EVANSTON, Ill. - Kevin Gschwendtner and Sergio Villalobos each collected victories Saturday in SIUE's 36-7 loss at Northwestern.

"We went into a tough environment today," said SIUE Head Coach Jeremy Spates.

It was the first of two weekend matches against Big Ten opponents. SIUE next travels to Wisconsin, which previously came to the Cougar Classic earlier this season.

SIUE, 2-12, gave up bonus points to Northwestern, which used Senior Day to improve to 5-10 overall.

"Kevin and Sergio wrestled well, but I think we could have been much better as a team," said Spates.

Gschwendtner picked up a bonus point for the Cougars at 174 pounds, dispatching Northwestern's Braxton Cody 16-5. Villalobos followed up with a 4-2 decision over Brendan Devine at 184 pounds.

Northwestern 36 SIUE 7
197 - Zachary Chakonis (Northwestern) over Christian Dulaney (SIUE) (Fall 4:00)
285 - Conan Jennings (Northwestern) over Jake McKiernan (SIUE) (MD 11-0)
125 - Sebastian Rivera (Northwestern) over Gage Datlovsky (SIUE) (TF 19-4 5:50)
133 - Colin Valdiviez (Northwestern) over Austin Macias (SIUE) (TF 16-0 2:08)
141 - Alexander McKenna (Northwestern) over Lucas Bernal (SIUE) (MD 8-0)
149 - Shayne Oster (Northwestern) over Tyshawn Williams (SIUE) (TF 19-4 6:10)
157 - Ryan Deakin (Northwestern) over Justin Ruffin (SIUE) (MD 11-3)
165 - Tyler Morland (Northwestern) over Nate Higgins (SIUE) (Dec 3-2)
174 - Kevin Gschwendtner (SIUE) over Braxton Cody (Northwestern) (MD 16-5)
184 - Sergio Villalobos (SIUE) over Brendan Devine (Northwestern) (Dec 4-2)