Chicago, Ill. - The Wheaton College wrestling team lost a dual meet 43-4 at the University of Chicago on Tuesday.

The Thunder fell to 3-5 in dual meets while the Maroons improved to 6-7.

The lone victory on the night for the Thunder came at 184 pounds as Justin Marble won via technical fall, 22-7.

"By the third period, he got six takedowns. He just broke the guy," Wheaton head coach Jim Gruenwald said. "He's pushed guys to the brink and beaten them up pretty good this season. But this is the first time he's really used his conditioning and broke his opponent. You just saw him crumble in the third period."

The next closest match came at 133 pounds, as Caleb Cardenas lost 7-4.

"We just got to fix the little things," Gruenwald said. "We need to focus on fine tuning things. I'd rather work these things out now rather than right before regionals and nationals."

The Thunder return to action with a double dual home meet at 6:00 PM on Friday versus Augustana College and Concordia (Wis.) University.


University of Chicago 43, Wheaton 4
125 - double forfeit
133 - Francisco Acosta (Chicago) def. Caleb Cardenas (Wheaton), 7-4
141 - Chris Oster (Chicago) pinned Casey Krahn (Wheaton), 5:50
149 - Matt Hart (Chicago) won by forfeit
157 - James Layton (Chicago) won by technical fall vs. Matthew Cordell (Wheaton), 16-0
165 - Spencer Burns (Chicago) won by technical fall vs. Paul Harvey (Wheaton), 17-0
174 - David Kneisel (Chicago) won by forfeit
184 - Justin Marble (Wheaton) won by major decision vs. Wes Rosamilia (Chicago), 21-7
197 - Troy Carlson (Chicago) won by forfeit
285 - Ryan Hatten (Chicago) won by forfeit