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4 Boilers Wrestle on as Purdue Wraps Day 1 of NCAA Championships4 Boilers Wrestle on as Purdue Wraps Day 1 of NCAA Championships

4 Boilers Wrestle on as Purdue Wraps Day 1 of NCAA Championships

Four Boilermakers will wrestle on to day two at the NCAA Championships after a strong showing in Thursday's first two sessions.

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PHILADELPHIA — Four Boilermakers will wrestle on to day two at the NCAA Championships after a strong showing in Thursday's first two sessions.

Session III will begin inside Wells Fargo Center at noon ET on Friday, televised by ESPNU and ESPN+.

For the third straight year, redshirt senior Matt Ramos will compete in the national quarterfinals after defeating No. 18 Jacob Moran (Indiana) in the second round.



Ramos did not allow a single point to his Hoosier counterpart, earning an 8-0 major decision with an escape, a takedown and a four-point nearfall, topping him for the third time this season.

The Boiler is poised for a rematch with Oklahoma State's No. 7 Troy Spratley on Friday afternoon. He previously beat Spratley in December's Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite, 5-2, en route to his tournament title.

A win on Friday afternoon would put Ramos two wins away from hoisting Purdue's first national title in 33 years. But he's not looking ahead – ranked No. 7 by InterMat and the Big 12 runner-up, Spratley is 20-4 on the year.

Sophomore Joey Blaze earned his first two career victories in the NCAA tournament on day one, highlighted by a heart-stopping 3-2 tiebreaker decision in the second round.

After being deadlocked 1-1 with Minnesota's No. 9 Tommy Askey after three periods and a sudden-victory frame, Blaze started the first tiebreaker on bottom and escaped after 11 seconds.

In the second tiebreaker, he held on for a four-second riding time advantage to clinch his spot in the NCAA quarterfinal.



It was Blaze's second win over Askey in 11 days after defeating him at the Big Ten Championships.

Blaze will scrap with Penn State's top-seeded Tyler Kasak in Friday afternoon's quarterfinal bout.

Sophomore Greyson Clark kept his season alive with a 13-3 major decision upset over No. 22 Jordan Soriano (Drexel) in Consolation Round 1.



It's Clark's second time wrestling into Day 2 at NCAAs after a similar path last season, when he upset No. 12 Wyatt Henson in the 2024 Consolation First Round.

Redshirt sophomore Brody Baumann (No. 26, 174) shook off a tough first round loss and turned around to stun No. 10-seeded Alex Cramer of Central Michigan via 3-2 decision.

Trailing 1-0 after two periods, Baumann clutched up with a reversal and forced a stall call to outlast the highly-ranked Chippewa.



Baumann will make his first career appearance on Day 2 of the NCAA Championships against No. 25 Dalton Harkins (ARMY).

Click here for the recap of Session I.

RESULTS / UP NEXT

125 | #2 Matt Ramos (R-Sr.)
Round 1: vs. #31 Richard Castro-Sandoval (CSUB) – W, MD 11-3
Round 2: vs. #18 Jacob Moran (IU) – W, MD 8-0
Quarterfinal: vs. #7 Troy Spratley (OKST)
 
141 | #27 Greyson Clark (So.)
Round 1: vs. #6 Vance VomBaur (MINN) – L, D 2-0
Cons. Round 1: vs. #22 Jordan Soriano (DREXEL) – W, MD 13-3
Cons. Round 2: vs. #21 Dylan Chappell (BUCKNELL)
 
157 | #8 Joey Blaze (So.)
Round 1: vs. #25 Sonny Santiago (UNC) – W, D 7-0
Round 2: vs. #9 Tommy Askey (MINN) – W, D 3-2 (OT)
Quarterfinal: vs. #1 Tyler Kasak (PSU)
 
174 | #26 Brody Baumann (R-So.)
Round 1: vs. #7 Danny Wask (NAVY) – L, TF 15-0 (6:41)
Cons. Round 1: vs. #10 Alex Cramer (CMU) – W, D 3-2
Cons. Round 2: vs. #25 Dalton Harkins (ARMY)
 
285 | #33 Hayden Filipovich (R-Jr.)
Pigtail: vs. #32 Stephan Monchery (APP ST) – W, MD 9-0
Round 1: vs. #1 Gable Steveson (MINN) – L, Fall (1:25)
Cons. Round 1: vs. #17 Jake Andrews (CSUB) – L, D 4-2