GOLDEN, Colo.- The wrestling team wasted no time getting back in the mat in competition as they took on Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colo. tonight. The Cowboys came out hot.
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Jacob Espana would get the Cowboys going with a 7-0 decision over Lavengood to give the Cowboys the 3-0 team lead. Try Humphrey would then come in and take a technical fall over Au-Yeung by a score of 23-6 in 6:22 to give the Cowboys the 8-0 lead.
Dan Gaylor would then take a close match over Torres in a 6-4 decision, which put the Cowboys up bit over Colorado Mines 11-0.
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The Orediggers would then go a run to make it a dual. Gerken would beat
Orlando Guerra in a 14-6 major decision. Then Ruby would beat Christian Luchuga in a 10-2 major decision to cut the Cowboys lead down to 11-8. They would continue their run by winning the 165 weight class by a technical fall of 16-1 in 3:59 to give them the 13-11 lead.
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The Cowboys would be down 13-11 going into the last four duals. The Cowboys would get three much needed points from
J.B. Bechtloff over Michaelson to regain the lead at 14-13.
Luis Terrazas would come in clutch as well for the Cowboys as he would get the major decision over Saunders to give the Cowboys the 18-13 lead.
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The Cowboys would then forfeit the 197 weight class which would give Colorado Mines the 1918 lead going into the 185 weight class. In the 285 weight class coach
Doug Moses used
Cody Marquez. Marquez would take the 6-3 decision over Cheatum to give the Cowboys the 21-19 win over the Orediggers.
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New Mexico Highlands (NMH) 21.00 Colorado School Of Mines (CSOM) 19.00Â
125:
Jacob Espana (NMH) over Matthew Lavengood (CSOM) (Dec 7-0)
NMHU leads 3-0
133:
Tre Humphrey (NMH) over Noah Au-Yeung (CSOM) (TF 23-6 6:22)
NMHU leads 8-0
141:
Dan Gaylor (NMH) over Travis Torres (CSOM) (Dec 6-4)
NMHU leads 11-0
49: Jacob Gerken (CSOM) over
Orlando Guerra (NMH) (MD 14-6)
NMHU leads 11-4
157: Ethan Ruby (CSOM) over
Christian Lechuga (NMH) (MD 10-2)
NMHU leads 11-8
165: John Crowley (CSOM) over
Jacob Hawthorne (NMH) (TF 16-1 3:59)
CSM leads 13-11
174: Jonathan Bechtloff (NMH) over Rocky Michaelson (CSOM) (Dec 6-0)
NMHU leads 14-13
184:
Luis Terrazas (NMH) over Brandon Saunders (CSOM) (MD 16-3)
NMHU leads 18-13
197: Paul Wilson (CSOM) over  (NMH) (For.)
CSM leads 19-18
285:
Cody Marquez (NMH) over Ian Cheatum (CSOM) (Dec 6-3)
NMHU wins 21-19
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