody Haugen (Minot) Dec 7-5
157 Marcus Polak (Minot) over Ethan Ruby (Colorado Mines) Dec 7-6
165 Keenan Willits (Colorado Mines) over Carlos Toledano (Minot) Fall 4:45
174 Benjamin Krantz (Colorado Mines) over Anthony Raupp (Minot) Dec 5-2
184 Briley Crissler (Minot) over Brandon Saunders (Colorado Mines) Dec 5-4
197 #6 Paul Wilson (Colorado Mines) over Hunter Hart (Minot) Fall 0:53
285 Mitchell Eull (Minot), by forfeit
(1-point team penalty against Minot)
Colorado School of Mines 21, Northern State 18
Mines' final win of the day again came down to 197 pounds as #6 Paul Wilson beat #7 Joe Gomez to help the Orediggers win 21-18.
The Orediggers trailed 18-12 heading into the penultimate match, but with a forfeit win for Mines coming at heavyweight, the battle between the two nationally-ranked grapplers would be the meet decider. After a scoreless first period, Wilson chose bottom and escaped, and he rode out in the third period to win 2-0 with riding time.
Zachary Gracia started things off with a 1:50 fall over Ben Cauffman at 125, but Northern tied it up on Carson Henry's pin of Caleb Micho at 133 pounds. Travis Torres picked up a 9-2 decision at 141 and Robert Gambrell beat Blake Perryman 5-2 at 157, but three straight decisions by Northern State put Mines into the 18-12 hole after 184.
RESULTS
125 Zachary Gracia (Colorado Mines) over Ben Cauffman (Northern State) Fall 1:50
133 Carson Henry (Northern State) over Caleb Micho (Colorado Mines) Fall 4:51
141 Travis Torres (Colorado Mines) over Matt Bettencourt (Northern State) Dec 9-2
149 Tyler Stenberg (Northern State) over Jacob Gerken (Colorado Mines) Dec 10-6
157 Robert Gambrell (Colorado Mines) over Blake Perryman (Northern State) Dec 5-2
165 Sean Havlovic (Northern State) over John Crowley (Colorado Mines) Dec 5-4
174 Anthony Navarro (Northern State) over Rocky Michaelson (Colorado Mines) Dec 6-2
184 David Murphy (Northern State) over Karl Breidenbach (Colorado Mines) Dec 7-2
197 #6 Paul Wilson (Colorado Mines) over #7 Joe Gomez (Northern State) Dec 2-0
285 Nick DeBruyn (Colorado Mines), by forfeit
