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Western State Tops Mines On Senior Night

1/21/2017 9:01:00 PM

GOLDEN, Colo. - Colorado School of Mines ended their home dual schedule with a 40-0 loss to Western State Colorado University on Saturday. 

After the match Mines honored its four seniors - John Crowley, Jacob Gerken, Justin Ray, and Austin Saunders - following their final career home dual.

Western State was tough all night long starting from 125 pounds as #3 Ronnie Wardleigh earned a 15-0 tech fall over Matt Lavengood. Tyler Hanenberg kept it going with a tough 6-3 decision over Noah Au-Yeung at 133, and Seth Rich decisioned Justin Ray 7-4 at 141.  Ian Steed picked up Western's second tech fall with a 19-3 win over Jake Woods, who was wrestling up a weight at 149, and Shawn Beiriger won 11-6 over Ethan Ruby at 157.

The match of the night was an action-packed 165-pound bout between John Crowley and Travis Bradford. The pair each scored takedowns in the first period with Crowley adding a reversal, then again traded takedowns in the second before a third-period takedown made the difference for Bradford as he won 12-10.

WSCU ended with three straight major decisions and a forfeit as Brandon Supernaw beat Robert Gambrell 18-7 at 174, Konnor Schmidt won 16-3 over Ben Krantz at 184, and Ben Price was a 15-3 victor against Brandon Saunders at 197. 
 

Western State 40, Mines 0 [Full Scoring]
125: #3 Ronald Wardleigh (WSCU) over Matthew Lavengood (Mines), TF 15-0 7:00
133: Tyler Hanenberg (WSCU) over Noah Au-Yeung (Mines), Dec 6-3
141: Seth Rich (WSCU) over Justin Ray (Mines), Dec 7-4
149: Ian Steen (WSCU) over Jake Woods (Mines), TF 19-3 7:00
157: Shawn Beiriger (WSCU) over Ethan Ruby (Mines), Dec 11-6
165: Travis Bradford (WSCU) over John Crowley (Mines), Dec 12-10
174: Brandon Supernaw (WSCU) over Robert Gambrell (Mines), MD 18-7
184: Konnor Schmidt (WSCU) over Benjamin Krantz (Mines), MD 16-3
197: Ben Price (WSCU) over Brandon Saunders (Mines), MD 15-3
285: Michael Henry (WSCU), by forfeit
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