Colorado duals end wrestlers’ winning streak

 

 

The Eagle wrestlers interrupt their nine-win streak with two dual loses.

On Thursday, the Eagles traveled to Grand Junction, Colo., to take on the Colorado Mesa University Mavericks.

Jordan DeBus, senior of Mitchell, 184-pounds, wrestled up a weight class to 197-pounds, and won his match with a 6-2 decision.

After the team suffered a loss, a fire was lit in Taylor Summers, redshirt freshman of Plymouth, 125-pounds. Summers won his match with a 9-0 major decision. Then, Dustin Stodola, senior of Clarkson, 133-pounds, achieved a pin in 4:37.

It was after these two match victories that the Mavericks gained the speed that carried them to win on the remaining five matches, and ultimately the 21-19 RMAC victory.

On Friday, the Eagles traveled to Gunnison, Colo., to take on the Western State Colorado University Mountaineers. Chadron State met the same fate that they suffered against the Mavericks.

Stodola won the second match by decision. Jacob Anderson, freshman of Central City, 149-pounds, also won by decision. CJ Clark, redshirt sophomore of Rapid City, S.D., 157-pounds, won his match, 13-3, with a major decision.

Western State wrestlers won the next four duals. Michael Hill, junior of Fort Laramie, Wyo., 285-pounds, tried to make a comeback for the team, but his 4-2 decision was not enough to put the Eagles ahead of the now 4-2 Mountaineers.

Both losses this past week were to RMAC teams, and have taken the Eagles from 3-0 to 3-2 in the conference.

The Basford Division II National Rankings place Stodola fourth and DeBus sixth. The team is ranked 20 on the same list.