EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - Central Michigan won four matches by two points or less Friday and defeated SIUE wrestling 26-9 at the Vadalabene Center.

"We talked about it after the match. Our intensity was there. Our fight was there. That hasn't been consistent throughout the year so I was happy with that," said SIUE Head Coach Jeremy Spates.

SIUE, now 3-12 in dual matches, picked up two matches by a single point each. Chris Johnson defeated Newton Smercheck 3-2 at 285 pounds. Jake Residori collected an overtime win over Jordan Ellingwood 3-2 at 174 pounds.

Derek Nagel was SIUE's biggest winner of the night with a 10-6 win over Christian Brucki in the first match of the evening at 184 pounds.

"There's still a little of the technique that we have to work on and believing in the system a little more, but we had some good wins," said Spates.

Central Michigan, now 5-4 overall, won six consecutive matches at one point, including a pair of major decisions.

SIUE now travels to Springfield, Illinois, Saturday for a neutral site match against the Northern Illinois Huskies. The first match is set for 6 p.m. at the Prairie Convention Center.

Central Michigan 26 SIUE 9

125 - Brent Fleetwood (CMU) won by forfeit

133 - Tyler Keselring (CMU) over Patrick Myers (SIUE), 11-0

141- Zachary Horan (CMU) over Angelo Silvestro (SIUE), 3-2

149 - Colin Heffernan (CMU) over Karsten Van Velsor (SIUE), 14-3

157 - Malcolm Martin (CMU) over Erik Travers (SIUE), 4-2

165 - Jordan Wohlfert (CMU) over Connor McMahon (SIUE), 7-5

174 - Jake Residori (SIUE) vs. Jordan Ellingwood (CMU), 3-2 TB-1

184 - Derek Nagel (SIUE) over Christian Brucki (CMU), 10-6

197 - Austin Severn (CMU) over Jake Tindle (SIUE), 6-4

285 - Chris Johnson (SIUE) over Newton Smerchek (CMU), 3-2

Records: SIUE 3-12, Central Michigan 5-4