Elmhurst, Ill. – The No. 19 Wheaton men's soccer team lost 4-2 at Elmhurst College on Saturday night in the CCIW opener for both teams. Wheaton is now 6-3-1 on the season. Elmhurst improves to 7-3-1 overall and 1-0-0 in CCIW play.

Elmhurst scored three time in the first half to lead 3-0 at halftime. James Serrano scored the Bluejays' first goal in the 21^st minute on a Noah Backhaus assist. Keegan Thompson tallied the hosts' second goal in the 29^th minute off of Backhaus' second assist. Backhous extended Elmhurst's lead to 3-0 when he converted a penalty kick in the 44^th minute.

Michael Groza (PICTURED ABOVE) tallied Wheaton's first goal just 3:01 into the second half to trim the Bluejays' lead to 3-1 in the 49^th minute. Elmhurst's Keegan Thompson scored in the 62^nd minute to extend the hosts' lead to 4-1. Thunder senior Will Woodfin scored his third goal of the season in the 86^th minute to account for the 4-2 final score.

Drew Cammarano started in goal for the Thunder, making one save with four goals allowed. Elmhurst netminder Donnie Kvien registered five saves and allowed two goals.

Wheaton held a 9-7 advantage in shots in the match, including a 7-5 edge in shots on goal. Elmhurst was awarded six corner kicks in the match and Wheaton had four.

The Thunder return to Joe Bean Stadium on Tuesday night at 7:00 p.m. for a conference match against North Central.