WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The No. 18 Purdue wrestling team hosts its final home dual of the 2021-22 season Sunday, set to face No. 16 Minnesota in Holloway Gymnasium at 1 p.m. ET. The Boilermakers enter the dual at 9-4 overall and 3-3 in conference, while the Golden Gophers enter the weekend at 3-4 overall (2-3 B1G), and travel to Illinois on Friday before coming to West Lafayette.
SENIOR DAY
Head coach Tony Ersland and Purdue wrestling will honor their seven graduates at the conclusion of Sunday's dual. The Boilermakers will honor Nate Cummings, Max Lyon, Devin Schroder, Ethan Smiley, Emil Soehnlen, Alec White and Michael Woulfe. These young men have combined for an All-America honor, seven NCAA Championship qualifications, back-to-back top-six performances at the Big Ten Championships, six Big Ten placewinning performances, 227 career victories and 466 takedowns. They have combined for 11 Academic All-Big Ten awards, three NWCA Scholar All-America honors and a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar award as well.
PURDUE LINEUP & RANKINGS
Purdue came in at No. 18 in this week's NWCA Coaches Poll, with seven individuals ranked in the various polls. Junior Kendall Coleman and senior Devin Schroder maintain their top-15 recognition, nationally, while senior Parker Filius, junior Thomas Penola, sophomore Gerrit NIjenhuis and freshman Matt Ramos all own marks inside the top-25 at their respective weights.
LAST TIME OUT
Purdue continued its in-state win streak Saturday, earning a 17-16 victory at rival Indiana. The win is the 12th in a row for the Boilermakers in the series, dating to 2010, despite a pair of upset wins for the Hoosiers and the absence of Kendall Coleman in the starting lineup. The decisive bonus points came from Devin Schroder and Parker Filius, who earned major decisions at 125 and 141 pounds, respectfully. Cooper Noehre and Hayden Lohrey earned decision wins at 157 and 165 pounds, while Thomas Penola won his third straight at 197, coming up shy of the major decision in a 10-4 victory.
PURDUE NOTES
• Head coach Tony Ersland is in his eighth season at Purdue and is 66-54 in dual competition with the Boilermakers.
• Ersland wrestled for the University of Iowa from 1992-97, qualifying for the NCAA Tournament at 177, and competing on the highest scoring team at the NCAA Championships in history (170).
• Purdue's season-opening win at Drexel marks eight straight seasons that the Boilermakers have won their first dual of the year under Ersland.
• Purdue opened dual competition 6-0 for the first time since 2008-09.
• The Boilermakers' win at No. 9 Nebraska marked the program's first top-10 ranked victory since 2004 (a 21-20 win on criteria over Arizona State), and the first top-10 career dual victory for Ersland as a head coach.
• Purdue held its annual "Hammer Down Cancer" event on January 21 vs. Illinois, and auctioned off its special edition singlets, donated by Rudis, to raise over $4,600 for the Purdue Center for Cancer Research.
• Devin Schroder and Max Lyon capitalized on the NCAA's COVID extension waiver, returning for an extra year of eligibility in 2021-22.
• Schroder is tied for second in the nation with six technical falls on the season
• Schroder ranks second in program history in back points, surpassing the 500-point mark at CKLV, and is 16th all-time at Purdue with a .730 win percentage (92-34).
• 49 of Schroder's 92 career wins have come via bonus points (.533), including 27 technical falls, while 41 of his career victories are shutouts (.446), including his last seven wins and seven of his last nine matches.
• Matt Ramos won the 2018 Cadet Freestyle World Championship for the U.S., capturing the 51 kg title in Zagreb, Croatia.
• Ramos's two wins to open the season were his first official folkstyle matches since his senior year of high school at Lockport HS (Illinois) in 2019, winning by technical fall and fall in the two bouts.
• Parker Filius leads the team with 25 matches and 18 victories on the season, including an 11-2 dual record and seven bonus-point wins.
• Alec White rejoined the Purdue lineup on Jan. 15 vs. Michigan State, competing for the first time since suffering an injury in the season-opener at Drexel.
• Kendall Coleman surpassed the 60-career match at CKLV, and earned a spot on Purdue's career win- percentage record list, coming in at No. 8 (.779, 53-15).
• Coleman is three takedowns shy of 200 for his career, including 55 so far this season.
• Hayden Lohrey earned his first ranked win vs. Illinois, scoring a 7-5 decision over No. 26 Danny Braunagel.
• Gerrit Nijenhuis has the highest-ranked win of any Boilermaker this season, topping No. 3 Mikey Labriola at Nebraska on Jan. 7. Twelve of his 24 matches this season have come against ranked opponents, earning wins against six of them.
• Max Lyon has cracked the top-20 for career takedowns at Purdue, tied for 20th with Colton Salazar (224.)
