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Updated at 11:40 p.m. ET
CLEVELAND - A heartbreaking loss in sudden victory and a narrow decision denied Purdue's Luke Welch (125) and Dylan Lydy (174) from earning All-America honors Friday night in the blood round of the NCAA Championships. The losses bring the Boilermakers' tournament run at the Quicken Loans Arena to an end.
Welch pushed ninth-seeded Ronnie Bresser of Oregon State into sudden victory tied 6-6, but a high shot by Bresser turned into two points and immediately ended All-America hopes for the Purdue redshirt senior.
Bresser struck for a pair of first period takedowns. Welch, the No. 14 seed, made it a 4-3 match through two periods with escapes. An escape by Bresser to start the final frame gave him a 5-3 advantage. Welch connected on a shot with less than a minute to go to even the score at 5-5.
He then took his first lead of the match, 6-5, when a second stalling call was made on Bresser. Had Welch been able to keep Bresser down, the match would have been his. However, the score was evened once again with Bresser's escape with 10 seconds left.
The winning takedown for Bresser came with 17 seconds remaining in sudden victory.
Welch went 3-2 in his first and only NCAA Championships, closing out a stellar final campaign with a record of 32-11. His 32 wins are a season best for the Newburgh, Indiana, native, who finishes his Purdue career at 78-52.
A takedown in the first period held for Lehigh's No. 4 Jordan Kutler to set Lydy back 4-1 and deny him a spot on the podium. Kutler added an escape to the scoreboard in the second period and was able to keep Lydy from escaping in the final stanza.
The season may have ended for Lydy, however optimism abounds for this redshirt sophomore. After turning in a 16-19 season for the Boilermakers while wrestling at 165 pounds in 2016-17, Lydy found untapped potential by moving up to 174 pounds.
He closes out the season with a mark of 35-14. Lydy's 35 wins are the most for a Purdue wrestler since Luke Manuel won 41 matches during the 2009-10 season and they earn him a spot on the season record wins list tied for 12th. It should be no surprise that the Indianapolis native doubled nearly every statistical record of his from the previous season as well.
Purdue finished the tournament with 12 points scored by its seven qualifiers.
The championships continue with two sessions Saturday. Consolation semifinals, followed by third-, fifth- and seventh place matches will be contested in session V starting at 11 a.m. ET and the championship finals get underway at 8 p.m. session V can be seen on ESPNU and WatchESPN and the finals will be on ESPN2.
Published at 5:30 p.m. ET
Purdue began the day with five wrestlers and a pair emerged with their place in Friday's evening session of the NCAA Championships. Luke Welch and Dylan Lydy won twice at 125 and 174 pounds, respectively, to advance to the blood round of the consolation bracket. A win in the blood round guarantees a top-eight finish and All-America honors; a loss eliminates the wrestler from the tournament.
The blood round, along with the championship semifinals, will start at 8 p.m. ET from Quicken Loans Arena. The semifinals will air on ESPN, while consolation matches can be seen through WatchESPN.
As one of the first matches contested, Welch put electricity in the Quicken Loans Arena air with his 1:06 pin of Virginia Tech's Kyle Norstrem.
He'll take a 32-10 record into battle with ninth-seeded Ronnie Bresser of Oregon State with All-America honors on the line.
Takedowns in the first and third periods guided Lydy to a 5-3 decision over Matt Finesilver of Duke. He followed with his second upset of the season against North Carolina's Ethan Ramos, knocking out the 10th-seeded Tar Heel 5-3. Lydy once again tallied takedowns in the bookend periods of the match for the victory.
The two wins Friday morning pushed the redshirt sophomore's record to 35-13, earning Lydy a spot on the season record wins list tied for 12th. Additionally, his 35 wins are the most for a Purdue wrestler since Luke Manuel won 41 matches during the 2009-10 season.
Three Boilermakers had their season come a close in the wrestlebacks of Friday's session III. Shawn Streck's historic first season ended one match shy of the blood round at 285 pounds. He put on a show in his first match of the day, nearly pinning Kent State's Stephen Suglio in the opening minute of the match. He went on to major decision the Golden Flash 12-3. Fifth-seeded Sam Stoll of Iowa pinned Streck in 4:28 in the third round of wrestlebacks to eliminate Streck.
The Merrillville, Indiana, native finishes with a mark of 30-14 in his redshirt freshman campaign. His 30 wins make him the winningest true or redshirt freshman since 2007-08 when Manuel had 29 victories. Streck also snapped a 14-year absence of a Boilermaker heavyweight at the NCAA Championships.
Riding time was the difference in season-ending losses for No. 15 Nate Limmex and No. 16 Christian Brunner. Iowa's Vince Turk used 1:33 to upset Limmex 3-2. The 141-pounder, who changed weight classes and turned his career trajectory around from a 12-15 rookie campaign, finished his redshirt sophomore season with a mark of 26-16.
Matt Williams' 1:44 of riding time earned the No. 15-seed for CSU Bakersfield a 3-2 decision over Brunner at 197 pounds. The sophomore's second NCAA appearance ended with a 1-2 performance, closing his season at 24-11.
Updated at 11:40 p.m. ET
CLEVELAND - A heartbreaking loss in sudden victory and a narrow decision denied Purdue's Luke Welch (125) and Dylan Lydy (174) from earning All-America honors Friday night in the blood round of the NCAA Championships. The losses bring the Boilermakers' tournament run at the Quicken Loans Arena to an end.
