LAS VEGAS, N.M. – The No. 16 Colorado Mesa men's wrestling team won eight of the ten bouts on the evening to secure a 38-6 win over the New Mexico Highlands Cowboys on Thursday (Feb. 3) at the John A. Wilson Complex in RMAC dual action.
 
The Mavericks opened the night with a technical fall and two pins to jump out to a 17-0 lead. No. 5 Dawson Collins secured a 16-0 technical fall followed by a Collin Metzgar pin at 133 pounds and an Erik Contreras pin at 141 pounds.
 
New Mexico Highlands got on the board as Jonathon Trujillo scored a 7-4 decision victory over Nick Gallegos at 149 pounds.
 
Ryan Wheeler secured a decision victory at 157 pounds with a 14-8 come-from-behind win followed by an Alex Holguin pin in the first round at 165 pounds.
 
Seth Latham (174) and Nolan Krone (184) had back-to-back decision victories to push the dual score to 32-3.
 
Donnie Negus scored the final win of the evening for Colorado Mesa as he earned a pin of Luke Allan at the 2:47 mark of the first period to make it 38-3.
 
The Mavericks will be back in action tomorrow night as they travel north to Alamosa for a showdown with No. 14 Adams State at 6pm.
 
Bout-by-Bout Results
125 – #5 Dawson Collins tech falls Nathan Galbiso, 18-3 (3:32)
133 – #7 Collin Metzgar (CMU) pins Isaac Garcia, 1:58
141 – Erik Contreras (CMU) pins Gabe Rivera, 5:30
149 – Jonathan Trujillo (NMHU) dec. Nick Gallegos, 7-4
157 – Ryan Wheeler (CMU) dec. Evan Kilgore, 14-8
165 – Alex Holguin (CMU) pins Thomas Tolbert, 2:47
174 – Seth Latham (CMU) dec. Allen Michel, 5-2
184 – Nolan Krone (CMU) dec. Lance Kilgore, 8-1
197 – #7 Donnie Negus (CMU) pins Luke Allan, 2:47
285 – Julian Sanchez (NMHU) dec. Kash Anderson, 10-4
 
EXHIBITIONS
141 – Andrew Silva (CMU) pins John Baker, 5:37
165 – Dylan Ranieri (CMU) pins Miguel Lara, 1:58
184 – Ben Robuck (CMU) pins Chris Dilworth, 2:41
184 – Jason Bynarowics (CMU) tech fall Jayden Johnson, 16-0 (6:28)