Nebraska Wrestlers Top Purdue

No. 6 Huskers improve to 7-1 in duals
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The sixth-ranked Nebraska wrestling team earned its second consecutive conference victory with a 27-14 win Sunday afternoon over Purdue at the Devaney Center in Lincoln. The Huskers registered three bonus-point wins as they improved to 7-1 overall in dual meets and 2-1 in the Big Ten, while Purdue dropped to 5-6 and 0-3. Scroll past the gallery for complete results.

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Nebraska hosted the Purdue Boilermakers at the Devaney Center in the teams'  Sunday afternoon dual. 

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Nebraska's Alan Koehler locks up with Purdue's Matt Ramos at 125 lbs. 

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Nebraska's Jacob Van Dee throws Dustin Norris to the mat for a takedown in the 133-lb. match. 

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At 141 lbs., Nebraska's Blake Cushing fights for an escape from Greyson Clark. 

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Ridge Lovett wrestles for Nebraska against Purdue's Marcos Polanco at 149 lbs. 

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Ridge Lovett gets Marcos Polanco's shoulders to the mat for a pin. 

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Ridge Lovett celebrates his victory by fall. 

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Nebraska's Peyton Robb lifts Purdue's Joey Blaze for a potential takedown in the 157-lb. match. 

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Nebraska's Antrell Taylor wrestles Purdue's Stoney Buell at 165 lbs. 

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Lenny Pinto celebrates his 7-1 victory over James Rowley at 184 lbs. 

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Silas Allred celebrates his tech fall victory over Ben Vanadia in the 197-lb. bout. 

Nebraska's Nash Hutmacher, a defensive linemen on the Husker football team, got a 5-0 victory in the heavyweight match.
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Nash Hutmacher got a 5-0 victory at heavyweight over Tristan Rulhman. The Huskers won the dual 27-14. 

  • 125: #2 Matt Ramos (PUR) tech. fall Alan Koehler (NEB) 19-4 (2:48) (PUR 5, NEB 0)
  • 133: #19 Jacob Van Dee (NEB) dec. Dustin Norris (PUR) 6-2 (PUR 5, NEB 3)
  • 141: Blake Cushing (NEB) dec. #32 Greyson Clark (PUR) 7-5 (NEB 6, PUR 5)
  • 149: #1 Ridge Lovett (NEB) pinned Marcos Polanco (PUR) (6:12) (NEB 12, PUR 5)
  • 157: #16 Joey Blaze (PUR) pinned #3 Peyton Robb (NEB) (6:22) (NEB 12, PUR 11)
  • 165: #18 Antrell Taylor (NEB) maj. dec. Stoney Buell (PUR) 14-6 (NEB 16, PUR 11)
  • 174: #29 Bubba Wilson (NEB) dec. Brody Baumann (PUR) 7-2 (NEB 16, PUR 14)
  • 184: #3 Lenny Pinto (NEB) dec. James Rowley (PUR) 7-1 (NEB 19, PUR 14)
  • 197: #15 Silas Allred (NEB) tech. fall Ben Vanadia (PUR) 19-4 (3:28) (NEB 24, PUR 14)
  • HWT: Nash Hutmacher (NEB) dec. Tristan Ruhlman (PUR) 5-0 (NEB 27, PUR 14)

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Amarillo Mullen is from Blair, NE, and is currently studying Advertising and Public Relations in the College of Journalism at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She can be reached at amarillomm9@gmail.com.