John Carroll had a line-up featuring four wrestlers who were making their dual meet debuts for the Blue Streaks tonight, but it would be the veterans who carried the day in a 31-14 road win at Case Western Reserve University.

JCU had a 16-0 lead through three matches thanks to forfeit wins by John Cobos (Avon Lake, OH, St. Edward) at 125 and Greg Ryan (Warren, OH, Howland) at 141 that sandwiched around a 10-1 major decision by sophomore Kevin Nycz (Parma, OH, Holy Name) at 133.

Case countered with three consecutive wins at 149, 157 and 165 that cut the JCU lead to 16-10 before senior Travis Hammer (Lancaster, NY, Lancaster) stemmed the tide with a 3-2 decision over Jacob Kornblatt at 174.

The Blue Streaks sealed the win with a pin by Ben Adams (Livonia, MI, Livonia Churchill) against David Hildebrandt at the 1:49 mark of the first period. Jim Nemunaitis (Broadview Hts., OH, Brecksville-Broadview Hts.) accepted a win by forfeit at 197 before Case won the bout at 285 to close the evening.

125 - Cobos (JCU) win by forfeit;  133 - Nycz (JCU) dec. Stone, 10-1;  141 - Ryan (JCU) win by forfeit;  149  - Dukes (Case) dec. Gonzalez, 12-3; 157 - Weaver (Case) dec. Suba, 8-2; 165 - Criss (Case) dec. Gill, 7-6; 174 - Hammer (JCU) dec. Kornblatt, 4-2;  184 - Adams (JCU) pinned Hildebrandt, 1:49;  197 - Nemunaitis (JCU) win by forfeit;  285 - Harter (Case) dec.  Place, 11-4