Mines Results

INDIANAPOLIS - #13 Colorado School of Mines will send #6 Robert Gambrell and #5 Weston Hunt into semifinals and have six wrestlers alive overall after the first day of the Midwest Classic at UIndy.

In a nationally-elite field featuring 16 teams ranked in the NWCA top 25, Mines is eighth after the first day with 42 team points. #16 Central Oklahoma leads the field with 70 points a point ahead of #19 Tiffin.

Gambrell is into the 174-pound semis after a 3-0 Saturday that included a technical fall to start, a major decision over Minnesota Moorhead's Evan Foster, and a 9-2 decision against Fort Hays State's Martin Verhaeghe. Gambrell will face #7 Hayden Bronne of Tiffin in the semifinals, with #5 Brett Romanzak of Ashland and CSU-Pueblo's Brendon Kelley in the other semi.

Hunt is also into the semis thanks to similar success at 285 pounds. Hunt majored UNC-Pembroke's Ryan Monk to start before pinning Seton Hill's Jacob Beistel in the first round; he then beat Logan Radik of Maryville 6-2 in the quarters. Hunt will take on #6 Jake Robb of Mercyhurst in the semis; #3 Courvosier Morrow of Lindenwood and Jarred Rennick of Drury are on the other side of the bracket. 

Mines has four other wrestlers still alive in consolations. At 165 pounds, #11 Skyler Lykins picked up two wins to advance to the quarterfinals, but ran up against #8 Logan Grass of Mercyhurst in a 9-3 loss. Anderson Salisbury scored the biggest upset of the day for Mines when he beat #9 Noah Curreri of Queens in the 184 second round, the second of two major decisions, but he lost to Newberry's #10 ZeBrandon Gant in the quarters 9-4. Wes Rayburn lost his 141 opener but bounced back with three straight decisions to enter tomorrow's consolation fourth round after a 3-1 Saturday. Ryan Fidel took a similar route at 157, losing his opener in a 2-0 heartbreaker but reeling off three straight wins by decision to stay alive in the consolation bracket.

#9 Noah Ottum went 2-2 to end his tournament early at 149. Ottum pinned King's Tyler Williams to start the day but suffered a fall in the second round against Tiffin's Chris Donathan; Ottum wrestled back with a major decision was lost again by fall to Seton Hill's Austin Shaw. At 125 pounds, Jake Stogdill suffered an 0-2 day losing in sudden victory, 11-9, to Seton Hill's Frank Bonura before falling 6-2 in consolations. Jake Woods was also 0-2 at 133 with a 13-4 major against Austin Hertel of Gannon to start and a 7-3 decision in wrestlebacks. At 197, Nolan Funk won his first match in an 8-0 shutout but was pinned by #4 Nick Mason of Tiffin before losing 3-2 to UNC-Pembroke's Marcus Montgomery in a 1-2 day.