LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The T-No. 16 Colorado Mesa men's wrestling team closed competition at the NWCA National Duals at the Kentucky Convention Center on Saturday (Jan. 7) morning with a pair of wins against solid competition.
T-#16 Colorado Mesa 38, T-#24 Ashland 6
The Mavericks won six of the eight contested bouts and received three forfeits in the middle of the dual to earn a 38-6 win over Ashland in the morning match of the day. Three of Colorado Mesa's five contested wins came by bonus points.
Ninth-ranked
Collin Metzgar earned a major decision victory at 133 pounds with a 13-2 win over Jeremiah McKee with teammate
Andrew Silva following with a pin at 1:54 over Andru Hollopeter at 141 pounds.
Seventh-ranked
Alex Holguin earned a major decision victory at 174 pounds with a 10-1 win over Nate Barrett
Dawson Collins (125) and
Kash Anderson (197) each picked up decision victories.
Bout-by-Bout Results
125:
Dawson Collins (CMU) dec Tyler Masters, 4-0
133: #9
Collin Metzgar (CMU) maj dec Jeremiah McKee, 13-2
141:
Andrew Silva (CMU) pins Andru Hollopeter, 1:54
149:
Alex Castaneda (CMU) wins by forfeit
157: #5
Ryan Wheeler (CMU) wins by forfeit
165:
Tanner Baumgartner (CMU) wins by forfeit
174: #7
Alex Holguin (CMU) maj dec Nate Barrett, 10-1
184: #6 Daniel Beemer (AU) dec
Jason Bynarowicz, 11-6
197:
Kash Anderson (CMU) dec Kaine Morris, 6-1
285: Ty Petrey (AU) dec
Ruben Samuelson, 3-1 SV-1
T-#16 Colorado Mesa 20, Augustana 19
For the third time during the weekend, the Mavericks split matches with their opponent but this time they came out on top the unconventional way. Each team won three matches via the bonus point victory, but the Vikings were hit for an unsportsmanlike conduct following the conclusion of the 125-pound match and were deducted a team point.
The Mavericks had two huge wins that contributed in a big way to the team victory in the consolation round.
The first came at 125 pounds where returning all-American, but unranked,
Dawson Collins improved to 4-0 on the weekend after earning a 6-4 win in sudden victory over No. 5 ranked Jaxson Rohman. Collins was leading into the third but was hit for his second stalling call late in the third which sent the match into overtime.
The second came in the final match of the weekend and came from 285-pounder
Ruben Samuelson. The redshirt freshman had struggled in matches all weekend but came out on top in his final one as he lasted just 29 second in securing the pin and the dual match win.
Collin Metzgar (133) and
Ryan Wheeler (157) each earned major decision victories while
Kash Anderson (197) earned a decision victory in the tiebreaker round.
Bout-by-Bout Results
125:
Dawson Collins (CMU) dec #5 Jaxson Rohman, 6-4 SV-1
133: #9
Collin Metzgar (CMU) maj dec John Babineau, 12-0
141: Kade Simmons (AUG) dec
Andrew Silva, 6-4 SV-1
149: Connor Simmonds (AUG) tech falls
Alex Castaneda, 16-1
157: #5
Ryan Wheeler (CMU) maj dec Miles Fitzgerald, 15-3
165: Tyler Wagener (AUG) tech falls
Tanner Baumgartner, 16-0
174: Kolby Kost (AUG) dec #7
Alex Holguin, 5-2
184: Cade Mueller (AUG) maj dec
Jason Bynarowicz, 13-1
197:
Kash Anderson (CMU) dec. Zach Peterson, 4-1 TB-1
285:
Ruben Samuelson (CMU) pins Edward Hajas, 0:29
TRACY BORAH DUALS
The other half of the Maverick contingent was in Gunnison today for the Tracy Borah Duals as they took on CSU Pueblo, Western Colorado, and New Mexico Highlands in Mountaineer Fieldhouse.
The Mavericks fell to both CSU Pueblo and Western Colorado but in their final dual of the day they came away with a win against New Mexico Highlands.
Pedro Billups was the lone Maverick that went 3-0 on the day with several others recording two wins on the day.
Colorado Mesa will be back in action next on Jan. 18 when they travel to the northeast portion of the state and up into Nebraska as they will take on Northeastern Junior College that Wednesday at 6 p.m.. in Sterling, Colorado before continuing North to Chadron, Nebraska to take on the Eagles at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 19.
