A decision win by senior Christian Balmer lifted the Chargers 24-23 against Dakota Wesleyan Tuesday Evening inside the Newman Flanagan Center on senior night. The scored after the dual was tied 23-23, and the Chargers won via Criteria. The Cliff honored their four seniors before the contest.
 
"Respect to DWU, they came to win," said Head Coach Joe Privitere. "It's good to have Dante Rigal at 125 to back up Seth I'nama, I'll say we have a really good team, let's see how we finish."
 
Rigal opened the scoring for the Chargers with a pin over Kipp Cordes in the 125-pound bout to put the Chargers up 6-0 to start the dual.
 
Senior CaRon Watson followed up with a 19-3 tech-fall over Temuujin Natsagdorj to add five points on the board for the Cliff.
 
The Tigers would not back down, taking the 141-pound bout of the Cliff's Juan Lugo. Ethan Krey responded in the 149-pound bout with a narrow 14-11 decision victory to make the dual score 14-6 in favor of the Chargers.
 
DWU would take the next three weight classes and the Chargers trailed 20-14 heading into the back end of the dual. At 184-bout, Ethan Gregg received a forfeit which died the dual 20-20.
 
With the tide of the dual riding at the 197-pound bout, Balmer was able to secure a 7-1 decision victory to put Briar Cliff ahead 23-20 heading into the final match.
 
Alton Allen in the final match fell in a hard-fought match that was decided by a tiebreaker. The Tigers evened the score 23-23, but after deliberation, the Chargers earned the dual win via criteria.
 
The Chargers improve to 4-1 in GPAC Duals on the season, we will compete in three duals this Saturday at the Long Lines Rec Center in Sioux City, Iowa. At 12:30 p.m., the Chargers will take on the Bulldogs of Concordia. At 3:30 p.m. the Chargers will take on the Broncos of Hastings. At 5 p.m., the Chargers will take on the Mustangs of Morningside.