WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – After a close loss to rivals Indiana last weekend, Purdue Wrestling plays host to No. 10 Nebraska on Saturday at 6:00 p.m. ET in Holloway Gymnasium for its second to last home dual of the season.
The Boilermakers (4-8, 0-4 B1G) will once again be streamed on B1G+ with stats on TrackWrestling.
PURDUE POINTS • Purdue head coach Tony Ersland will be very familiar with this Cornhuskers staff, as he was an assistant coach under Nebraska head coach Mark Manning for eight seasons.
• No. 3 Matt Ramos stayed hot, winning his fourth Big Ten match in a row against Indiana's Jacob Moran after taking down the No. 6 and 5 ranked wrestlers the week before.
• No. 6 Kendall Coleman picked up his fifth win over a ranked opponent with a 10-3 decision over No. 19 Derek Gilcher. His four takedowns in the match gave him 292 in his career, five shy of the eighth most in program history.
• In 52 total matches this season, Ramos and Coleman have only given up takedowns in nine (17.3%) . They won four of those and four came against top-15 opposition.
• One of the youngest teams in the country, Purdue has put 10 different true or redshirt freshman in the starting lineup at some point this year.
• Redshirt freshmen Dustin Norris and Ben Vanadia picked up decisions against the Hoosiers over the weekend. For Norris, his 8-6 victory over No. 28 Henry Porter was the first ranked win of his career.
NUMBERS TO KNOW
• 1 - Matt Ramos and Kendall Coleman both own the most wins (23) and matches wrestled (26) of anyone ranked inside the top-15 at any weight.
• 19 - Intermat put the Boilermakers at No. 19 in their team tournament rankings, a reflection of projected postseason success.
• 88.5 - Ramos and Coleman hold a 88.5% win rate on the year, which would be good for 10th in the Purdue single-season record book.
• 150 - Parker Filius has 150 career back points, putting him in 16th in program history. RUN IT BACK Last season, the No. 15 Boilermakers opened their Big Ten schedule in dramatic fashion, knocking off No. 9 Nebraska in Lincoln 18-15. It was the first top-10 dual win since 2004 and the first of Ersland's career.
Purdue won five of the 10 matches, with back-to-back upsets at 174 and 184 pounds to take down the No. 3 and No. 10 ranked Cornhuskers at those weights. A tech from Devin Schroder and a major from Filius helped push the Boilers into the win column.
SCOUTING THE COMPETITION No. 10 Nebraska (7-3, 3-1 B1G) comes into a log-jam of a weekend hot off a 24-11 win over No. 13 Wisconsin in Lincoln last weekend. The Huskers won seven of the bouts with the Badgers, coming away with bonus points in three. It was the 300th career win for head coach Mark Manning.
The Cornhuskers are led by four top-10 wrestlers in No. 5 Liam Cronin (125), No. 6 Brock Hardy (141), No. 1 Peyton Robb (157) and No. 2 Mikey Labriola (174), setting up exciting ranked matchups at three weights for those in Holloway on Saturday.
LAST TIME OUT Purdue Wrestling's 12 match win streak against their in-state rivals came to an end last Sunday, as the team came up short in a 17-16 loss at the hands of No. 25 Indiana in front of 1,103 fans in Holloway Gymnasium.
The Boilermakers split the matches five-to-five and held the lead for nine of the ten weights, but were ultimately done in by bonus point wins for the Hoosiers. Head coach Tony Ersland's team started the dual hot, winning the first three and four of the first five bouts.
The highlight wins came in the form of a ranked upset from redshirt-freshman Dustin Norris and a major decision from No. 14 Filius. Ramos, Coleman and redshirt-freshman Ben Vanadia picked up decisions.
TITLE TYPE OF YEAR It's been quite the run for Matt Ramos over the last few months. He has claimed titles at the Southern Scuffle, Clarion Open and a freestyle title at the U.S. Open in addition to a runner-up finish at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational.
In those four tournaments, he is 17-1 with eight bonus point wins including four tech falls and three pins. He beat four ranked opponents along the way.
SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED Head coach Tony Ersland has announced the 2023 Purdue wrestling signing class, inking six new Boilermakers to national letters of intent. He welcomes Joey Blaze, Greyson Clark, Orlando Cruz, Ashton Jackson, Delaney Ruhlman and Cole Solomey to the Boilermaker family to make up what will surely be Ersland's sixth top-25 recruiting class.
Blaze and Clark highlight the class as the No. 17 and No. 33 ranked prospects respectively with five state titles between the two of them. Purdue is one of just nine schools to have at least two top-35 ranked signees.
More on the class.
The Boilermakers (4-8, 0-4 B1G) will once again be streamed on B1G+ with stats on TrackWrestling.
PURDUE POINTS • Purdue head coach Tony Ersland will be very familiar with this Cornhuskers staff, as he was an assistant coach under Nebraska head coach Mark Manning for eight seasons.
• No. 3 Matt Ramos stayed hot, winning his fourth Big Ten match in a row against Indiana's Jacob Moran after taking down the No. 6 and 5 ranked wrestlers the week before.
