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#20 Purdue Sweeps Boilermaker Duals to Start 5-0

The Boilers won 23 of 30 matches in Lambert Fieldhouse.

by Brook Weber

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — No. 20 Purdue Wrestling reignited its annual tradition of the Boilermaker Duals and put on a clinic, sweeping Buffalo, Northern Illinois and American by a total score of 97-25.

Purdue (5-0, 0-0 B1G) opened with a 35-6 thumping of Buffalo, a 28-9 win over NIU and a 34-10 exclamation point against American. In all, the Boilermakers took 23 of 30 matches with 15 wins for bonus points.

The all-day quad meet occurred in Lambert Fieldhouse with 547 fans in attendance, marking the first time the Boilermakers have wrestled in the venue in 17 years.

As Purdue cycled through opponents on Mat 1, American wrestled whichever team wasn’t on the mat with the Boilermakers on Mat 2. The Huskies beat the Eagles, 21-11, before American got one back against Buffalo, 23-15.

No. 3 Joey Blaze (165 lbs) and No. 21 Greyson Clark (141), who were both named Big Ten Preseason Wrestlers to Watch, were Purdue’s strongest performers of the day. Each went 3-0 with bonus points in every win.

Clark stuck his fourth career pin at the 1:54 mark on American’s Colin Martin and finished with a pair of technical falls (18-3, 4:55 vs. Buffalo; 15-0, 3:24 vs. NIU).

Blaze continued his streak with two tech falls and a major decision, combining for a score of 59-15. The 2025 NCAA runner-up is 5-0 to start his junior year with a total score of 96-21, four tech falls and no takedowns surrendered.

No. 25 Ben Vanadia (197) and Gavin Brown (149) also each went 3-0 for a perfect day at the office. Vanadia went unchallenged, scoring two majors (14-5 vs. Buffalo; 11-1 vs. NIU) and sticking his 11th career pin against American. Brown picked up three gritty decisions to improve to 9-1 as a Boilermaker.

Isaiah Quintero had a flawless 2-0 effort at 125 lbs, teaming with Ashton Jackson to sweep the 125-pound matches. Quintero stuck his first dual pin to kick off the day at the 1:19 mark. Jackson beat NIU’s Talan Parsons in a 9-1 major decision.

No. 20 Brody Baumann (174) went 2-1, bouncing back from a 13-12 loss to record one of his most impressive wins to date. It took him all of 2:33 to rack up a personal-high 24-8 tech fall in the finale. No. 31 Hayden Filipovich (285) went 2-1 as well, winning an 8-1 decision and a 4-2 decision.

Big Ten Wrestler of the Week No. 21 Stoney Buell (157) won his first match since taking the Tiger Style Invite crown last Sunday, a 6-3 decision against NIU. Isaac Ruble went 1-1 in the other two 157-pound matches. Additionally, No. 21 Blake Boarman and No. 25 James Rowley both went 1-2, dropping bouts to a couple of ranked opponents.

UP NEXT

The Boilers hit the road again for a showdown with Davidson in the Tar Heel State next Sunday. The dual is set for 3 p.m. ET in Davidson’s Baker Sports Complex. Broadcast details are TBD.

RESULTS

Dual 1 | #20 Purdue 35, Buffalo 6

125 | Isaiah Quintero def. Caden Barrientos – Pin 1:19
133 | #21 Blake Boarman def. Troy Guerra – Pin 2:41
141 | #21 Greyson Clark def. Aaron Lanster – TF 18-3 (4:55)
149 | Gavin Brown def. Sam Ewing – D 12-5
157 | #28 Kaleb Burgess def. Isaac Ruble – D 6-1
165 | #3 Joey Blaze def. Kelin Laffey – MD 14-4
174 | #20 Brody Baumann def. Rafael Knapp – MD 13-4
184 | Marcus Petite def. #25 James Rowley – D 9-3
197 | #25 Ben Vanadia def. Connor Jacobs – MD 14-5
285 | #31 Hayden Filipovich def. Jack MacDonald – D 8-1

Dual 2 | #20 Purdue 28, Northern Illinois 9

125 | Ashton Jackson def. Talan Parsons – MD 9-1
133 | #28 Markel Baker def. #21 Blake Boarman – D 8-6
141 | #21 Greyson Clark def. Charles Curtis – TF 15-0 (3:24)
149 | Gavin Brown def. Tommy Curran – D 8-5
157 | #21 Stoney Buell def. Collin Arch – D 6-3
165 | #3 Joey Blaze def. Colin Young – TF 24-5 (5:49)
174 | Tommy Bennett def. #21 Brody Baumann – D 13-12
184 | #25 James Rowley def. Dominic Heim – MD 8-0
197 | #25 Ben Vanadia def. Spencer Mooberry – MD 11-1
285 | Devon Dawson def. #31 Hayden Filipovich – D 6-5

Dual 3 | #20 Purdue 34, American 10

125 | Isaiah Quintero def. JJ Peace – D 4-3
133 | #22 Raymond Lopez def. #21 Blake Boarman – Pin 3:56
141 | #21 Greyson Clark def. Colin Martin – Pin 1:54
149 | Gavin Brown def. Elijah White – D 4-2
157 | Isaac Ruble def. Kaden Milheim – D 5-2
165 | #3 Joey Blaze def. Austin Craft – TF 21-6 (3:00)
174 | #20 Brody Baumann def. Liam Packer – TF 24-8 (2:33)
184 | #30 Caleb Campos def. #25 James Rowley – MD 16-8
197 | #25 Ben Vanadia def. Caleb Close – Pin 2:35
285 | #31 Hayden Filipovich def. Emmanuel Ulrich – D 4-2