• Thomas Penola leads the team in takedowns (69) and total points (195), and nearly half of his scoring this season has come in the third-period, where he's outscoring opponents 89-37.
• Michael Woulfe is wrestling his first collegiate season since 2016 after serving in the United States Navy for the last five years and has picked up right where he left off, adding a team-high six falls to his career total (30) after posting 17 falls in his final year at Navy.
MINNESOTA NOTES
• While the Golden Gophers are 3-4 overall and 2-3 in conference duals this season, all four losses have come to teams ranked in the top-10, including all three of their Big Ten defeats.
• Minnesota has lost its last two entering the weekend, falling to Wisconsin, 21-15, and at Michigan, 20-14.
• All 10 of the Gophers' starters are ranked nationally in the latest InterMat polls.
• Purdue volunteer assistant coach Leroy Vega was a three-time All-American at Minnesota and was collegiate teammates with head assistant coach Luke Becker.
• Purdue freshman Matt Ramos spent two years at the University of Minnesota before transferring to Purdue, suffering an injury during his first season and spending the second training on an Olympic redshirt with the Gopher Wrestling Club.
MINNESOTA PROBABLES
125: #9 Patrick McKee (R-Jr.) - 15-4
133: #27 Jake Gliva (R-Jr.) - 10-8
or Jager Eisch (Fr.) - 8-7
141: #15 Jake Bergeland (R-Sr.) - 15-5
or Marcos Polanco (R-Jr.) - 7-6
149: #24 Michael Blockhus (R-Jr.) - 12-9
157: #4 Brayton Lee (R-Jr.) - 14-1
165: #26 Cael Carlson (R-So.) - 17-10
174: #19 Bailee O'Reilly (R-Sr.) - 8-4
or Jared Krattiger (R-Jr.) - 5-4
184: #22 Isaiah Salazar (So.) - 10-2
or Sam Skillings (R-Fr.) - 3-3
197: #31 Michial Foy (Gr.) - 10-8
HWT: #1 Gable Steveson (Sr.) - 7-0
or Keaton Kluever (R-Jr.) - 8-8
Rankings listed InterMat
SENIOR DAY
Head coach Tony Ersland and Purdue wrestling will honor their seven graduates at the conclusion of Sunday's dual. The Boilermakers will honor Nate Cummings, Max Lyon, Devin Schroder, Ethan Smiley, Emil Soehnlen, Alec White and Michael Woulfe. These young men have combined for an All-America honor, seven NCAA Championship qualifications, back-to-back top-six performances at the Big Ten Championships, six Big Ten placewinning performances, 227 career victories and 466 takedowns. They have combined for 11 Academic All-Big Ten awards, three NWCA Scholar All-America honors and a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar award as well.
PURDUE LINEUP & RANKINGS
Purdue came in at No. 18 in this week's NWCA Coaches Poll, with seven individuals ranked in the various polls. Junior Kendall Coleman and senior Devin Schroder maintain their top-15 recognition, nationally, while senior Parker Filius, junior Thomas Penola, sophomore Gerrit NIjenhuis and freshman Matt Ramos all own marks inside the top-25 at their respective weights.
| Wt. | Wrestler | Record | FloWrestling | InterMat | TheOpenMat | WIN | NCAA |
| 125 | Devin Schroder (R-Sr.) | 15-3 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 9 |
| 133 | Matt Ramos (R-Fr.) | 13-6 | 23 | 32 | -- | -- | 26 |
| 141 | Parker Filius (R-Sr.) | 18-7 | 22 | 30 | -- | -- | 18 |
| 149 | Alec White (R-Jr.) | 0-5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 157 | Kendall Coleman (R-Jr.) | 12-3 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| 165 | Hayden Lohrey (R-So.) | 8-6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 174 | Gerrit Nijenhuis (So.) | 15-10 | 18 | 22 | 17 | -- | 15 |
| 184 | Max Lyon (R-Sr.) | 9-10 | HM | 30 | -- | -- | 25 |
| 197 | Thomas Penola (R-Jr.) | 16-5 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 |
| 285 | Michael Woulfe (R-Sr.) | 12-11 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 33 |
| Dorian Keys (So.) | 0-0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
LAST TIME OUT
Purdue continued its in-state win streak Saturday, earning a 17-16 victory at rival Indiana. The win is the 12th in a row for the Boilermakers in the series, dating to 2010, despite a pair of upset wins for the Hoosiers and the absence of Kendall Coleman in the starting lineup. The decisive bonus points came from Devin Schroder and Parker Filius, who earned major decisions at 125 and 141 pounds, respectfully. Cooper Noehre and Hayden Lohrey earned decision wins at 157 and 165 pounds, while Thomas Penola won his third straight at 197, coming up shy of the major decision in a 10-4 victory.
