Wrestling Begins Big Ten Slate against #14 Rutgers
Wrestling Begins Big Ten Slate against #14 RutgersWrestling Begins Big Ten Slate against #14 Rutgers

Wrestling Begins Big Ten Slate against #14 Rutgers

The Boilermakers kick off the 2024 Big Ten dual season with a home contest against No. 14 Rutgers on Sunday, January 14 at 1:00 p.m. ET in Holloway Gymnasium. 

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Boilermakers kick off the 2024 Big Ten dual season with a home contest against No. 14 Rutgers on Sunday, January 14 at 1:00 p.m. ET in Holloway Gymnasium. 

The match will be streamed live on BigTenPlus.com with live stats on TrackWrestling.  PURDUE POINTS • It will only be the 7th meeting all-time between these programs, with the Boilers taking the last two matchups. The Scarlet Knights hold a 4-2 record in the series that only dates back to 2011. 
• Purdue took an 18-15 win back on Jan. 31, 2021 when the two teams last faced. A pin from Devin Schroder in the opener proved to be the difference as the matches were split five apiece. 
• Head coach Tony Ersland is in the midst of his 10th season at the helm of Purdue Wrestling and holds a 79-69 dual record. His 79 wins is the third most in program history. 
Joey Blaze (6) and Greyson Clark (5) have the most   and second most dual wins of any true freshmen in the Big Ten. 
• The duo are also 2-of-6 Big Ten true freshmen currently ranked by Intermat. 
• The Boilermakers are outscoring their opponents by 143 points in the first period and are +100 in back points on the year.  PROBABLES 
PROJECTED LINEUPS
Purdue #14 Rutgers
125 #2 Matt Ramos #13 Dean Peterson
133 Dustin Norris or
Jacob Macatangay
#8 Dylan Shawver
141 #32 Greyson Clark #11 Mitch Moore
149 Marcos Polanco Jacob Butler or
Michael Cetta
157 #18 Joey Blaze Andrew Clark
165 Stoney Buell or
Cooper Noehre
Anthony White or
Luke Gayer
174 Brody Baumann #27 Jackson Turley or
Shane Cartagena-Walsh
184 James Rowley or
Hayden Filipovich
#21 Brian Soldano
197 Ben Vanadia or 
Mitch Hutmacher
#8 John Poznanski
285 Tristan Ruhlman #7 Yaraslau Slavikouski
or Kyle Epperly
  NUMBERS TO KNOW • 9 - Matt Ramos has nine bonus point wins this season in 19 matches and has not given up bonus points himself. 
• 4 -  Blaze has already racked up a team high 4 tech falls on the year. The most by a Boiler since Devin Schroder had 9 in 2019-20.
• 12 - Blaze and Clark have the most wins of any ranked true freshmen in the Big Ten. 
• 18 - Brody Baumann has scored 18 points in each of his last two matches, compiling nine takedowns in both tech fall victories.
  LAST TIME OUT Purdue Wrestling came away victorious in its first dual of 2024, racking up four pins and four tech falls in a 50-6 win over Lindenwood.

It was Purdue's first 50-point performance under Ersland. It was also the most pins and the most tech falls the team has had in a single match in his tenure. The Boilers last had four wins via fall in a single dual against Division II Ashland on Jan. 19, 2014.

The pins came from Ramos, Polanco, Vanadia and Ruhlman while Blaze, Buell, Baumann and Rowley all picked up tech falls. The dual lasted less than an hour and none of the matches went to the end of the third period.
  FRESHMEN PHENOMS True freshmen Joey Blaze and Greyson Clark earned spots in the lineup from day one of their college careers and have already shown the talent that made them both top-30 recruits. 

Blaze (12-4) made the biggest splash early by knocking off No. 5 Ed Scott of N.C. State in sudden victory. He was the first unranked Boiler to beat a top-10 opponent since Thomas Penola pinned No. 9 Quinn Miller of Virginia.

Clark (12-3) has shown technique beyond his years. He leads the team with 38 back points on 11 near-fall attempts with five bonus point victories to his name.