The hotly contested match started with the 133-pound bout between No. 18 Josh Pniewski and James Madison's Rich Gebauer. Pniewski rolled to the 12-6 victory to stake Gardner-Webb to the early 3-0 advantage.
Gardner-Webb's other nationally ranked grappler, No. 17 Daniel Elliott, then scored an 18-3 tech fall victory over Mitch Davey at 149 pounds to push the GWU lead to a five-point spread at 8-3.
The lead grew to 11-3 as Adam Glaser secured Gardner-Webb's third victory in the opening four contests with a 6-2 decision at 157 pounds.
After Mike Meagher scored a major decision for the Dukes at 165, Chad Davis earned a 5-1 decision at 174 to double up James Madison on the scoreboard, 14-7.
JMU would narrow the gap with decisions in the 184, 285 and 125-pound bouts, but a Brent Blackwell major decision victory at 197 pounds gave Gardner-Webb all the points it would need to finish off the Dukes for an 18-17 road victory.
Gardner-Webb improves to 2-5 in dual matches on the young season. The ‘Dogs will be right back on the mats on Friday night when they wrestle at VMI, starting at 7 pm.
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