GUNNISON, Colo. – The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference dual season begins for Western State Colorado University wrestling this weekend. The Mountaineers travel to Chadron State College and Colorado School of Mines for their conference openers.
 
Western (4-3, 0-0 RMAC) opens with CSC (4-1, 3-0 RMAC) at 7 p.m. on Friday night. Saturday, the Mountaineers will face CSM (3-4, 0-1 RMAC) at 7 p.m. in Golden, Colorado.
 
Western is the only RMAC school yet to face a conference opponent this season.
 
The Mountaineers are coming off a 34-9 win over the University of Mary last weekend at the University of Nebraska Kearney Midwest Duals. Heading into the weekend, Western is ranked seventh in the region.
 
Western's 125-pound Ronald Wardleigh enters the weekend ranked second in Region IV. The senior is also second in the nation with 10 falls in 26:06. Wardleigh is just one pin shy of the leader and has accomplished 10 falls in nearly half the time of the leader.
 
CSC was also at the UNK Midwest Duals last weekend. The Eagles went 2-1, defeating No. 18 Fort Hays State University 32-10 in the final dual of the day.
 
The Eagles are currently atop the RMAC standings with a perfect 3-0 record heading into the weekend and are currently ranked sixth in the region rankings.
 
CSM, also at the UNK Midwest Duals, is coming off a 24-12 win over the University of Mary.
 
The Orediggers are ranked 13^th out of 15 teams in the region and sit in eighth place in the conference standings.
 
Fans can catch all the wrestling action over the weekend by clicking the links above.
 
Probable lineup for the Chadron State and Colorado Mines duals

Wt.        Wrestler                           Yr.         Hometown / Previous School                                  Overall (Falls)   RMAC (Falls)
125         Ronald Wardleigh          Sr.         Plain City, Utah / Fremont HS                                         15-4 (10)              0-0 (0)
Or           Trenton Piatt                   So.         Olathe, Colo. / Olathe HS                                                    1-2 (0)                 0-0 (0)
 
133         Tyler Hanenberg            Fr.         Colorado Springs, Colo. / Air Academy HS                    7-7 (4)                 0-0 (0)
Or           Ryan Waite
 
141         Seth Rich                          RFr.        Syracuse, Utah / Syracuse HS                                           9-10 (0)               0-0 (0)
 
149         Justin Chenoweth         RFr.        Springfield, Colo. / Springfield HS                                    8-9 (5)                 0-0 (0)
Or           Ian Steen                           Jr.          Graham, Wash. / Graham-Kapowsin HS                        3-1 (2)                 0-0 (0)
 
157         Shawn Beiriger                Jr.          Del Norte, Colo. / Del Norte HS                                       11-7 (2)               0-0 (0)
 
165         Travis Bradford               Jr.          Houston, Texas / Saint Thomas HS                                 11-5 (1)               0-0 (0)
 
174         Brandon Supernaw       So.         Colorado Springs, Colo. / Doherty HS                            17-6 (3)               0-0 (0)
 
184         Konnor Schmidt            RFr.        Fort Collins, Colo. / Rocky Mountain HS                       17-5 (3)               0-0 (0)
 
197         Mick Dougharity             Sr.         Damascus, Ore. / Oregon State                                       13-8 (6)               0-0 (0)
Or           Ben Price                         RFr.        Boise, Idaho                                                                             5-7 (1)                 0-0 (0)
 
HWT      Michael Henry                Fr.         Graham, Wash. / Graham Kapowsin HS                       12-9 (4)               0-0 (0)