PURDUE NOTES
• Head coach Tony Ersland is in his eighth season at Purdue and is 66-54 in dual competition with the Boilermakers.
• Ersland wrestled for the University of Iowa from 1992-97, qualifying for the NCAA Tournament at 177, and competing on the highest scoring team at the NCAA Championships in history (170).
• Purdue's season-opening win at Drexel marks eight straight seasons that the Boilermakers have won their first dual of the year under Ersland.
• Purdue opened dual competition 6-0 for the first time since 2008-09.
• The Boilermakers' win at No. 9 Nebraska marked the program's first top-10 ranked victory since 2004 (a 21-20 win on criteria over Arizona State), and the first top-10 career dual victory for Ersland as a head coach.
• Purdue held its annual "Hammer Down Cancer" event on January 21 vs. Illinois, and auctioned off its special edition singlets, donated by Rudis, to raise over $4,600 for the Purdue Center for Cancer Research.
• Devin Schroder and Max Lyon capitalized on the NCAA's COVID extension waiver, returning for an extra year of eligibility in 2021-22.
• Schroder is tied for second in the nation with six technical falls on the season
• Schroder ranks second in program history in back points, surpassing the 500-point mark at CKLV, and is 16th all-time at Purdue with a .730 win percentage (92-34).
• 49 of Schroder's 92 career wins have come via bonus points (.533), including 27 technical falls, while 41 of his career victories are shutouts (.446), including his last seven wins and seven of his last nine matches.
• Matt Ramos won the 2018 Cadet Freestyle World Championship for the U.S., capturing the 51 kg title in Zagreb, Croatia.
• Ramos's two wins to open the season were his first official folkstyle matches since his senior year of high school at Lockport HS (Illinois) in 2019, winning by technical fall and fall in the two bouts.
• Parker Filius leads the team with 25 matches and 18 victories on the season, including an 11-2 dual record and seven bonus-point wins.
• Alec White rejoined the Purdue lineup on Jan. 15 vs. Michigan State, competing for the first time since suffering an injury in the season-opener at Drexel.
• Kendall Coleman surpassed the 60-career match at CKLV, and earned a spot on Purdue's career win- percentage record list, coming in at No. 8 (.779, 53-15).
• Coleman is three takedowns shy of 200 for his career, including 55 so far this season.
• Hayden Lohrey earned his first ranked win vs. Illinois, scoring a 7-5 decision over No. 26 Danny Braunagel.
• Gerrit Nijenhuis has the highest-ranked win of any Boilermaker this season, topping No. 3 Mikey Labriola at Nebraska on Jan. 7. Twelve of his 24 matches this season have come against ranked opponents, earning wins against six of them.
• Max Lyon has cracked the top-20 for career takedowns at Purdue, tied for 20th with Colton Salazar (224.)
• Thomas Penola leads the team in takedowns (69) and total points (195), and nearly half of his scoring this season has come in the third-period, where he's outscoring opponents 89-37.
• Michael Woulfe is wrestling his first collegiate season since 2016 after serving in the United States Navy for the last five years and has picked up right where he left off, adding a team-high six falls to his career total (30) after posting 17 falls in his final year at Navy.
MINNESOTA NOTES
• While the Golden Gophers are 3-4 overall and 2-3 in conference duals this season, all four losses have come to teams ranked in the top-10, including all three of their Big Ten defeats.
• Minnesota has lost its last two entering the weekend, falling to Wisconsin, 21-15, and at Michigan, 20-14.
• All 10 of the Gophers' starters are ranked nationally in the latest InterMat polls.
• Purdue volunteer assistant coach Leroy Vega was a three-time All-American at Minnesota and was collegiate teammates with head assistant coach Luke Becker.
• Purdue freshman Matt Ramos spent two years at the University of Minnesota before transferring to Purdue, suffering an injury during his first season and spending the second training on an Olympic redshirt with the Gopher Wrestling Club.
MINNESOTA PROBABLES
125: #9 Patrick McKee (R-Jr.) - 15-4
133: #27 Jake Gliva (R-Jr.) - 10-8
or Jager Eisch (Fr.) - 8-7
141: #15 Jake Bergeland (R-Sr.) - 15-5
or Marcos Polanco (R-Jr.) - 7-6
149: #24 Michael Blockhus (R-Jr.) - 12-9
157: #4 Brayton Lee (R-Jr.) - 14-1
165: #26 Cael Carlson (R-So.) - 17-10
174: #19 Bailee O'Reilly (R-Sr.) - 8-4
or Jared Krattiger (R-Jr.) - 5-4
184: #22 Isaiah Salazar (So.) - 10-2
or Sam Skillings (R-Fr.) - 3-3
197: #31 Michial Foy (Gr.) - 10-8
HWT: #1 Gable Steveson (Sr.) - 7-0
or Keaton Kluever (R-Jr.) - 8-8
Rankings listed InterMat