• No. 6 Kendall Coleman picked up his fifth win over a ranked opponent with a 10-3 decision over No. 19 Derek Gilcher. His four takedowns in the match gave him 292 in his career, five shy of the eighth most in program history.
• In 52 total matches this season, Ramos and Coleman have only given up takedowns in nine (17.3%) . They won four of those and four came against top-15 opposition.
• One of the youngest teams in the country, Purdue has put 10 different true or redshirt freshman in the starting lineup at some point this year.
• Redshirt freshmen Dustin Norris and Ben Vanadia picked up decisions against the Hoosiers over the weekend. For Norris, his 8-6 victory over No. 28 Henry Porter was the first ranked win of his career.
| PROJECTED LINEUPS | |||
| Wt. | Purdue | Nebraska | |
| 125 | #3 Matt Ramos (23-3) | #5 Liam Cronin (14-3) or Jacob Van Dee (2-2) |
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| 133 | Dustin Norris (9-10) | Kyle Burwick (10-4) | |
| 141 | #14 Parker Filius (15-6) | #6 Brock Hardy (20-3) | |
| 149 | Jaden Reynolds (3-9) or Christian Navida (5-4) or Isaac Ruble (4-2) |
Dayne Morton (5-9) | |
| 157 | #6 Kendall Coleman (23-2) | #1 Peyton Robb (19-0) or Antrell Taylor (5-2) |
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| 165 | Stoney Buell (7-12) or Cooper Noehre (8-10) |
Bubba Wilson (9-10) or Adam Thebeau (1-2) |
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| 174 | Macartney Parkinson (9-11) or Brody Baumann (12-4) |
#2 Mikey Labriola (19-0) or Elise Brown Ton (7-1) |
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| 184 | Ben Vanadia (10-12) | #16 Lenny Pinto (11-7) | |
| 197 | Hayden Filipovich (5-17) | #16 Silas Allred (17-5) | |
| 285 | Hayden Copass (5-4) | Cale Davidson (8-13) or Harley Andrews (7-1) |
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• 19 - Intermat put the Boilermakers at No. 19 in their team tournament rankings, a reflection of projected postseason success.
• 88.5 - Ramos and Coleman hold a 88.5% win rate on the year, which would be good for 10th in the Purdue single-season record book.
• 150 - Parker Filius has 150 career back points, putting him in 16th in program history. RUN IT BACK Last season, the No. 15 Boilermakers opened their Big Ten schedule in dramatic fashion, knocking off No. 9 Nebraska in Lincoln 18-15. It was the first top-10 dual win since 2004 and the first of Ersland's career.
Purdue won five of the 10 matches, with back-to-back upsets at 174 and 184 pounds to take down the No. 3 and No. 10 ranked Cornhuskers at those weights. A tech from Devin Schroder and a major from Filius helped push the Boilers into the win column.
SCOUTING THE COMPETITION No. 10 Nebraska (7-3, 3-1 B1G) comes into a log-jam of a weekend hot off a 24-11 win over No. 13 Wisconsin in Lincoln last weekend. The Huskers won seven of the bouts with the Badgers, coming away with bonus points in three. It was the 300th career win for head coach Mark Manning.
The Cornhuskers are led by four top-10 wrestlers in No. 5 Liam Cronin (125), No. 6 Brock Hardy (141), No. 1 Peyton Robb (157) and No. 2 Mikey Labriola (174), setting up exciting ranked matchups at three weights for those in Holloway on Saturday.
LAST TIME OUT Purdue Wrestling's 12 match win streak against their in-state rivals came to an end last Sunday, as the team came up short in a 17-16 loss at the hands of No. 25 Indiana in front of 1,103 fans in Holloway Gymnasium.
The Boilermakers split the matches five-to-five and held the lead for nine of the ten weights, but were ultimately done in by bonus point wins for the Hoosiers. Head coach Tony Ersland's team started the dual hot, winning the first three and four of the first five bouts.
The highlight wins came in the form of a ranked upset from redshirt-freshman Dustin Norris and a major decision from No. 14 Filius. Ramos, Coleman and redshirt-freshman Ben Vanadia picked up decisions.
TITLE TYPE OF YEAR It's been quite the run for Matt Ramos over the last few months. He has claimed titles at the Southern Scuffle, Clarion Open and a freestyle title at the U.S. Open in addition to a runner-up finish at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational.
In those four tournaments, he is 17-1 with eight bonus point wins including four tech falls and three pins. He beat four ranked opponents along the way.
SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED Head coach Tony Ersland has announced the 2023 Purdue wrestling signing class, inking six new Boilermakers to national letters of intent. He welcomes Joey Blaze, Greyson Clark, Orlando Cruz, Ashton Jackson, Delaney Ruhlman and Cole Solomey to the Boilermaker family to make up what will surely be Ersland's sixth top-25 recruiting class.
Blaze and Clark highlight the class as the No. 17 and No. 33 ranked prospects respectively with five state titles between the two of them. Purdue is one of just nine schools to have at least two top-35 ranked signees.
More on the class.