"I thought the guys wrestled really well. I'm really proud of them," said head coach Miles Van Hee. "We had a goal to get a 101 pins, and we met that goal tonight getting to 103. We hit a milestone there."
Western (10-2, 6-1 RMAC) jumped out to a comfortable lead after Trenton Piatt (Fr., Olathe, Colo.) and Zach Shank (R-So., Olathe, Colo.) recorded pins to begin the dual. Piatt started it off for the Mountaineers with a pin at 3:43 at 125 pounds while Shank recorded a pin in the 133-pound class at the 1:34 mark to put the Mountaineers up 12-0.
Corbin Bennetts (Jr., Buena Vista, Colo.) added to the Mountaineer lead with a decision at 141 pounds before the Cowboys (10-7, 2-5 RMAC) earned a 13-10 decision in the 149-pound class to get on the board for a 15-3 score.
Shawn Beiriger (R-Fr., Del Norte, Colo.) recorded a 12-4 major decision at 157 pounds to make it 19-3 Mountaineers heading into intermission.
Out of the break, Western continued to run away from the Cowboys with 165-pound Travis Bradford (R-Fr., Houston, Texas) earning a 12-5 decision before No. 2 Elliot Copeland (Sr., Bennett, Colo.) recorded a pin at 1:02 at 174 pounds to give the Mountaineers a 28-3 advantage.
No. 4 Kyle Piatt (Sr., Olathe, Colo.) followed with a decision to earn his 103rd career win at 184 pounds while No. 6 Sam Mangum (Sr., McAllen, Texas) tallied Western's fourth pin of the night at 4:17 in the 197-pound class to push the lead to 37-3.
In the heavyweight class, Peter Anguiano (Sr., Elk Grove, Calif.) ended the dual with the Mountaineers' fifth pin at 4:51 for a final score of 43-3.
The Mountaineers will host Colorado School of Mines in their final home dual of the season Wednesday at 7 p.m. before traveling to Pueblo for the NCAA Division II Region IV Championships, Feb. 27-28.
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