WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue wrestling team is set to open the Big Ten Dual schedule this weekend, heading to Northwestern on Friday for a 7 p.m. CT start at Welsh-Ryan Arena, and returning home to Holloway Gymnasium on Sunday to host top-ranked Iowa at 4 p.m. ET. The Boilermakers are 7-1 in dual competition on the year, including a 3-0 mark in Holloway after a sweep of the Boilermaker Duals in November.
PURDUE LINEUP & RANKINGS
The Boilermakers are making history in 2019-20, pushing their team tournament rankings into the top 10 and as high as No. 4 in the nation. With four individuals in the top-eight at their respective weights, they're posting between 56.5 and 46 points in the polls. Purdue is No. 18 in the latest NWCA Coaches Dual Poll, and has dual rankings from InterMat, WIN and The Open Mat as well.
LAST TIME OUT
Despite the absence of a few starters, the Boilermakers put together an impressive showing at the 57th-Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships. Purdue finished eighth with 75.0 points, marking their second top-10 team showing in the last three seasons, and crowned two individual champions for the first time ever. Lydy kept his red-hot start to 2019-20 going 5-0 and taking the 174-pound title, while Brunner captured the 197-pound crown with a huge semifinal win over the nation's No. 3 wrestler at the weight. Coleman was the other Boilermaker on the podium, taking fourth at 157 pounds.
PURDUE NOTES
• The Boilermakers No. 4 team tournament ranking from WIN Magazine marks the program's highest tournament ranking on record and Purdue's highest of any kind since climbing to No. 9 in the nation in 1997-98.
• Brunner is the highest ranked Boilermaker since Ben Wissel held the No. 3 national ranking at 184 pounds in 2006.
• At 20-2 overall, Brunner is off to his best career start, already five wins shy of his 25-win total from 2018-19, placing second at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational and winning the title at Midlands.
• Brunner is already ninth all-time at Purdue with 216 career back points, and his 93 career wins leave him seven shy of becoming the 18th wrestler in program history to hit the century mark.
• With his championship victory at the Midlands Championships, Lydy earned his 100th career victory and became the 17th wrestler in program history to win 100 matches at Purdue.
• Lydy is 1-of-8 wrestlers in the last 10 years to win both the CKLV Invitational and the Ken Kraft Midlands Championships in the same season. He joins Sebastian Rivera (125, 2018), Ryan Deakin (157, 2018), Zahid Valencia (174, 2016 & 2017), Adam Coon (285, 2013), Robert Kokesh (174, 2012), Dustin Kilgore (197, 2012) and Chris Honeycutt (197, 2011).
• Lydy was recently included on WIN Magazine's Hodge Trophy Watch List, awarded annually to the most outstanding collegiate wrestler.
• With seven major decisions on the season, Lydy is tied for fifth-most in NCAA Division I (wrestlestat.com).
• Schroder boasts a 17-2 mark on the year and his 110 back points this season are already 11th in program history.
• With 344 back points for his career, Schroder is already third all-time at Purdue.
• Schroder is tied for No. 8 in the nation and No. 4 in the Big Ten in technical falls, ending six matches early in 2019-20 (wrestlestat.com).
• Coleman put together the best career start in program history, winning his first 15 matches of his freshman season and leads the Boilermakers with 21 wins and 67 takedowns this year.
• Coleman placed fourth at both the CKLV Invitational and the Midlands Championship.
• The Boilermakers will be without 165-pound freshman Emil Soehnlen for the rest of the year after suffering a leg injury in December which required season-ending surgery.
OPPONENTS
Northwestern
125: #8 Michael DeAugustino (RFr.) – 11-3
133: #3 Sebastian Rivera (R-Jr.) – 7-2
or Dylan Utterback (Jr.) – 2-4
141: Alec McKenna (R-Sr.) – 2-3
or Jack Tolin (R-So.) – 0-4
149: #13 Yahya Thomas (R-So.) – 8-4
or Eric Yang (R-Jr.) – 4-3
157: #1 Ryan Deakin (R-Jr.) – 8-0
165: #18 Shayne Oster (Sr.) – 8-7
174: Tyler Morland (R-So.) – 7-6
184: Jack Jessen (R-Fr.) – 10-9
197: Lucas Davison (R-Fr.) – 6-4
285: Jack Heyob (R-Fr.) – 0-5
Iowa
125: #1 Spencer Lee (Jr.) – 6-0
133: #2 Austin DeSanto (Jr.) – 8-1
141: #7 Max Murin (So.) – 8-0
149: #1 Pat Lugo (Sr.) – 10-0
157: #4 Kaleb Young (Jr.) – 7-2
165: #2 Alex Marinelli (Jr.) – 10-0
174: #2 Michael Kemerer (Sr.) – 4-0
184: Abe Assad (Fr.) – 15-3
or Nelson Brands (Fr.) – 3-2
or #9Cash Wilcke (Sr.) – 11-2
197: #4 Jacob Warner (So.) – 8-2
285: #4 Tony Cassioppi (Fr.) – 9-0
Rankings listed FloWrestling
PURDUE LINEUP & RANKINGS
The Boilermakers are making history in 2019-20, pushing their team tournament rankings into the top 10 and as high as No. 4 in the nation. With four individuals in the top-eight at their respective weights, they're posting between 56.5 and 46 points in the polls. Purdue is No. 18 in the latest NWCA Coaches Dual Poll, and has dual rankings from InterMat, WIN and The Open Mat as well.
