GOLDEN, Colo.  Western Colorado moved ahead in the team scoring after Vincent Cabral's win at 157 pounds, but host Colorado School of Mines won the next five matches to earn a 27-12 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference home victory over the Mountaineers. 

JUST THE FACTS 
Final score: CSM def. Western, 27-12 
Records: Western 5-4 overall (2-2 RMAC), Mines 9-2 (3-0) 
Location: Steinhauer Fieldhouse, Golden, Colo. 

HOW IT HAPPENED 

• The Orediggers broke in front, 4-0, with a major decision win at 125, but Devin Gomez ate into that deficit in his match at 133 pounds. 
• Tied at 4-4 after the first period, Gomez gained control of the match in the second with a 7-1 period, then finished out the win, 13-9 to pull Western to within a point on the team scoreboard. 
• A technical fall at 141 increased Mines' advantage to 9-3, but Dean Noble came to the rescue for Western at 149. Noble, ranked third in the country, led just 3-0 after the first, but it didn't take long in the second for him to exert his dominance, earning a pin just 33 seconds into the period and pulling Western even in the team scoring, 9-9. 
• Cabral trailed 1-0 late in the third period of his 157 match, but scored a takedown with just 48 seconds remaining in the match then held on for a 4-1 decision and a 12-9 Western Colorado lead. 
• Mines, though, wrestled to four consecutive decisions – including a wild 23-20 last second win at 197 – and added a second period fall at 285 to complete a rally and hand the Mountaineers the defeat. 

UP NEXT 
Western will host Colorado State Pueblo in an RMAC match on Feb. 1 in Paul Wright Gym.