"It's was fun getting four pins tonight," head wrestling coach Tony Ersland said. "The pin is the ultimate victory in wrestling. We had them on their back and we finished the deal.
"I thought overall we wrestled pretty well and took advantage of wrestling from our positions for the most part," Ersland said. "The two matches we lost, they took advantage of us being out of positions, which shows we have things to work on, but overall I like the aggressiveness of our team. I want to see an aggressive and fired up team for both of our duals Saturday."
Ben Thornton tallied five takedowns on his way to the first major decision of his career, a 16-4 route of Jon Haas in the dual's first bout. The redshirt freshman also earned a four-count in the first period as the 125-pounder improved to 7-2.
The pace of the dual was quick with all four of Purdue's pins coming before the end of the second period. No. 20 Danny Sabatello (6-3) raced out to an 8-3 lead before sticking Adam Barrick in 2:12. The redshirt senior moved to 6-3 at 141 pounds with his second pin of the season.
Chad Welch (8-1) started a string of three-consecutive pins for the Boilermakers. The fall came at 4:44 off a cement mixer, the third of the redshirt senior's season. In the ensuing match at 174, Jacob Morrissey built a 6-0 before getting Kyle Wojtaszek's shoulders down nearing the edge of the mat in 2:43 for the fifth win of his redshirt sophomore campaign.
Tanner Lynde completed the hat trick with a 3:43 stick of Casey Glunt at 184. Two of his three dual matches this season have been won with quick pins.
Purdue received decisions from Kyle Ayersman (149), No. 14 Doug Welch (157) and Tyler Kral (285). Both of Bloomsburg's wins came by fall, winning at 133 and 197
It is a quick turnaround for the Boilermakers as they trek to Lock Haven for a pair of duals Saturday, taking on NCAA Division II Shippensburg at 11 a.m. ET and the Bald Eagles at 12:30 p.m. inside Thomas Fieldhouse.
Results:
125 Ben Thornton (Purdue) over Jon Haas (Penfield, NY/Penfield) (Bloomsburg) (MD 16-4)
133 Andy Schutz (Exeter, Pa./Wyoming Area) (Bloomsburg) over Luke Welch (Purdue) (Fall 5:37)
141 #20 Danny Sabatello (Purdue) over Adam Barrick (McAlisterville, Pa./East Juniata) (Bloomsburg) (Fall 2:12)
149 Kyle Ayersman (Purdue) over Ryan Snow (Dexter, NY/General Brown) (Bloomsburg) (Dec 10-3)
157 #14 Doug Welch (Purdue) over Brendon Colbert (Hagerstown, Md./North Hagerstown) (Bloomsburg) (Dec 4-2)
165 Chad Welch (Purdue) over Mathew Carr (Dalton, Pa./Abington Heights) (Bloomsburg) (Fall 4:44)
174 Jacob Morrissey (Purdue) over Kyle Wojtaszek (Brick, NJ/Brick Township) (Bloomsburg) (Fall 2:43)
184 Tanner Lynde (Purdue) over Casey Glunt (Mercersburg, Pa./James Buchanan) (Bloomsburg) (Fall 3:43)
197 Dominic Carfagno (West Paterson, NJ/St. Joseph Regional) (Bloomsburg) over Drake Stein (Purdue) (Fall 0:32)
285 Tyler Kral (Purdue) over Saul Wilkins (Wilkes-Barre, Pa./GAR) (Bloomsburg) (Dec 4-0)
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