LINCOLN, Neb. - The Purdue wrestling team wrapped up a 10th place performance at the 2022 Big Ten Championships on Sunday, earning five individual placements and four automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament. The Boilermakers amassed 36.5 points for the tournament, and have five wrestlers eligible for at-large bids to nationals, which will be released Tuesday by the NCAA.
Junior Thomas Penola led the way for the Boilermakers, earning fifth place at 197 pounds, while senior Devin Schroder and junior Kendall Coleman were sixth at 125 and 157, respectively. Freshman Matt Ramos took seventh at 133 pounds and senior Parker Filius finished eighth at 141.
Penola had a chance to avenge his second-round loss to third-seeded and fifth-ranked Cameron Caffey and took full advantage, edging the Spartan 3-2 in the fifth-place match. Penola scored on a slide-by in the first period and impressively fought his way out of a cradle without surrendering back points in the second to hold on to the win. Penola was bumped from the consolation semifinals by eventual-third place finisher Patrick Brucki of Michigan, but turned it around for his career-best conference finish, and third straight spot on the Big Ten podium.
After advancing to the consolation semifinals Saturday, Coleman fell to sixth place with a pair of losses Sunday. He was pinned by third-place finisher Brady Berge of Penn State and then fell to Peyton Robb by major decision 8-0. Coleman heads to nationals at 14-8, and awaits his national seed in Detroit.
After advancing to the semifinals at 125 pounds, Schroder medically forfeited to sixth place Sunday, and will look to regroup for his return to his home state of Michigan for NCAA's in two weeks. He sits at 19-4 overall on the season, and will be a candidate for a top-10 seed at nationals for the third straight year.
Ramos's first Big Ten Championship was a successful one, finishing two spots above his seed and securing an automatic bid to nationals. The Illinois native met 12th-seeded Jake Gliva of Minnesota for seventh place and emerged with a 3-2 win on the strength of a second-period takedown.
Filius finished just shy of an automatic bid for NCAA's, taking eighth at 141 pounds, despite the No. 11 seed in the tournament. He dropped an 11-6 decision to Northwestern's Frankie Tal Shahar and will need an at-large bid to qualify for NCAA's. Sophomores Hayden Lohrey and Gerrit Nijenhuis, and senior Michael Woulfe are in the same situation as both Nijenhuis and Woulfe finished one place off of the qualifying spot. Nijenhuis won the ninth-place mini-tournament, topping Indiana's Nick South and Wisconsin's Andrew McNally, while Woulfe defeated Indiana's Jacob Bullock and came up just short of Wisconsin's Trent Hilger, unable to drag his feet in bounds on a takedown at the buzzer.
The NCAA field will be announced Tuesday, followed by the full bracket reveal Wednesday. The national tournament is scheduled to begin Thursday, March 17 at Little Caesar's Arena in Detroit.
