Eight CSC wrestlers compete in the RMAC Open

The CSC Eagle wrestlers traveled to Golden, Colorado, Sunday to wrestle at the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Open. Eight wrestlers participated in the Rocky Mountain Collegiate Open, with two wrestlers placing for the team, and five scoring points for a team score of 28.5. The open was won by the Air Force Academy, who scored 99.5 points.
Chase Clasen, 149-pound redshirt junior of Moses Lake, Washington, finished second in the 149-pound open, and scored a total of 12 points. Clasen defeated Colorado State University–Fort Collins wrestler Santana Salas, 149-pound freshman of Commerce City, Colorado, by decision, 4-3. In the quarterfinal, Clasen won by fall, 3:47, over Air Force Academy’s Joshua Giorgio, 141-pound junior of Leesport, Pennsylvania. In the semifinal round, Clasen won by sudden victory of Air Force Prep School’s Brandon Konecny, 149-pound freshman. Clasen lost by injury default, to finish second.
CSC’s Joshua Miller, 141-pound redshirt junior of Bennett, Colorado, finished third, scoring 9.5 points for the Eagles. Miller won the first-round match by fall, 2:23, against Louis Romero, 141-pound freshman of Westminster, Colorado. Miller lost in the quarterfinal match by fall, 5:37, by Western State Colorado’s Jacob Baird, 141-pound freshman of Mesquite, Nevada. Miller received a bye in the first round of the consolation bracket and won the third round against Tim Edmonson of Western Colorado State, a 141-pound redshirt freshman of San Antonio. Miller defeated Lukas Erickson 141-pound junior of Holladay, Utah, from Colorado School of Mines in the consolation semifinals. In his final match competing for third place in the open 141-pound bracket, Miller defeated Armando Santillan, 141-pound freshman of Aurora, Colorado.
Other team scorers for the Eagles include 165-pound redshirt junior of Bellevue, Jonny Porter who scored two points. Jacob Otuafi, 157-pound redshirt sophomore of Sparks, Nevada, scored two points for the Eagles, too. 133-pounder Brandon Kile, junior of Hastings scored three points for the Eagles.
The next event for the Eagles is the NCAA Regionals, Feb. 23 and 24, in Las Vegas, New Mexico.