ELMHURST, Ill. - The Elmhurst University men's wrestling team earned a narrow 24-23 dual meet victory over Concordia University Wisconsin Thursday evening inside R.A. Faganel Hall.

Elmhurst (2-1, 2-1 CCIW) jumped out to a 24-10 lead with three matches to go, and survived a late push by the Falcons (0-3, 0-3 CCIW) to grab the narrow one-point victory for their second conference triumph of the season.

Donnie Fields began the night with a forefit victory, putting Elmhurst up 6-0. In the next match, a medical forefit from the Bluejays evened the score at six before Troy Mock earned a fall at the 4:25 mark to put Elmhurst up 12-6.

Concordia would again keep it close with a major decision victory at 149, but Elmhurst would rattle off three-straight match victories from Mataeo Blessing (SV-1, 5-2), Jeff Nugent (Fall, 0:39), and Joe Caringella (Dec, 10-3) to go up 24-10.

Concordia closed the meet with three-straight victories of their own at 184, 197, and 285, but fell just one point short to allow Elmhurst to pick up the league victory.

UP NEXT

The Bluejays are back in action this Saturday, Dec. 9 at the Art Kraft Invitational.

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