The ThunderWolves improved to 4-2 on the season in duals and picked up an important conference win. This season, the RMAC conference champion will be decided on duals instead of at the NCAA Regional event.
Junior Tim Urenda (Pueblo, Colo.), ranked eighth nationally, guided the Pack with a major decision, 14-2, in the ninth match of the evening. The win pushed the home team's 15-14 lead to 19-14 heading to the decisive 10th match.
Senior 149 Dillon Karajanis (Cheyenne, Wyo.) put the finishing touches on the team victory, leading 9-3 after two periods and winning 9-6.
Adams State and CSU-Pueblo traded decisions for the first six matches and were knotted 9-9 at that point. Freshman JaCobi Jones (Omaha, Neb.) posted the first Pack win at 165 8-3 against last season's NCAA West Region/RMAC champion, while sophomore Steven Ullman (184, Arvada, Colo.) needed his riding time point to pick up a 7-6 victory and senior Niko Bogojevic (Superior, Wis.) waited until the third period to earn a takedown and defeat Adams State's heavyweight 4-1.
Trailing 14-9 after the 125 match, ASU forfeited the 133, then victories by Urenda and Karajanis sealed the first dual victory against Adams State since a 24-20 home dual win Feb. 10, 2011.
Next the ThunderWolves will wrestle four duals in one day at the Midwest Duals Saturday, hosted by University of Nebraska at Kearney. The day begins at 8 a.m. with Southwest Minnesota State University and continues with Newman University (10 a.m.), Minot State University (12:30 p.m.) and concludes with host and national No. 3 University of Nebraska-Kearney (2:30 p.m.).
Results:
157 Justin Samora (Adams State) over Steven Kelly (Colorado State University - Pueblo) (Dec 3-1) 0 3
165 JaCobi Jones (Colorado State University - Pueblo) over Mark Mabry (Adams State) (Dec 8-3) 3 0
174 Mario Garcia (Adams State) over Allen Emmons (Colorado State University - Pueblo) (Dec 6-2) 0 3
184 Steven Ullman (Colorado State University - Pueblo) over Joseph Garcia (Adams State) (Dec 7-6) 3 0
197 Amer Tipura (Adams State) over Marcus Finau (Colorado State University - Pueblo) (Dec 7-5) 0 3
285 Niko Bogojevic (Colorado State University - Pueblo) over Austin Andrade (Adams State) (Dec 4-1) 3 0
125 Gerald Huff (Adams State) over Aaron Carrera (Colorado State University - Pueblo) (TF 24-9 6:47) 0 5
133 Eric Hughes (Colorado State University - Pueblo) over Unknown (For.) 6 0
141 Tim Urenda (Colorado State University - Pueblo) over Devin Vasquez (Adams State) (MD 14-2) 4 0
149 Dillon Karajanis (Colorado State University - Pueblo) over Jacob Deaguero (Adams State) (Dec 9-6)
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