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.

Results:
125: Donovin Fields (Elmhurst University) over Unknown (For.)
133: Emilio Acosta (Concordia (WI)) over Jake Mora (Elmhurst University) (MFFL)
141: Troy Mock (Elmhurst University) over Rusimbana (Frank) Budederi (Concordia (WI)) (Fall 4:25)
149: Cole Ramos (Concordia (WI)) over Zach Kolb (Elmhurst University) (MD 12-3)
157: Mataeo Blessing (Elmhurst University) over Carson Cook (Concordia (WI)) (SV-1 5-2)
165: Jeff Nugent (Elmhurst University) over Jeremy Pullen (Concordia (WI)) (Fall 0:39)
174: Joe Caringella (Elmhurst University) over Ruben Vasquez (Concordia (WI)) (Dec 10-3)
184: Jonathan Pullen (Concordia (WI)) over Eugene Lee (Elmhurst University) (Dec 1-0)
197: Peyton Smith (Concordia (WI)) over Colin O`Neill (Elmhurst University) (MD 11-2)
285: Seth Elliott (Concordia (WI)) over David Ortiz (Elmhurst University) (Fall 5:00)

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