2022 Big Ten Championships
Pinnacle Bank Arena – Lincoln, Nebraska
Team Scores
1. Michigan – 143.0
2. Penn State – 141.5
3. Iowa – 129.5
4. Ohio State – 91.5
5. Northwestern – 90.5
6. Minnesota – 78.5
7. Nebraska – 75.5
8. Wisconsin – 68.0
9. Rutgers – 41.0
10. Purdue – 36.5
11. Illinois – 34.5
12. Michigan State – 33.0
13. Maryland – 15.5
14. Indiana – 4.0
125: #5 Devin Schroder (R-Senior) – SIXTH PLACE
First Round: #12 Jacob Moran (Indiana) - W, D 2-0
Quarterfinals: #4 Malik Heinselman (Ohio State) - W, D 3-1
Semifinals: #1 Nick Suriano (Michigan) - L, Fall 2:39
Conso. Semifinals: #8 Patrick McKee (Minnesota) - MFF
Fifth-Place Match: #7 Michael DeAugustino (Northwestern) - MFF
133: #9 Matt Ramos (R-Freshman) – SEVENTH PLACE
First Round: #8 Joe Olivieri (Rutgers) - W, D 7-5
Quarterfinals: #1 Roman Bravo-Young (Penn State) - L, MD 11-3
Conso. Second Round: #10 Dominick Serrano (Nebraska) - W, D 5-3
Conso. Quarterfinals: #5 Rayvon Foley (Michigan State) - L, SV 4-2
Seventh-Place Match: #12 Jake Gliva (Minnesota) - W, D 3-2
141: #11 Parker Fililus (R-Senior) – EIGHTH PLACE
First Round: #6 Stevan Micic (Michigan) - W, D 7-4
Quarterfinals: #3 Sebastian Rivera (Rutgers) - L, MD 15-5
Conso. Second Round: #4 Chad Red (Nebraska) - W, SV 10-6
Conso. Quarterfinals: #7 Dylan D'Emilio (Ohio State) - L, Fall 3:51
Seventh-Place Match: #10 Frankie Tal Shahar (Northwestern) - L, D 11-6
149: #14 Alec White (R-Junior)
First Round: #3 Ridge Lovett (Nebraska) - L, D 8-1
Conso. First Round: #11 Kanen Storr (Michigan) - L, D 5-1
157: #4 Kendall Coleman (R-Junior) - SIXTH PLACE
First Round: #13 Lucas Cordio (Maryland) - W, MD 20-10
Quarterfinals: #5 Peyton Robb (Nebraska) - L, SV 6-4
Conso. Second Round: #11 Derek Gilcher (Indiana) - W, D 10-3
Conso. Quarterfinals: #7 Garrett Model (Wisconsin) - W, D 7-5
Conso. Semifinals: #10 Brady Berge (Penn State) - L, Fall 2:59
Fifth-Place Match: #4 Peyton Robb (Nebraska) - L, MD 8-0
165: #7 Hayden Lohrey (R-Sophomore)
First Round: #10 Creighton Edsell (Penn State) - L, SV 3-1
Conso. First Round: Bye
Conso. Second Round: #8 Clayton Wilson (Nebraska) - L, D 3-2
174: #8 Gerrit Nijenhuis (Sophomore)
First Round: #9 Dominic Solis (Maryland) - L, D 3-1
Conso. First Round: Bye
Conso. Second Round: #7 Troy Fisher (Northwestern) - L, D 7-4
Ninth-Place Semifinals: #12 Nick South (Indiana)* - W, D 5-3
Ninth-Place Match: #11 Andrew McNally (Wisconsin)* - W, D 6-1
184: #13 Max Lyon (R-Senior)
First Round: #4 Taylor Venz (Nebraska) - L, D 6-2
Conso. First Round: Zach Braunagel (Illinois) - L, Fall 1:40
Ninth-Place Quarterfinals: #11 Christopher Weiler (Wisconsin)* - L, D 11-4
13th-Place Match: #9 Donnell Washington (Indiana)* - W, MFF
197: #6 Thomas Penola (R-Junior) - FIFTH PLACE
First Round: #11 Jaron Smith (Maryland) - W, D 5-0
Quarterfinals: #3 Cameron Caffey (Michigan State) - L, D 4-2
Conso. Second Round: #12 Michial Foy (Minnesota) - W, D 3-2
Conso. Quarterfinals: #7 Greg Bulsak (Rutgers) - W, D 4-3
Conso. Semifinals: #5 Patrick Brucki (Michigan) - L, D 4-2
Fifth-Place Match: #3 Cameron Caffey (Michigan State) - W, D 3-2
285: #11 Michael Woulfe (R-Senior)
First Round: #6 Christian Lance (Nebraska) - L, D 7-2
Conso. First Round: #14 Zach Schrader (Maryland) - W, D 2-0
Conso. Second Round: #5 Lucas Davison (Northwestern) - L, D 9-2
Ninth-Place Semifinals: #10 Jacob Bullock (Indiana)* - W, D 6-1
Ninth-Place Match: #7 Trent Hilger (Wisconsin)* - L, D 4-3
All numbers represent tournament seeding
* - matches were wrestled for NCAA qualification purposes and do not count toward team scores
Junior Thomas Penola led the way for the Boilermakers, earning fifth place at 197 pounds, while senior Devin Schroder and junior Kendall Coleman were sixth at 125 and 157, respectively. Freshman Matt Ramos took seventh at 133 pounds and senior Parker Filius finished eighth at 141.
