Bloomington, IL - Millikin University Men's Wrestling opened their 2026-27 season on Sunday, taking on Illinois Wesleyan in dual meet action. The Big Blue won eight of the 10 bouts en route to a 41-9 victory.

The Big Blue won the opener at 125 with a major decision from Carlo Arreola. Illinois Wesleyan won the next two bouts at 133 and 141 via a fall and decision respectively. IWU was leading 9-4 before Clinton Verheekce won at 149 with a pin to put Millikin back on top for good, the score at 10-9. A Kaidge Richardson tech fall win at 157 put Millikin up 15-9 halfway through the dual.

At 165 Santiago Ruiz-Diaz scored the second straight tech fall win for Millikin to make it 20-9. Michael Hutchison scored a deicision victory at 174, and pins from Kody Marschner at 184 and Nathan Olona at 197 put the Big Blue up 35-9. William Cole picked up a forfiet win at 285 to punctuate the victory, 41-9 the final score.

Millikin gets off to a 1-0 start in dual action, and is back in action on November 14, when the Big Blue host the Millikin Invite.