No. 17 CHADRON STATE at WESTERN COLORADO
6 p.m., Thu., Feb. 5 | Paul Wright Gym | Gunnison, Colo.
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WESTERN COLORADO at No. 16 ADAMS STATE
6 p.m., Fri., Feb. 6 | Plachy Hall | Alamosa, Colo.
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GUNNISON, Colo., ALAMOSA, Colo.  It is a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference ranked opponents week for Western Colorado as Mountaineer wrestling hosts No. 17 Chadron State on Thursday then travels Friday to take on host and 16th-ranked Adams State.

WESTERN COLORADO HEADING INTO THE DUALS

• The Mountaineers, 8-4 overall and 2-1 in the RMAC, are coming off a pair of road wins the previous week, handling host Colorado State Pueblo, 33-13, then taking care of business the next night with a 32-10 win over host New Mexico Highlands.
• Western's two ranked wrestlers, Devin Gomez and Vincent Cabral, picked up two wins in their bouts.
• Gomez, sixth at 125 pounds in The Open Mat rankings, led 19-5 before finishing the match with a pin at the 5:45 mark during the CSU Pueblo dual, then scored the final four points of his match at N.M. Highlands for an 8-5 decision.
• Cabral is ranked 11th in both the National Wrestling Coaches Association and The Open Mat 157 pound rankings. Her battled to a 13-7 win in the CSU Pueblo dual and rolled to a 20-4 tech fall in just under two periods in the Mountaineers' win at N.M. Highlands.
• Among the highlights of the previous week's two wins was Zachary Bates' pin in 18 seconds in his 133 match during the CSU Pueblo dual. Bates also rolled to a 13-2 major decision at Highlands.
• The duo of Gomez and Bates set Western off on a fast track in both duals, pushing Western in front 12-0 against the ThunderWolves then lifting the Mountaineers to a 7-0 start at Highlands.
• Along with Cabral's wins in both matches at 157, Eyan Chavez at 149, Hunter Richardson at 184 and Riley Butt at 285 each finished the week unbeaten.

#17 CHADRON STATE ENTERING THE DUAL

• The Eagles enter Thursday's dual with a 5-2 overall record and a 3-1 mark in RMAC action, that lone conference loss coming last Saturday against visiting Adams State.
• Chadron has won the past two duals against Western, after dropping the previous two matchups with the Mountaineers.
• The only two losses of the season have been against Adams State and early in the season at top-ranked Nebraska-Kearney.
• The Eagles bring three ranked wrestlers to Paul Wright Gym Thursday evening. Quade Smith is ranked fourth at 125 pounds, Caleb Chaves is 14th at 141, and Keegan Gehlhausen is No. 4 at 185 in the most recent NWCA individual rankings.
• Gehlhausen was the lone winner of the three in the dual against Adams State, winning a 7-0 decision. But Chaves went into triple overtime before dropping a tight 3-2 decision, and Smith lost a 7-1 decision to Adams State's second-ranked Isaiah Gamez.

#16 ADAMS STATE ENTERING THE DUAL

• The Grizzlies are 7-1 overall and 3-1 in the RMAC, their lone defeat a 26-20 loss to host Colorado School of Mines last Thursday. They bounced back two days later with a 22-10 win at Chadron State.
• Gamez leads the Grizzlies onto the mat each dual at 125, but midway through the lineup ASU sends third-ranked Aaden Valdez into the circleat 157.
• The Grizzlies participated in Western's Tracy Borah Duals in early January, not only finishing unbeaten in four duals but shutting out one opponent and allowing no more than seven points in wins over their other three opponents.
• After losses to Western in the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons, the Grizzlies defeated the Mountaineers last season in Gunnison.

UP NEXT

• Western finishes off its duals schedule on Feb. 13 against visiting and 22nd-ranked Colorado Mesa University.
• In a schedule change, the season-ending Rocky Mountain Collegiate Open, with Western's redshirts and reserves participating, will now be hosted by Western at the Mountaineer Field House on Sunday, Feb. 15.