WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Boilermakers prepare for the final dual of the season, when they will face off with border-rivals Illinois at 7:00 p.m. ET on Friday night in Holloway Gymnasium.
The senior ceremony will begin around 6:35. The match will be streamed live on B1G+ with live stats on TrackWrestling.com.
PURDUE POINTS
• Matt Ramos has won 12 straight matches dating back to the Cliff Keen Invite in early December, tying a career-long streak to start last season.
• Across the 12 wins, he is outscoring opponents 94-30 and has only given up two total takedowns. Five of the wins came against ranked opponents, including victories over No. 1 and No. 2.
• Ramos is 3-0 on the season against top-2 ranked opposition. He is tied with Dylan Lydy for the most top-10 wins of any wrestler under Ersland with 11.
• Joey Blaze has three overtime wins on the year, the most on the team. Last weekend, he knocked off No. 18 Trevor Chumbley 4-1 in sudden victory.
• Brody Baumann leads the team with 87 points in the first period this season, about 4.1 per match.
• The Boilermakers are outscoring their opponents by 200 points in the first period and are +132 in back points on the year.
NUMBERS TO KNOW
• .804 - Ramos' 0.804 (78-19) career winning percentage is tied for the fourth best in program history and is the best of the Ersland era.
• 9 - Joey Blaze has the most dual wins of any true freshman in the Big Ten this season with nine.
• 4 - Stoney Buell picked up his fourth ranked win of the year in a 10-9 decision over No. 27 Blaine Brenner of Minnesota.
• 38 - Greyson Clark still leads the team in back points with 38 despite missing the last three weeks.
NCAA COACHES' RANKINGS SECOND EDITION
Four Purdue wrestlers appeared in the second edition of the NCAA coaches' rankings with five earning nods in the first release of the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI).
Matt Ramos (No. 1 at 125), Greyson Clark (No. 32 at 141), Joey Blaze (No. 17 at 157), and Stoney Buell (No. 27 at 165) made the top-33 list from the coaches. The RPI, which is a calculation based on a wrestler, their opponent, and their opponent's opponent's winning percentages, placed Ramos at No. 2, Clark at No. 17, Blaze at No. 24, and Buell at No. 20 while also including Brody Baumann at No. 27.
Clark and Blaze are only the third and fourth true freshmen Boilermakers to be included in the rankings since the NCAA began releasing them in 2012. Blaze's No. 17 spot in the coaches poll and Clark's No. 17 spot in the RPI are the highest ever for a first-year Boiler.
SENIOR NIGHT
The Boilermakers will honor their senior class before the dual on Friday, recognizing Mitch Hutmacher, Trey Kruse, Michael Leveille, Christian Navida, Cooper Noehre, and Macartney Parkinson for their dedication to the program.
The group combined for 127 wins, 29 major decision and 23 pins on the mat with nine Academic All-Big Ten honors in the classroom. They all played a big role in the Boilermakers placing as a top-25 NWCA Scholar All-American team in 2022.
TRUE 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 (15-7) 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-5 opponent since Griffin Parriott in 2018. He is one of just five under Ersland to defeat top-5 opposition while unranked themselves.
Clark (13-5) 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.
The duo are also 2-of-9 Big Ten true freshmen currently ranked by InterMat. Blaze is the only B1G true freshman ranked at 157.
The senior ceremony will begin around 6:35. The match will be streamed live on B1G+ with live stats on TrackWrestling.com.
PURDUE POINTS
• Matt Ramos has won 12 straight matches dating back to the Cliff Keen Invite in early December, tying a career-long streak to start last season.
• Across the 12 wins, he is outscoring opponents 94-30 and has only given up two total takedowns. Five of the wins came against ranked opponents, including victories over No. 1 and No. 2.
• Ramos is 3-0 on the season against top-2 ranked opposition. He is tied with Dylan Lydy for the most top-10 wins of any wrestler under Ersland with 11.
• Joey Blaze has three overtime wins on the year, the most on the team. Last weekend, he knocked off No. 18 Trevor Chumbley 4-1 in sudden victory.
• Brody Baumann leads the team with 87 points in the first period this season, about 4.1 per match.
• The Boilermakers are outscoring their opponents by 200 points in the first period and are +132 in back points on the year.
| PROJECTED LINEUPS | |||
| Purdue | Illinois | ||
| 125 | #1 Matt Ramos or Ashton Jackson |
Justin Cardani or Caelan Riley |
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| 133 | Dustin Norris | #24 Tony Madrigal | |
| 141 | #33 Greyson Clark or Christian White |
#25 Danny Pucino | |
| 149 | Marcos Polanco or Jaden Reynolds |
Jake Harrier | |
| 157 | #19 Joey Blaze or Ike Ruble |
Joe Roberts | |
| 165 | #31 Stoney Buell | Chris Moore | |
| 174 | #32 Brody Baumann | #8 Edmond Ruth | |
| 184 | James Rowley | Dylan Connell | |
| 197 | Ben Vanadia or Hayden Filipovich |
Isiah Pettigrew or Chase Waggoner |
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| 285 | Tristan Ruhlman or Mitch Hutmacher |
Peter Marinopoulos | |
NUMBERS TO KNOW
• .804 - Ramos' 0.804 (78-19) career winning percentage is tied for the fourth best in program history and is the best of the Ersland era.
• 9 - Joey Blaze has the most dual wins of any true freshman in the Big Ten this season with nine.
• 4 - Stoney Buell picked up his fourth ranked win of the year in a 10-9 decision over No. 27 Blaine Brenner of Minnesota.
• 38 - Greyson Clark still leads the team in back points with 38 despite missing the last three weeks.
NCAA COACHES' RANKINGS SECOND EDITION
Four Purdue wrestlers appeared in the second edition of the NCAA coaches' rankings with five earning nods in the first release of the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI).
Matt Ramos (No. 1 at 125), Greyson Clark (No. 32 at 141), Joey Blaze (No. 17 at 157), and Stoney Buell (No. 27 at 165) made the top-33 list from the coaches. The RPI, which is a calculation based on a wrestler, their opponent, and their opponent's opponent's winning percentages, placed Ramos at No. 2, Clark at No. 17, Blaze at No. 24, and Buell at No. 20 while also including Brody Baumann at No. 27.
Clark and Blaze are only the third and fourth true freshmen Boilermakers to be included in the rankings since the NCAA began releasing them in 2012. Blaze's No. 17 spot in the coaches poll and Clark's No. 17 spot in the RPI are the highest ever for a first-year Boiler.
SENIOR NIGHT
The Boilermakers will honor their senior class before the dual on Friday, recognizing Mitch Hutmacher, Trey Kruse, Michael Leveille, Christian Navida, Cooper Noehre, and Macartney Parkinson for their dedication to the program.
The group combined for 127 wins, 29 major decision and 23 pins on the mat with nine Academic All-Big Ten honors in the classroom. They all played a big role in the Boilermakers placing as a top-25 NWCA Scholar All-American team in 2022.
TRUE 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 (15-7) 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-5 opponent since Griffin Parriott in 2018. He is one of just five under Ersland to defeat top-5 opposition while unranked themselves.
Clark (13-5) 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.
The duo are also 2-of-9 Big Ten true freshmen currently ranked by InterMat. Blaze is the only B1G true freshman ranked at 157.