GOLDEN, Colo. - #20 Colorado School of Mines took both duals in a tri-meet on Friday, defeating Snow College and Northeastern Junior College in Volk Gym.

The Orediggers (2-0) put two different lineups on the mat, dispatching a tough Snow team 25-19 to start before shutting out Northeastern 53-0 behind nine bonus-point wins.

In the neutral dual to start the afternoon, Snow defeated NJC 40-18.
 

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MINES 25, SNOW COLLEGE 19
Four major-decision victories keyed Mines' win over Snow College as they took an early lead and held on in a 25-19 victory.

Xander Sweeney, #10 Grayston DiBlasi, Wyatt Reisz, and Avery Krippner all won by major and Kaleb Valdez-Lemos pulled out a late win by decision while Christian Lopez won by forfeit. 

After Lopez's automatic six points at 125, Sweeney made his Mines dual debut up a weight with an 11-3 win at 133, and DiBlasi scored a couple of tilts to win 19-6 at 141 to put Mines ahead 14-0. Snow picked up 11 points with a tech fall at 149 and pin at 157, but Valdez-Lemos wrestled the match of the dual at 165, getting a third-period escape and then a late takedown to come back and beat Caleb Marx 9-7. Reisz and Krippner then cruised, 18-6 and 18-4, respectively, to seal up the team win as Snow won at 197 on a late takedown and by technical fall at 285. 

#20 Colorado School of Mines 25, Snow College 19 [Full Scoring]
125: Christian Lopez (MINES), by forfeit
133: Xander Sweeney (MINES) over Dagen Lamano (SNOW) (MD 11-3) 
141: #10 Grayston DiBlasi (MINES) over Wylie Stone (SNOW) (MD 19-6) 
149: Josiah Wickard (SNOW) over Yahir Chairez-Salazar (MINES) (TF 18-2 3:50) 
157: Mack Bray (SNOW) over Jaron Mahler (MINES) (Fall 6:11) 
165: Kaleb Valdez-Lemos (MINES) over Caleb Marx (SNOW) (Dec 9-7) 
174: Wyatt Reisz (MINES) over Cutler Crandall (SNOW) (MD 18-6) 
184: Avery Krippner (MINES) over Rylan Stevens (SNOW) (MD 18-4) 
197: Andre Leota (SNOW) over Deandre Rucker (MINES) (Dec 4-1) 
285: Rylee Creasey (SNOW) over Cade Whish (MINES) (TF 21-6 5:54)
X133: Elliot Kim (MINES) over Jordan Free (SNOW) (Fall 1:36)
 

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MINES 53, NORTHEASTERN JC 0
Nine bonus-point victories, including pins by Marcus Caro, Mason Diel, Ryan Cody, and Laith Ibrahim, pushed Mines to a 53-0 shutout of Northeastern JC to end the tri-meet.

Christian Lopez, Trebor Moreno, #1 Cody Thompson, and Tristin David each won by technical fall, and #10 Grayston DiBlasi picked up his second win of the day with a decision.

Caro, in his official Mines debut at 157, started off a string of pins with a first-period fall, and Cody and Ibrahim also ended their bouts in the first period with Diel's pin coming at 4:08. 

Lopez set the tone with a 16-0 shutout over Cade Liniger at 125, and Trebor Moreno scored plenty in his 19-3 win at 133 over Calvin Mendez. Thompson, a returning all-American and 2024 national finalist at 149, got his season off to a winning start with his 18-2 tech fall over Silas Thompson, and Tristin David blanked Ethan Sinclair 15-0 at 165. DiBlasi's win at 141 came by decision, 8-4. 

#20 Colorado School of Mines 53, Northeastern JC 0 [Full Scoring]
125: Christian Lopez (MINES) over Cade Liniger (NEJC) (TF 16-0 2:31) 
133: Trebor Moreno (MINES) over Calvin Mendez (NEJC) (TF 19-3 6:13) 
141: #10 Grayston DiBlasi (MINES) over Bronson Richins (NEJC) (Dec 8-4) 
149: #1 Cody Thompson (MINES) over Silas Thompson (NEJC) (TF 18-2 4:47) 
157: Marcus Caro (MINES) over Angel Vela (NEJC) (Fall 1:59) 
165: Tristin David (MINES) over Ethan Sinclair (NEJC) (TF 15-0 3:25) 
174: Wyatt Reisz (MINES), by forfeit 
184: Mason Diel (MINES) over Cassius Garcia (NEJC) (Fall 4:08) 
197: Ryan Cody (MINES) over Ricardo Castillo (NEJC) (Fall 1:56) 
285: Laith Ibrahim (MINES) over Ryan Escamilla (NEJC) (Fall 1:14)
X184: Garrett Bakarich (MINES) over Mason Eddy (NEJC) (TF 17-0 2:15)

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NEXT UP
Mines stays at home next Friday to host another tri-meet with Otero College and Fort Hays State starting at 4 p.m.