WHEATON, Ill. – The Elmhurst wrestling team kicked off its 2017-18 season with a convincing 31-16 win over Wheaton College.
 
Elmhurst (1-0) won seven of the 10 matches en route to the 15-point victory over Wheaton (0-1).
 
The Bluejays won the first six matches while racing out to a 27-0 lead. In a battle of two D3wrestle.com top-10 wrestlers at 125 pounds, #6 Jared Braun defeated eighth-ranked Carlos Fuentez by major decision (16-7). Anthony Munoz followed with a third-period technical fall over Sean Ferguson at 133 pounds to give Elmhurst a 9-0 lead. Jimmy McAuliffe made his collegiate debut with a third-period technical fall over Cameron Calabrese at 141 pounds.

At 149 pounds, Howie Olson pinned Wheaton's Andrew Harrell just before the horn at the end of the second period (4:59) to put Elmhurst in front 20-0. John Prieto edged Wheaton's Jonavan Huggins 5-4 at 157 pounds while Gunnar Hjorth dispatched the Thunder's Owen Feenstra by major decision (16-3) at 165 pounds, locking up the dual win in the process.
 
Wheaton got on the board at 174 pounds when Caleb O'Dell pinned Shawn Swiderek in the second period (4:32). Isaac O'Dell followed with a second-period fall over Taylor Kistulinec (3:33) at 184 pounds to make the score 27-12.

Mark Miller gave the Bluejays their seventh win of the night with a 12-4 win over Tim Blickle at 197 pounds. Wheaton's Max Gierke closed the dual with an 11-2 major decision over the Bluejays' Karim Fuentes.
 
Elmhurst hosts the University of Chicago on Tuesday, November 14.
 
 
ELMHURST 31, WHEATON 16
125: Jared Braun (Elmhurst) def. Carlos Fuentez (Wheaton ),16-7 major decision
133: Anthony Munoz (Elmhurst) def. Sean Ferguson (Wheaton), technical fall (6:21)
141: Jimmy McAuliffe (Elmhurst) def. Cameron Calabrese (Wheaton), technical fall (5:51)
149: Howie Olson (Elmhurst) def. Andrew Harrell (Wheaton), by fall (4:59)
157: John Prieto (Elmhurst) def. Jonavan Huggins (Wheaton), 5-4 decision
165: Gunnar Hjorth (Elmhurst) def. Owen Feenstra (Wheaton), 16-3 major decision
174: Caleb O'Dell (Wheaton) def. Shawn Swiderek (Elmhurst), by fall (4:32)
184: Isaac O'Dell (Wheaton) def. Taylor Kistulinec (Elmhurst), by fall (3:33) 
197: Mark Miller (Elmhurst) def. Tim Blickle (Wheaton), 12-4 major decision
285: Max Gierke (Wheaton) def. Karim Fuentez (Elmhurst), 11-2 major decision