Penola had a chance to avenge his second-round loss to third-seeded and fifth-ranked Cameron Caffey and took full advantage, edging the Spartan 3-2 in the fifth-place match. Penola scored on a slide-by in the first period and impressively fought his way out of a cradle without surrendering back points in the second to hold on to the win. Penola was bumped from the consolation semifinals by eventual-third place finisher Patrick Brucki of Michigan, but turned it around for his career-best conference finish, and third straight spot on the Big Ten podium.
After advancing to the consolation semifinals Saturday, Coleman fell to sixth place with a pair of losses Sunday. He was pinned by third-place finisher Brady Berge of Penn State and then fell to Peyton Robb by major decision 8-0. Coleman heads to nationals at 14-8, and awaits his national seed in Detroit.
After advancing to the semifinals at 125 pounds, Schroder medically forfeited to sixth place Sunday, and will look to regroup for his return to his home state of Michigan for NCAA's in two weeks. He sits at 19-4 overall on the season, and will be a candidate for a top-10 seed at nationals for the third straight year.
Ramos's first Big Ten Championship was a successful one, finishing two spots above his seed and securing an automatic bid to nationals. The Illinois native met 12th-seeded Jake Gliva of Minnesota for seventh place and emerged with a 3-2 win on the strength of a second-period takedown.
Filius finished just shy of an automatic bid for NCAA's, taking eighth at 141 pounds, despite the No. 11 seed in the tournament. He dropped an 11-6 decision to Northwestern's Frankie Tal Shahar and will need an at-large bid to qualify for NCAA's. Sophomores Hayden Lohrey and Gerrit Nijenhuis, and senior Michael Woulfe are in the same situation as both Nijenhuis and Woulfe finished one place off of the qualifying spot. Nijenhuis won the ninth-place mini-tournament, topping Indiana's Nick South and Wisconsin's Andrew McNally, while Woulfe defeated Indiana's Jacob Bullock and came up just short of Wisconsin's Trent Hilger, unable to drag his feet in bounds on a takedown at the buzzer.
The NCAA field will be announced Tuesday, followed by the full bracket reveal Wednesday. The national tournament is scheduled to begin Thursday, March 17 at Little Caesar's Arena in Detroit.
2022 Big Ten Championships
Pinnacle Bank Arena – Lincoln, Nebraska
Team Scores
1. Michigan – 143.0
2. Penn State – 141.5
3. Iowa – 129.5
4. Ohio State – 91.5
5. Northwestern – 90.5
6. Minnesota – 78.5
7. Nebraska – 75.5
8. Wisconsin – 68.0
9. Rutgers – 41.0
10. Purdue – 36.5
11. Illinois – 34.5
12. Michigan State – 33.0
13. Maryland – 15.5
14. Indiana – 4.0
125: #5 Devin Schroder (R-Senior) – SIXTH PLACE
First Round: #12 Jacob Moran (Indiana) - W, D 2-0
Quarterfinals: #4 Malik Heinselman (Ohio State) - W, D 3-1
Semifinals: #1 Nick Suriano (Michigan) - L, Fall 2:39
Conso. Semifinals: #8 Patrick McKee (Minnesota) - MFF
