GOLDEN, Colo. - Bonus-point wins by Taylor Gambill, Connor Ventura, and Anthony Spallino keyed Colorado School of Mines in an upset of #5 CSU-Pueblo Wednesday night in their dual meet finale.

The Orediggers end the season 10-2, their best-ever record in the modern NCAA era. 

Mines jumped to a 9-3 after three bouts as Josiah Seaton won a sudden-victory nailbiter over Zachary Gracia, 7-5, to start at 125 but Mines responded with Noah Au-Yeung's comeback 8-7 win at 133 and Gambill's 1:26 pin of Tanner Kuketz at 141. The Thunderwolves answered with three straight wins to take the lead, however, as Jared Mestas earned a 15-0 tech fall over Ryan Carpenter at 149, Kyle Fantin beat Ethan Ruby 10-4 at 157, and Gavin Melendez beat Jack Damenti 11-2 at 165.

The Orediggers reeled off two wins of their own to take control of the dual sparked by TJ Shelton's 12-5 decision over Jair Flores at 174. Ventura then got a crucial 20-2 tech fall over Aaron Benton at 184 thanks to three near-fall 4's in the match, and Anthony Spallino won a penalty-point-filled bout with Donavon Rincon by a major decision margin, 10-2, to give Mines a 21-15 lead. That meant CSU-Pueblo needed a pin at heavyweight, but Cody Johnson only managed a 5-4 win in a hard-fought bout with Jake Feldman to seal the 21-18 win for Mines.

NOTABLES
- The win was Mines' third of the season over a top-25 team after beating #13 Fort Hays State on Nov. 8 and #21 Adams State on Jan. 27.
- Mines has had eight of their 12 duals this season decided in the final match, including each of their last four; Mines is 7-1 in those duals.

NEXT UP
Mines hosts the Rocky Mountain Collegiate Open Sunday at Steinhauer Fieldhouse beginning at 10 a.m.

Mines 21, #5 CSU-Pueblo 18 [Full Scoring]
125: Josiah Seaton (CSUP) over Zachary Gracia (MINES) (SV-1 7-5) 
133: Noah Au-Yeung (MINES) over Levi Maes (CSUP) (Dec 8-7) 
141: Taylor Gambill (MINES) over Tanner Kuketz (CSUP) (Fall 1:26) 
149: Jared Mestas (CSUP) over Ryan Carpenter (MINES) (TF 15-0 6:59) 
157: Kyle Fantin (CSUP) over Ethan Ruby (MINES) (Dec 10-4) 
165: Gavin Melendez (CSUP) over Jack Damenti (MINES) (MD 11-2) 
174: TJ Shelton (MINES) over Jair Flores (CSUP) (Dec 12-5) 
184: Connor Ventura (MINES) over Aaron Benton (CSUP) (TF 20-2 5:45) 
197: Anthony Spallino (MINES) over Donavon Rincon (CSUP) (MD 10-2) 
285: Cody Johnson (CSUP) over Jacob Feldman (MINES) (Dec 5-4)