It was the 20th straight home win for the Bronchos, who improved to 10-4 on the season and 4-1 in the league while stretching their series lead over the Mules to 36-0.
"Overall I saw a lot of good things and we had a few guys take some positive steps," head coach David James said. "I thought we were aggressive on our feet for the most part and we picked up some good wins, but there's still a lot of things we need to clean up."
UCO held a big 22-2 advantage in takedowns and got bonus wins from Casy Rowell, Cory Dauphin, Chris Watson and Cody Dauphin.
The fifth-ranked Rowell had six takedowns and four near-falls in an overwhelming 22-6 technical fall at 133 pounds, while Cory Dauphin and Watson earned back-to-back major decisions.
Dauphin claimed his 100th career win with a 15-2 rout at 157 as the defending national champion and top-rated senior rolled up four takedowns, two near-falls and nearly five minutes riding time. It was Dauphin's 40th consecutive victory.
Watson scored three takedowns in a dominating 9-0 shutout at 165, improving the No. 1-ranked junior's record to 25-1 on the season.
Cody Dauphin ended the night in emphatic fashion with a 29-second fall at heavyweight, taking Jacob Clark down 17 seconds into the match and getting the pin 12 seconds later.
The Bronchos also got wins from 125 Josh Breece, 141 Dustin Reed, 184 Znick Ferrell and 197 Garrett Henshaw.
Breece's takedown with two seconds left in the second period was the difference in a 3-1 victory, while Reed had a pair of takedowns and nearly three minutes riding time in a gritty 6-1 triumph.
Ferrell prevailed 5-2 on the strength of two first-period takedowns and Henshaw had an identical two-takedown opening period start in a 6-2 win.
The Mules claimed the feature bout of the night at 149 where third-ranked Frank Cagnina topped No. 1 Jordan Basks 10-4 to avenge two earlier losses to the UCO senior, who fell to 29-2
The Bronchos hit the road for two duals in Colorado this weekend, traveling to Colorado State-Pueblo Friday night and Adams State Saturday afternoon.
Results:
125 – Josh Breece, UCO, dec. Malacai Collins, 3-1.
133 – Casy Rowell, UCO, tech. fall Andrew Robinson, 22-6 (3:39).
141 – Dustin Reed, UCO, dec. Eric Mateo, 6-1.
149 – Frank Cagnina, UCM, dec. Jordan Basks, 10-4.
157 – Cory Dauphin, UCO, major dec. Brennan Johnson, 15-2.
165 – Chris Watson, UCO, major dec. Josh Thomson, 9-0.
174 – Ty Loethen, UCM, dec. Zach Aylor, 1-0.
184 – Znick Ferrell, UCO, dec. Josh Ploof, 5-2.
197 – Garrett Henshaw, UCO, dec. Todd Brier, 6-2.
Hvy – Cody Dauphin, UCO, pinned Jacob Clark, 0:29.
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