PITTSBURGH, Pa. – The Mount Union men's wrestling team defeated the defending Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Champions Washington and Jefferson, 23-15, in a road non-conference dual match on Thursday.

Junior Brayden McFetridge (Oil City, PA / Oil City) highlighted the night with a 5-3 decision win over no. 6 regional ranked Jaden Fields at 197.

Also earning a win for Mount Union were freshman Layne Armstrong (Chapel Hill, NC / Seaforth) at 133, freshman Jack DeBoe (Mentor, OH / Mentor) at 149, freshman Aiden Stecker (Salem, OH / Salem) at 165, junior Jacob Starkey (North Lima, OH / South Range) at 174, and junior Steven Marra (Salem, Ohio / West Branch) at 285.

The Purple Raiders will next host Hiram on Saturday, Dec. 13, at 1 p.m.

Team Score: Mount Union 23, Washington and Jefferson 15
125 Brandon Dami (Washington & Jefferson) over Aidan Pastor (Mount Union) (Fall 4:33) 6-0
133 Layne Armstrong (Mount Union) over Logan Rumberger (Washington & Jefferson) (MD 17-9) 0-4
141
Joshua Smith (Washington & Jefferson) over Bryce Russell (Mount Union) (Dec 10-3) 3-0
149 Jack DeBoe (Mount Union) over Bryce Rodriguez-Uram (Washington & Jefferson) (Dec 9-4) 0-3
157 Josiah Gardner (Washington & Jefferson) over Jamie Lemon Norris (Mount Union) (Dec 7-2) 3-0
165 Aiden Stecker (Mount Union) over Jiovanni DeChicchis (Washington & Jefferson) (Dec 9-2) 0-3
174 Jake Starkey (Mount Union) over De`Mier Hamilton (Washington & Jefferson) (MD 15-7) 0-4
184 Vitali Daniels (Washington & Jefferson) over Blaine Chrisman (Mount Union) (Dec 6-3) 3-0
197 Brayden McFetridge (Mount Union) over Jaden Fields (Washington & Jefferson) (Dec 5-3) 0-3
285 Steven Marra (Mount Union) over Jayden Johnson (Washington & Jefferson) (Fall 2:22) 0-6