Dec. 16, 2001
Purdue Duals Results
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue won two matches in convincing fashion at the Purdue Duals, dominating SIU-Edwardsville, 46-3, and Carson-Newman, 40-6.
Heavyweight Jake Vercelli won both his matches, defeating Aaron Weins of SIU-Edwardsville with a fall at 0:44 and Celeste O'Garro of Carson-Newman with a fall at 1:15. The returning All-American is undefeated this season and ranked No. 5 by InterMat.
Also remaining undefeated was freshman Chris Fleeger who won his match vs. SIU-Edwardsville by forfeit and defeated Antwan Allen of Carson-Newman, 19-4. Fleeger is 10-0 and ranked No. 6 by InterMat.
Jeremy Bibelhauser, Dan Jankowski and Ryan Lange won each of their matches during the day's competition.
"I am very pleased with our team effort," said head coach Jessie Reyes. "We wrestled a great meet. Our young guys performed well and gained valuable experience. Our veterans went out and dominated in a very business-like way."
The tournament also included exhibition matches and a meet in which Carson-Newman defeated SIU-Edwardsville, 26-19.
Carson-Newman's Tony Morgan was named the tournament's most outstanding wrestler. The junior won all three of his matches of the afternoon at 165.
Purdue resumes action on Fri., Jan. 4 at Fresno, Calif., when they take on Fresno State and UC-Davis.