The Grizzlies have now won nine straight duals against the Orediggers, who fell to 2-5 overall and to 0-2 in this year's RMAC standings. Coach Jason Ramstetter is a perfect 8-0 in his career against the Golden-based team.
The Grizzlies were without reigning RMAC Wrestler of the Week Mike Gallegos (Alamosa, Colo.), ranked third in the nation at 157 pounds, but were dominant in the other eight matches as the Grizzlies outscored their opponents 67-23 throughout the contest.
The wins started coming at 133 pounds as redshirt freshman Arsenia Barksdale (Norfolk, Va.) moved up a weight class to post a 3-1 victory over Oredigger senior Garrett Eller, a former NCAA Division II National Championship qualifier. Barksdale improved to 13-3 overall and to a perfect 7-0 in a Grizzly uniform with the victory. Barksdale scored the only takedown of the match before the wrestlers traded escapes in a defensive battle.
Joey Deaguero (Commerce City, Colo.), ranked eighth in the nation at 141 pounds, put the Grizzlies up 7-0 when he scored a 12-0 major decision victory over the Orediggers' Cody Weitzel. Deaguero used three takedowns, a 3-point near fall and a 3-minute, 22-second riding time advantage as he racked up his team-best 22nd win of the season.
The Grizzlies then went up 13-0 as redshirt freshman Noomis Jones (Arvada, Colo.) scored a first-period pin on CSM's Tony Gallegos. Jones, now 11-8 overall, needed just 2:18 to get the win scoring two takedowns and a 2-point near fall while allowing just an escape to Gallegos, who fell to 0-4 on the season.
The Orediggers finally got some offense going in the 157-pound match as Nathan Pilcher scored all four of the team's takedowns in a 11-2 major decision win over ASC redshirt freshman Jacob Sheridan (Manassa, Colo.), who was filling in for a resting Gallegos. Pilcher is now 7-3 overall and 4-1 in duals while Sheridan fell to 4-3.
After the intermission, the Grizzlies quickly got rolling again as 165-pound junior Evan Copeland (Las Cruces, N.M.) scored a 12-5 win over Eric Brennan. Copeland has now won eight straight matches improving his record to 19-7. Brennan fell to 7-11.
With a 19-4 lead in the team points, the Grizzlies went for more as senior James Reynolds (Monte Vista, Colo.) claimed a 7-1 decision over Oredigger junior Zac Cornett, who still leads the Oredigger squad with an 11-8 record.
After a scoreless first period, Reynolds gave up an early escape before scoring a takedown and near fall to lead 4-1 after two minutes. He then iced the victory, his 15th of the season, over a former national qualifier, with an escape and takedown in the third period.
The Grizzlies then sealed the dual win as 184-pound junior Jared Deaguero (Commerce City, Colo.) scored five near falls after two first period takedowns while dominating Oredigger sophomore Patrick Ryan. Deaguero scored 10 points on four of his near falls in the second period ending the match with a 17-1 technical fall win at the second-period buzzer.
That put the Grizzlies up 24-4 before senior Casey Woodall (Morenci, Ariz.) scored a late first period takedown en-route to a 5-1 win over Brennen Knerr. Woodall, ranked first in the nation at 197 pounds, has now won six straight matches running his season record to 16-8. Knerr fell to 7-10.
ASC's Jeff Schossow (Fort Morgan, Colo.) ended the dual in style as he reversed Brian Stansbury moments before pinning the Oredigger redshirt freshman in 3:52. After a scoreless first period, Schossow, now 6-9 overall, gave up a 2-point near fall to begin the second period before coming back to record his third pin of the season.
The Grizzlies, who won last weekend's Midwest Classic by 23.5 points, will look to get off to a 3-0 dual start for the first time since 1996 when they travel to Las Vegas, N.M. for the first time in Ramstetter's career for another RMAC dual with New Mexico Highlands. The Grizzlies blasted the Cowboys last January by a 51-4 score setting NCAA Division II era school records for dual-meet team points and margin of victory.
The Cowboys are now 3-2 after dropping a 21-13 home dual to Mesa State on Friday night.
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