| Wt. | Wrestler | Record | FloWrestling | InterMat | TheOpenMat | TrackWrestling | WIN |
| 125 | Devin Schroder (R-Jr.) | 17-2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 133 | Travis Ford-Melton (Fr.) | 11-5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 141 | Parker Filius (R-So.) | 12-3 | -- | -- | 27 | 33 | -- |
| 149 | Griffin Parriott (R-Jr.) | 13-4 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 16 |
| Nate Limmex (R-Sr.) | 7-5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 157 | Kendall Coleman (R-Fr.) | 21-4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| 165 | Tanner Webster (R-So.) | 2-4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 174 | Dylan Lydy (R-Sr.) | 20-0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 184 | Max Lyon (Jr.) | 12-7 | -- | -- | 32 | 26 | -- |
| Jared Florell (R-So.) | 3-2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 197 | Christian Brunner (Sr.) | 20-2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 285 | Thomas Penola (R-Fr.) | 14-8 | -- | -- | 24 | -- | -- |
LAST TIME OUT
Despite the absence of a few starters, the Boilermakers put together an impressive showing at the 57th-Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships. Purdue finished eighth with 75.0 points, marking their second top-10 team showing in the last three seasons, and crowned two individual champions for the first time ever. Lydy kept his red-hot start to 2019-20 going 5-0 and taking the 174-pound title, while Brunner captured the 197-pound crown with a huge semifinal win over the nation's No. 3 wrestler at the weight. Coleman was the other Boilermaker on the podium, taking fourth at 157 pounds.
PURDUE NOTES
• The Boilermakers No. 4 team tournament ranking from WIN Magazine marks the program's highest tournament ranking on record and Purdue's highest of any kind since climbing to No. 9 in the nation in 1997-98.
• Brunner is the highest ranked Boilermaker since Ben Wissel held the No. 3 national ranking at 184 pounds in 2006.
• At 20-2 overall, Brunner is off to his best career start, already five wins shy of his 25-win total from 2018-19, placing second at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational and winning the title at Midlands.
• Brunner is already ninth all-time at Purdue with 216 career back points, and his 93 career wins leave him seven shy of becoming the 18th wrestler in program history to hit the century mark.
• With his championship victory at the Midlands Championships, Lydy earned his 100th career victory and became the 17th wrestler in program history to win 100 matches at Purdue.
• Lydy is 1-of-8 wrestlers in the last 10 years to win both the CKLV Invitational and the Ken Kraft Midlands Championships in the same season. He joins Sebastian Rivera (125, 2018), Ryan Deakin (157, 2018), Zahid Valencia (174, 2016 & 2017), Adam Coon (285, 2013), Robert Kokesh (174, 2012), Dustin Kilgore (197, 2012) and Chris Honeycutt (197, 2011).
• Lydy was recently included on WIN Magazine's Hodge Trophy Watch List, awarded annually to the most outstanding collegiate wrestler.
• With seven major decisions on the season, Lydy is tied for fifth-most in NCAA Division I (wrestlestat.com).
• Schroder boasts a 17-2 mark on the year and his 110 back points this season are already 11th in program history.
• With 344 back points for his career, Schroder is already third all-time at Purdue.
• Schroder is tied for No. 8 in the nation and No. 4 in the Big Ten in technical falls, ending six matches early in 2019-20 (wrestlestat.com).
• Coleman put together the best career start in program history, winning his first 15 matches of his freshman season and leads the Boilermakers with 21 wins and 67 takedowns this year.
• Coleman placed fourth at both the CKLV Invitational and the Midlands Championship.
• The Boilermakers will be without 165-pound freshman Emil Soehnlen for the rest of the year after suffering a leg injury in December which required season-ending surgery.
OPPONENTS
Northwestern
125: #8 Michael DeAugustino (RFr.) – 11-3
133: #3 Sebastian Rivera (R-Jr.) – 7-2
or Dylan Utterback (Jr.) – 2-4
141: Alec McKenna (R-Sr.) – 2-3
or Jack Tolin (R-So.) – 0-4
149: #13 Yahya Thomas (R-So.) – 8-4
or Eric Yang (R-Jr.) – 4-3
157: #1 Ryan Deakin (R-Jr.) – 8-0
165: #18 Shayne Oster (Sr.) – 8-7
174: Tyler Morland (R-So.) – 7-6
184: Jack Jessen (R-Fr.) – 10-9
197: Lucas Davison (R-Fr.) – 6-4
285: Jack Heyob (R-Fr.) – 0-5
Iowa
125: #1 Spencer Lee (Jr.) – 6-0
133: #2 Austin DeSanto (Jr.) – 8-1
141: #7 Max Murin (So.) – 8-0
149: #1 Pat Lugo (Sr.) – 10-0
157: #4 Kaleb Young (Jr.) – 7-2
165: #2 Alex Marinelli (Jr.) – 10-0
174: #2 Michael Kemerer (Sr.) – 4-0
184: Abe Assad (Fr.) – 15-3
or Nelson Brands (Fr.) – 3-2
or #9Cash Wilcke (Sr.) – 11-2
197: #4 Jacob Warner (So.) – 8-2
285: #4 Tony Cassioppi (Fr.) – 9-0
Rankings listed FloWrestling