GOLDEN, Colo. - Colorado School of Mines scored its second straight dual win over a top-25 team, taking down #9 Western Colorado 25-16.

The Orediggers (5-0, 3-0 RMAC) remained unbeaten behind Robert Gambrell's pin and technical falls from Noah Ottum and Skyler Lykins as they overcame an early deficit with the Mountaineers (6-2, 1-1 RMAC) leading 9-3 after 141 pounds. Mines beat WCU for the first time since 2002-03.

Mines suffered some bad luck right off the bat at 125 pounds, as a hard landing by Matt Lavengood on Trent Piatt's first-period shot forced Lavengood to retire, spotting the Mountaineers a 6-0 lead. #7 Noah Au-Yeung picked him up with a hard-fought 7-3 decision over Cody Fatziner at 133, but the Mountaineers took a 9-3 lead after Jason Hanenberg's first-period takedown was enough in a 2-0 win over Lukas Erickson at 141 pounds.

Ottum and Lykins turned things around, however, with a pair of dominating wins at 149 and 157, respectively. Ottum produced three near-falls in a 17-0 shutout of JD Chenoweth, and Lykins won 18-2 with five takedowns and a second-period near-fall four over Diego Calderon. That put Mines ahead 13-9 before Hunter Mullin beat Keenan Willits 5-1 at 165 to cut it to 13-12, but that would be as close as the Mountaineers would come.

Gambrell was superb at 174 pounds against Michael Seijo, leading 12-0 in the first period before earning the pin at 2:57, and Connor Ventura beat Ruger Wyneken in a high-scoring match 12-6 at 184 to lead 22-12. Jake Feldman faced a tough task against returning all-American and #2-ranked Konnor Schmidt at 197 pounds, but held Schmidt to a 17-8 major decision, and that meant Weston Hunt just had to avoid a pin at heavyweight to seal the team victory; Hunt did better than that with a 4-3 thriller over Sammy DeSeriere, using an escape with five seconds left to break a 3-3 tie.

NOTABLES
- Mines' win was their first over the Mountaineers since 2002-03, when they won 31-13 in Gunnison.
- The Orediggers have won five straight duals over nationally-ranked teams dating back to last season. Mines also beat #13 Chadron State on Nov. 30.
- Western Colorado's only other loss of the season was to #1 St. Cloud State; their résumé includes a win over #2 Nebraska-Kearney.
- Both teams were without key personnel as Mines held out TJ Shelton at 184 pounds and Western Colorado left out #1 Brandon Supernaw at 174; the Orediggers ended up winning both weights.
- Lykins improved to 4-0 in duals this season with Ottum is 4-1; both men picked up their first tech falls of the year.
- Gambrell's pin was his team-leading eighth win of the season; he also has a Mines-best 25 dual points as he's earned bonus points in all five of his matches.
- Hunt has won three bouts this season in the final 10 seconds of the third period, including two in a row; his previous two came on late takedowns.
- Mines has not lost at 157, 174, or 285 in a dual this season. 

NEXT UP
Mines will break for finals and the holidays before visiting Adams State on Jan. 4.
 

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Colorado School of Mines 25, #9 Western Colorado 16 [Scoring]
125: Trent Piatt (WCU) over Matthew Lavengood (MINES) (Inj. 2:10) 
133: #7 Noah Au-Yeung (MINES) over Cody Fatzinger (WCU) (Dec 7-4) 
141: Jason Hanenberg (WCU) over Lukas Erickson (MINES) (Dec 2-0) 
149: Noah Ottum (MINES) over Justin Chenoweth (WCU) (TF 17-0 6:36) 
157: Skyler Lykins (MINES) over Diego Calderon (WCU) (TF 18-2 6:23) 
165: Hunter Mullin (WCU) over Keenan Willits (MINES) (Dec 5-1) 
174: Robert Gambrell (MINES) over Michael Seijo (WCU) (Fall 2:57) 
184: Connor Ventura (MINES) over Ruger Wyneken (WCU) (Dec 12-6) 
197: #2 Konnor Schmidt (WCU) over Jacob Feldman (MINES) (MD 17-8) 
285: Weston Hunt (MINES) over Sammy Deseriere (WCU) (Dec 4-3)