Welch pushed ninth-seeded Ronnie Bresser of Oregon State into sudden victory tied 6-6, but a high shot by Bresser turned into two points and immediately ended All-America hopes for the Purdue redshirt senior.
Bresser struck for a pair of first period takedowns. Welch, the No. 14 seed, made it a 4-3 match through two periods with escapes. An escape by Bresser to start the final frame gave him a 5-3 advantage. Welch connected on a shot with less than a minute to go to even the score at 5-5.
He then took his first lead of the match, 6-5, when a second stalling call was made on Bresser. Had Welch been able to keep Bresser down, the match would have been his. However, the score was evened once again with Bresser's escape with 10 seconds left.
The winning takedown for Bresser came with 17 seconds remaining in sudden victory.
Welch went 3-2 in his first and only NCAA Championships, closing out a stellar final campaign with a record of 32-11. His 32 wins are a season best for the Newburgh, Indiana, native, who finishes his Purdue career at 78-52.
A takedown in the first period held for Lehigh's No. 4 Jordan Kutler to set Lydy back 4-1 and deny him a spot on the podium. Kutler added an escape to the scoreboard in the second period and was able to keep Lydy from escaping in the final stanza.
The season may have ended for Lydy, however optimism abounds for this redshirt sophomore. After turning in a 16-19 season for the Boilermakers while wrestling at 165 pounds in 2016-17, Lydy found untapped potential by moving up to 174 pounds.
He closes out the season with a mark of 35-14. Lydy's 35 wins are the most for a Purdue wrestler since Luke Manuel won 41 matches during the 2009-10 season and they earn him a spot on the season record wins list tied for 12th. It should be no surprise that the Indianapolis native doubled nearly every statistical record of his from the previous season as well.
Purdue finished the tournament with 12 points scored by its seven qualifiers.
The championships continue with two sessions Saturday. Consolation semifinals, followed by third-, fifth- and seventh place matches will be contested in session V starting at 11 a.m. ET and the championship finals get underway at 8 p.m. session V can be seen on ESPNU and WatchESPN and the finals will be on ESPN2.
Published at 5:30 p.m. ET
Purdue began the day with five wrestlers and a pair emerged with their place in Friday's evening session of the NCAA Championships. Luke Welch and Dylan Lydy won twice at 125 and 174 pounds, respectively, to advance to the blood round of the consolation bracket. A win in the blood round guarantees a top-eight finish and All-America honors; a loss eliminates the wrestler from the tournament.
The blood round, along with the championship semifinals, will start at 8 p.m. ET from Quicken Loans Arena. The semifinals will air on ESPN, while consolation matches can be seen through WatchESPN.
As one of the first matches contested, Welch put electricity in the Quicken Loans Arena air with his 1:06 pin of Virginia Tech's Kyle Norstrem.
The 14th-seeded redshirt senior overpowered No. 11 Sean Russell of Edinboro with a second period ride out on his way to a 4-3 upset. The two exchanged takedowns and escapes in the opening frame to knot the match at 3-3. Welch's escape in the third period ended as the match-winning point.Cement job for the FALL! @PurdueWrestling's Luke Welch stays alive for a shot at All-American honors! #NCAAwrestling pic.twitter.com/LT5ZRud1Rz
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He'll take a 32-10 record into battle with ninth-seeded Ronnie Bresser of Oregon State with All-America honors on the line.
Takedowns in the first and third periods guided Lydy to a 5-3 decision over Matt Finesilver of Duke. He followed with his second upset of the season against North Carolina's Ethan Ramos, knocking out the 10th-seeded Tar Heel 5-3. Lydy once again tallied takedowns in the bookend periods of the match for the victory.
The two wins Friday morning pushed the redshirt sophomore's record to 35-13, earning Lydy a spot on the season record wins list tied for 12th. Additionally, his 35 wins are the most for a Purdue wrestler since Luke Manuel won 41 matches during the 2009-10 season.
Three Boilermakers had their season come a close in the wrestlebacks of Friday's session III. Shawn Streck's historic first season ended one match shy of the blood round at 285 pounds. He put on a show in his first match of the day, nearly pinning Kent State's Stephen Suglio in the opening minute of the match. He went on to major decision the Golden Flash 12-3. Fifth-seeded Sam Stoll of Iowa pinned Streck in 4:28 in the third round of wrestlebacks to eliminate Streck.
The Merrillville, Indiana, native finishes with a mark of 30-14 in his redshirt freshman campaign. His 30 wins make him the winningest true or redshirt freshman since 2007-08 when Manuel had 29 victories. Streck also snapped a 14-year absence of a Boilermaker heavyweight at the NCAA Championships.
Riding time was the difference in season-ending losses for No. 15 Nate Limmex and No. 16 Christian Brunner. Iowa's Vince Turk used 1:33 to upset Limmex 3-2. The 141-pounder, who changed weight classes and turned his career trajectory around from a 12-15 rookie campaign, finished his redshirt sophomore season with a mark of 26-16.
Matt Williams' 1:44 of riding time earned the No. 15-seed for CSU Bakersfield a 3-2 decision over Brunner at 197 pounds. The sophomore's second NCAA appearance ended with a 1-2 performance, closing his season at 24-11.