Purdue Wrestling closed its regular season road schedule with a 35-6 loss at No. 7 Minnesota on Sunday afternoon in Maturi Pavilion.
No. 26 Ben Vanadia (197 pounds) and Dustin Norris (133) earned decision victories in the team loss.
On the tail end of the final double dual weekend, the Boilermakers (9-5, 2-4 B1G) were without three of their five ranked stars, including No. 1 Matt Ramos (125), No. 7 Joey Blaze (157) and No. 28 Greyson Clark (141).
All three will look to be back in the lineup at home on Friday night against Maryland.
After the Golden Gophers (10-1, 6-1 B1G) took the first three matches, Vanadia got the Boilers on the board with a 7-1 decision over Gabe Nagel.
The redshirt-junior scored two takedowns and an escape point en route to his 14th win of the year and third in Big Ten Conference duals.
Norris led the team in scoring with his 14-7 decision over Brandon Morvari. He racked up 2:22 of riding time along with three takedowns and a plethora of stall calls for penalty points.
Wrestling in his first collegiate dual in place of Ramos, true freshman Isaiah Quintero put forth a scrappy effort in a 5-2 decision loss to No. 9 Cooper Flynn.
The young Boilermaker was not taken down easily, surrendering only one in the second period. He forced two stall calls on the ninth-ranked star, earning a penalty point and an escape.
UP NEXT
Purdue returns home for the final two duals of the regular season, first taking on Maryland on Friday, Feb. 14.
The Valentine’s Day bout with the Terps is set for 7 p.m. ET inside Holloway Gymnasium.
One lucky fan at the “Date Night Dual” will win a special gift basket that includes a $100 gift card to the Purdue University Bookstore and two tickets to the men’s basketball game vs. UCLA on Friday, Feb. 28.
RESULTS
165 | #11 Andrew Sparks (MIN) over Stoney Buell (PUR) – TF 20-4 (6:32) | MIN 5-0
174 | #22 Clayton Whiting (MIN) over #27 Brody Baumann (PUR) – D 4-1 (SV-1) | MIN 8-0
184 | #4 Max McEnelly (MIN) over Orlando Cruz (PUR) – TF 20-4 (5:39) | MIN 13-0
197 | #26 Ben Vanadia (PUR) over Gabe Nagel (MIN) – D 7-1 | MIN 13-3
285 | #1 Gable Steveson (MIN) over Hayden Filipovich (PUR) – TF 18-3 (2:35) | MIN 18-3
125 | #9 Cooper Flynn (MIN) over Isaiah Quintero (PUR) – D 5-2 | MIN 21-3
133 | Dustin Norris (PUR) over Brandon Morvari (MIN) – D 14-7 | MIN 21-6
141 | #8 Vance VomBaur (MIN) over Cole Solomey (PUR) – TF 22-6 (6:12) | MIN 26-6
149 | #29 Drew Roberts (MIN) over Isaac Ruble (PUR) – MD 13-3 | MIN 30-6
157 | #8 Tommy Askey (MIN) over Wyatt Krejsa (PUR) – TF 21-2 (4:56) | Final: MIN 35-6
