DENVER— The nation's fifth-ranked Colorado Mesa University women's wrestling team dominated the inaugural Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championships winning six individual titles as eight Mavericks reached the finals while nine earned medals thanks to top-3 finishes throughout an impressive day of efforts on Saturday here at the Regis University Fieldhouse.  All 14 Mavericks in action finished amongst the top five of their respective brackets as CMU combined for 30 total match wins while suffering just 12 losses, three of which came against teammates.
 
Jennesis Martinez (101 pounds), Isabella Morales (109), Kiely Tabaldo (116), Hania Halverson (123), Dalia Garibay (155) and Caylee Collins (170) all won titles with Collins defeating teammate and top-seeded Kimberly Carlin by a 5-0 margin in the final.  Holly Beaudoin also reached the finals before suffering just her second loss of the season in a battle of two of the nation's top four ranked wrestlers at 136 pounds.
 
CMU freshman Adriana Gomez also earned a bronze medal with a third place finish at 109 pounds, losing only to Morales during a 3-1 day.
 
Elsewhere, Kaydence Boyd (130), Valerie Glenn (143) and Celina Cooke (155) all took fourth while Apple Middleton (130) and Ella Gransbery (143) both placed fifth in their respective brackets.
 
Sixth-ranked Simon Fraser, which won the inaugural RMAC title by virtue of a tight 24-18 neutral-site dual win over the Mavericks in December had half as many champions (3) as the Mavericks although seven of the eight competing Red Leafs earned gold or silver medals.  There was also an all-Red Leaf final at 130 pounds, which national No. 7 and top seed Marquesis Haintz won over teammate Laura Alcantor Soto.
 
First year program Adams State also crowned an individual champion in Liana Fernandez at 143 pounds.
 
No team scores were kept in Saturday's tournament.
 
Martinez maintained her perfect season-long record, defeating a pair of Chadron State wrestlers in the small 101-pound bracket.  The nation's third-ranked wrestler pinned Britley Lopez in 45 seconds in the semifinals and scored a 10-0 technical fall win over Mana Chanthasone in the final.
 
Meanwhile, Morales, who is ranked sixth in the country at 101 pounds, moved up to 109 and claimed a 14-2 technical fall win over No. 7 ranked and top-seeded 109-pounder Ivy Threatful of Simon Fraser in the final.  Morales went 3-0 on the day and defeated Gomez by a 5-2 decision in the semifinals after scoring a 10-0 victory over Sloan Stewart of Texas Woman's in the opening round.
 
Tabaldo, ranked eighth in the country at 116, also went 3-0 on the day, getting by Maddie Mackenzie of Simon Fraser in the final by a 3-1 score.  The Maverick freshman, who was also the top seed, had recorded easier wins over Chadron State's Cassandra Witte and Texas Woman's Mia Lozano, the first of which was by pin.  Tabaldo is now 15-0 on the season and has defeated Mackenize twice.
 
Halverson was also the top seed and showed it throughout the day, recording pins in both the semifinals and finals after scoring a 10-0 technical fall win in her opener.  The sophomore is now 20-7 and has a team-high 15 pins.  She defeated Chadron State's Ana Rojas Zamora for the third time this season in the final, pinning the Eagle in 3:50.  All three wins over Zamora have come by fall this season.
 
Garibay, a 2-time national finalist, was ranked fifth in the country coming into the tournament but was seeded just second.  However, she claimed an 8-3 win over tenth-ranked and top-seeded Paige Maher of Simon Fraser in the final and improved to 9-3 on the season, which also has included five matches at 143 pounds.  Garibay also claimed 10-0 technical fall wins over Texas Woman's Hannah Vos and her teammate in Cooke, who went 1-2 after receiving an opening round bye.
 
In the 4-woman 170-pound bracket, Collins knocked off Chadron State's Maria Arellano while Carlin pinned Texas Woman's Kylee Spearman in just 28 seconds to set up the all-Maverick final, which Collins won to move above .500 (5-4) throughout her limited season.
 
In the 136-pound bracket, Beaudoin received an opening round bye and scored a 10-0 technical fall win over Texas Woman's Kira Phillips in the semifinals before falling 4-1 to national No. 2 and top-seeded Jade Trolland of Simon Fraser, the only woman to defeat her this season.  Beaudon is now 13-2 on the campaign.
 
Meanwhile, both Boyd and Middleton went 2-2 in the 130-pound bracket.  Glenn also went 2-2 for the Mavs at 143 pounds while Gransbery went 1-2 in the same bracket.
 
CMU was not represented at 191 pounds due to injuries.
 
The Mavericks will continue the championship portion of the season on Feb. 24 at the NCWWC Region V Champion Tournament, which Texas Woman's will host in Denton, Texas.  The Mavericks will look to defend their team title while qualifying wrestlers for the Mar. 8-9 national championships in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a trip that each of the top four wrestlers in each weight class at each of the six regionals will earn.