The teenager scored either side of half-time and Robert Bayly and Jonathan Howson were also unlucky not to add to the scoring before Wigan got a consolation near the end when Michael Hazeldine pulled one back.
United: Wilberforce, Madden, Parker, Hird, Walton, Marques, Gardner, Bayly, Smith, Howson, Morris.
Subs: Lund, McKeown, Camfield, Stansfield, Vermooten.