Feb. 17, 2002
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - No. 14 Purdue defeated Eastern Illinois, 28-16, on senior day at the Intercollegiate Athletics Facility. The Boilermakers are now 14-4 overall.
"We gave a couple of guys a chance to wrestle today," said head coach Jessie Reyes. "We wanted to give our seniors an opportunity to compete and give some of our regulars a rest."
Senior Jake Vercelli concluded his home career with a 22-4 victory over Joe Gleissner while Chris Fleeger won by tech fall at 5:31 over Brandon Murphy.
"Vercelli was dominant in his match. Our other seniors, Jeremy Bibelhauser and Jared Williams, wrestled hard and the effort was there, but they just did not come away with victories."
Purdue returns to action Friday, Feb. 22, when they travel to Illinois for a 7 p.m. match in Champaign.
PURDUE 28, Eastern Illinois 16
197: Kassner (EIU) def. Williams, 6-5, Eastern Illinois 3-0
HWT: Vercelli def. Gleissner (EIU) 22-4, Purdue 5-3
125: Fleeger def. Murphy (EIU), tech. fall 5:31, Purdue 10-3
133: Dowty (EIU) def. Hernandez, F 0:44, Purdue 10-9
141: Pursley def. Cirrincione (EIU), F 6:03, Purdue 16-9
149: Jankowski def. Stevens (EIU), 14-7, Purdue 19-9
157: DeFilippis (EIU) def. Jankowski, 14-7, Purdue 19-12
165: Santiago def. Smith (EIU), 6-3, Purdue 22-12
174: Taylor (EIU) def. Groski, 13-5, Purdue 22-16
184: Fitch won by forfeit, Purdue 28-16