Wrestlers up win streak to 9
After this past week’s duals, the Eagle wrestlers extended their overall winning streak to nine and their record to 9-3. The nine-win winning streak is a milestone for the CSC wrestling team, and is the first time that this has been achieved in Eagle wrestling history.
This week the Eagles will attempt to defend their title as number one in the RMAC as they take on the 5-2 Colorado Mesa University Mavericks, Grand Junction, and the 4-2 Western State Colorado University Mountaineers, Gunnison.
The first dual that the Eagles dominated last week was against the 2-2 Colorado State University-Pueblo ThunderWolves.
Jacob Anderson, freshman of Central City, 149-pounds and Cj Clark, redshirt sophomore of Rapid City, S.D., 157-pounds, started the Eagles off on the right foot by each winning their first match with a decision. The ThunderWolves pushed for points and pulled two decisions out from under the Eagles. The determined CSC wrestlers came back to win the next six matches and seal the dual victory Chadron State, 28, CSU-Pueblo, 6.
Devan Fors, junior of Roseburg, Ore., 174-pounds; Michael Hill, junior of Fort Laramie, Wyo., 285-pounds; Taylor Summers, redshirt freshman of Plymouth, 125-pounds; and Dustin Stodola, senior of Clarkson, 133-pounds, all won by decision.
Jordan DeBus, senior of Mitchell, 184-pounds, earned a major decision, and Jay Stine, redshirt freshman of Worland, Wyo., 141-pounds, tallied the Eagles only pin.
On Thursday, the Eagles prevailed on thier home mat advantage, and up-ended the New Mexico Highland University Cowboys, 30-9.
The dual started out with a decision in the Cowboy’s favor at 125-pounds, but the Eagles stepped up to triumph in the next five matches.
Stodola retaliated by pinning Tre Humphrey in 6:39. Stine followed with a decision, and Anderson won by an injury default. Clark avenged a previous loss to Juan Alvarado by beating him with a 5-1 decision. Tyler Smart, junior of Wheatland, Wyo., 165-pounds, followed Clark’s decision with a pin in 4:35. The Eagles gave up two decisions; however, Hill and DeBus gained decisions over their opponents to cap the victory for the Eagles.
The Eagle’s next set of duals was in Kearney. The Eagles were matched up against the Minot State University Beavers, Minot, N.D.; the San Francisco State University Gators; Dakota Wesleyan University Tigers, Mitchell, S.D.; and the Newman University Jets, Wichita, Kan.
The Eagles shut out the Beavers with a final score of 48-0. CSC tallied three forfeits, two decisions, three major decisions, and two pins.
CSC took on the Gators next and found that they were more equally matched. The Eagle wrestlers gave three decisions and a major decision to the Gators, but kept six decision wins for themselves to win the dual by a slim margin of 18-13.
Next the Eagles dueled the Tigers and handed over only one match to Dakota Wesleyan. Chadron State tallied two forfeits, five decisions, one major decision, and one pin to close the match with a 37-3 win.
Finally, the Eagles were matched up against the Jets. The Jets took only two matches from CSC, who retaliated with two forfeits, one decision, two major decisions, and three pins. The dual against the Jets pushed the Eagles to their current nine-win streak.