GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.— The nation's 22^nd-ranked Colorado Mesa University Mavericks recorded three first-period pins and eight overall victories, including one in an extra match, to claim a dominant 34-9 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference men's wrestling win over visiting CSU Pueblo on Thursday night in Brownson Arena.
 
The win, their sixth straight in the rivalry, also featured a pair of technical fall victories.
 
CMU improved to 5-3 overall and to 2-2 in the RMAC while the ThunderWolves fell to 4-7 overall and 0-4 in the RMAC with their fifth straight overall dual defeat.
 
Adonias Cantu, Alex Castaneda and Gabriel Carranza delivered the Mavs' pins at 125, 149 and 197 pounds, respectively.  Those matches lasted a combined 3:49.
 
The Mavs also picked up 15-0 and 19-4 technical fall wins from AJ Hague and Owen Cline as the Mavs jumped out to a 22-3 team lead at the half-way point of the dual.
 
Christian Pebley and Ruben Samuelson also picked up decisions in the second half of the dual before Tanner Stone claimed a 17-5 major decision win in an extra match.
 
Eddie Bowman, ranked 13^th in the country at 141 pounds, Deacon Pickett (165) and Donn Greer (184) won for the ThunderWolves.
 
Cantu needed just 66 seconds to pin CSU Pueblo freshman Thomas Valdez in the opening 125-pound match before Hague dominated AJ Gunn, 15-0 at 133 pounds.
 
Bowman then put the Pack on the board with a 7-2 win over Apollo Cruz before Castaneda won by fall at 2:10 in his 149-pound victory over Kevin Boston.
 
Cline, ranked seventh in the country and 157 pounds, then racked up six takedowns in his dominant win over Hunter Richardson.
 
Pickett was an 11-4 win over the Pack at 165 pounds before Christian Pebley claimed a defensive 3-1 win over Solomon Arnds-Volcin, which clinched the Mavericks' team victory.
 
Two bouts later, Carranza, ranked eighth in the country at 197 pounds, needed just 33 seconds to pin Mario Tafoya.

Samuelson then needed overtime to claim a 4-1 win over Henry Sturn deep into the 285-pound match.
 
Stone then came out on top of a flurry-filled extra match over Brandon Bigley.
 
The Mavericks will close out the home portion of their schedule on Saturday when they take on No. 17 Chadron State at 4 p.m.  Six Maverick seniors, including Carranza and Samuelson will be recognized before that dual.
 
The Eagles dropped a 20-18 heartbreaker at Western Colorado in Gunnison on Thursday and have now dropped two straight while falling to 5-3 overall and 3-2 in the RMAC while likely seeing a chance at a share of the RMAC crown dashed by the un-ranked Mountaineers.
 
Bout-by-Bout Results
 
125: Adonias Cantu (CMU) pins Thomas Valdez (CSUP), 1:06
133: AJ Hague (CMU) def. AJ Gunn (CSUP), T-Fall (15-0, 4:14)
141: #13 Eddie Bowman (CSUP) def. Apollo Cruz (CMU), 7-2
149: Alex Castaneda (CMU) pins Kevin Boston (CSUP), 2:10
157: #7 Owen Cline (CMU) def. Hunter Richardson, T-Fall (19-4, 4:31)
165: Deacon Pickett (CSUP) dec. Will Alvarado (CMU), 11-4
174: Christian Pebley (CMU) dec. Solomon Arnds-Volcin (CSUP), 3-1
184: Donn Greer (CSUP) dec. Noah O'Dougherty (CMU), 10-3
197: #8 Gabriel Carranza (CMU) pins Mario Tafoya (CSUP), 0:33
285: Ruben Samuelson (CMU) dec. Henry Sturn (CSUP), 4-1 (SV-1)
Extra Match
133: Tanner Stone (CMU) maj. dec. Brandon Bigler (CSUP), 17-5