Fifth-Place Match: #7 Michael DeAugustino (Northwestern) - MFF
133: #9 Matt Ramos (R-Freshman) – SEVENTH PLACE
First Round: #8 Joe Olivieri (Rutgers) - W, D 7-5
Quarterfinals: #1 Roman Bravo-Young (Penn State) - L, MD 11-3
Conso. Second Round: #10 Dominick Serrano (Nebraska) - W, D 5-3
Conso. Quarterfinals: #5 Rayvon Foley (Michigan State) - L, SV 4-2
Seventh-Place Match: #12 Jake Gliva (Minnesota) - W, D 3-2
141: #11 Parker Fililus (R-Senior) – EIGHTH PLACE
First Round: #6 Stevan Micic (Michigan) - W, D 7-4
Quarterfinals: #3 Sebastian Rivera (Rutgers) - L, MD 15-5
Conso. Second Round: #4 Chad Red (Nebraska) - W, SV 10-6
Conso. Quarterfinals: #7 Dylan D'Emilio (Ohio State) - L, Fall 3:51
Seventh-Place Match: #10 Frankie Tal Shahar (Northwestern) - L, D 11-6
149: #14 Alec White (R-Junior)
First Round: #3 Ridge Lovett (Nebraska) - L, D 8-1
Conso. First Round: #11 Kanen Storr (Michigan) - L, D 5-1
157: #4 Kendall Coleman (R-Junior) - SIXTH PLACE
First Round: #13 Lucas Cordio (Maryland) - W, MD 20-10
Quarterfinals: #5 Peyton Robb (Nebraska) - L, SV 6-4
Conso. Second Round: #11 Derek Gilcher (Indiana) - W, D 10-3
Conso. Quarterfinals: #7 Garrett Model (Wisconsin) - W, D 7-5
Conso. Semifinals: #10 Brady Berge (Penn State) - L, Fall 2:59
Fifth-Place Match: #4 Peyton Robb (Nebraska) - L, MD 8-0
165: #7 Hayden Lohrey (R-Sophomore)
First Round: #10 Creighton Edsell (Penn State) - L, SV 3-1
Conso. First Round: Bye
Conso. Second Round: #8 Clayton Wilson (Nebraska) - L, D 3-2
174: #8 Gerrit Nijenhuis (Sophomore)
First Round: #9 Dominic Solis (Maryland) - L, D 3-1
Conso. First Round: Bye
Conso. Second Round: #7 Troy Fisher (Northwestern) - L, D 7-4
Ninth-Place Semifinals: #12 Nick South (Indiana)* - W, D 5-3
Ninth-Place Match: #11 Andrew McNally (Wisconsin)* - W, D 6-1
184: #13 Max Lyon (R-Senior)
First Round: #4 Taylor Venz (Nebraska) - L, D 6-2
Conso. First Round: Zach Braunagel (Illinois) - L, Fall 1:40
Ninth-Place Quarterfinals: #11 Christopher Weiler (Wisconsin)* - L, D 11-4
13th-Place Match: #9 Donnell Washington (Indiana)* - W, MFF
197: #6 Thomas Penola (R-Junior) - FIFTH PLACE
First Round: #11 Jaron Smith (Maryland) - W, D 5-0
Quarterfinals: #3 Cameron Caffey (Michigan State) - L, D 4-2
Conso. Second Round: #12 Michial Foy (Minnesota) - W, D 3-2
Conso. Quarterfinals: #7 Greg Bulsak (Rutgers) - W, D 4-3
Conso. Semifinals: #5 Patrick Brucki (Michigan) - L, D 4-2
Fifth-Place Match: #3 Cameron Caffey (Michigan State) - W, D 3-2
285: #11 Michael Woulfe (R-Senior)
First Round: #6 Christian Lance (Nebraska) - L, D 7-2
Conso. First Round: #14 Zach Schrader (Maryland) - W, D 2-0
Conso. Second Round: #5 Lucas Davison (Northwestern) - L, D 9-2
Ninth-Place Semifinals: #10 Jacob Bullock (Indiana)* - W, D 6-1
Ninth-Place Match: #7 Trent Hilger (Wisconsin)* - L, D 4-3
All numbers represent tournament seeding
* - matches were wrestled for NCAA qualification purposes and do not count toward team scores