ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – The Augustana men's wrestling team will host the Elmhurst Bluejays at the Roy J. Carver Center on Thursday evening for their first CCIW dual meet this season.
Augie is coming off last weekend's Pointer Open, where the team produced two consolation bracket runner-ups in A.J. Joyner (174) and Mikey Rodriguez (141). The Vikings had six additional wrestlers finish with 2-2 records in their opening tournament of the season.
The Bluejays fell in their first dual of the year to conference foe Millikin by a score of 6-41. Elmhurst amassed two victories out of a possible ten against the Big Blue, with wins coming from Joe Carringella (174) and Norbert Crecan (184).
Augustana is 14-11 all-time against Elmhurst, dating back to the 1967-68 season. The Vikings were bested on the road against Elmhurst last season by a 24-22 score.
Augustana will feature the lineup listed below.
125 – Samuel Deyro / Jack Reina
133 – Trevor Boryla
141 – Mikey Rodriguez
149 – Alex Cruz
157 – Chase Clark
165 – Jack Patting / Lawrence Trimble
174 – A.J. Joyner
184 – Clay DeBaillie
197 – Jacob Badger
285 – Tom Liesz
Start time is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Stream link can be found here.