No. 17 Indiana Comes from Behind to Beat Purdue, 17-16

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No. 17 Indiana Comes from Behind to Beat Purdue, 17-16, in West Lafayette

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January 29, 2023
   
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No. 17 Indiana Comes from Behind to Beat Purdue, 17-16, in West Lafayette

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. –––– Facing a 13-4 halftime deficit, Indiana won four of the last five matches to storm back and beat Purdue, 17-16, in a thrilling rivalry dual on Sunday afternoon.
 
Indiana found life in the 165 bout when Nick South topped Cooper Noehre in Sudden Victory for a 3-1 win, to pull the score to 13-7. 
 
No. 18 Donnell Washington continued the onslaught by defeating Jake Null by major decision, 19-11, at 174 lbs. to make it 13-11.
 
A Purdue decision followed at 184. Freshman Gabe Sollars quickly snatched the momentum back to the Hoosiers with a 4-0 decision victory to set up a dramatic last bout with Indiana just trailing by two points, 16-14.
 
Senior and No. 24 Jacob Bullock (285) was in a tight battle with Hayden Copass in the final match. It was a scoreless first period before Bullock started on bottom in the second, and quickly escaped to go up 1-0. 
 
From there, Bullock rode Copass out the final two minutes and secured the riding time point in the process to earn a 2-0 decision victory.
 
Indiana's win propelled it to 7-2 on the season and 3-2 in the Big Ten.
 
This was the Hoosiers' first win over Purdue since 2010, snapping a 12-dual losing streak.

NOTABLES
• Indiana redshirt senior Graham Rooks' win at 149 improved to 22-5.
• In his first win since the Rutgers match, Nick South (165) found a way to win another dramatic, and decisive bout, while bumping up to 7-5 on the season in the process.
• Washington's win at 174 was his sixth win by major decision this year.
• The win for Sollars was his first Big Ten dual victory of his collegiate career.   
• This is the second time this season that Jacob Bullock won a deciding-bout for the Hoosiers, previously pinning Cory Day of Binghamton at the Garden State Grapple to secure an Indiana win.

UP NEXT
• Indiana Wrestling will be back at home for its next match as the Hoosiers host top-ranked Penn State on Sunday, Feb. 5 for a 2 p.m. dual at Wilkinson Hall.

FULL RESULTS
 
125: No. 3 Matt Ramos (PU) def. Jacob Moran (IU)                     |Dec. 7-1 |                   Score: PUR up 3-0

133: Dustin Norris (PU) def. No. 28 Henry Porter (IU)                  |Dec. 8-6 |                   Score: PUR up 6-0

141: No. 14 Parker Filius (PU) def. Cayden Rooks (IU)                  |MD, 15-3 |               Score: PUR up 10-0

149: No. 30 Graham Rooks (IU) def. Christian Navida (PU)           |MD, 12-2 |                Score: PUR up 10-4

157: No. 6 Kendall Coleman (PU) def. No. 19 Derek Gilcher (IU)   |Dec. 10-3 |               Score: PUR up 13-4

165: Nick South (IU) def. Cooper Noehre (PU)                             |SV-1, 3-1 |                Score: PUR up 13-7

174: No. 18 DJ Washington (IU) def. Jake Null (PU)                    |MD, 19-11 |               Score: PUR up 13-11

184: Ben Vanadia (PU) def. Clayton Fielden (IU)                          |Dec. 6-4 |               Score: PUR up 16-11

197: Gabe Sollars (IU) def. Hayden Filipovich (PU)                       |Dec. 4-0 |               Score: PUR up 16-14

285: No. 24 Jacob Bullock (IU) def. Hayden Copass (PU)              |Dec. 2-0 |               Score: IU up 16-14

FINAL TEAM SCORE:  No. 17 INDIANA 17, PURDUE 16

EXHIBITIONS:
 
165: Robert Major (IU) def. Stoney Buell (PU)                             |Dec. 5-3 |