Wisconsin Badgers
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Five Things to Know: Wrestling vs. #16 Purdue
January 21, 2021 | Wrestling
Badgers return home for Big Ten dual vs. Boilermakers
#21 Wisconsin
0-2
#16 Purdue
1-0
Dual Meet Coverage
Sunday, Jan. 24 | 1 p.m. | UW Field House | Madison, Wis.
MADISON, Wis. — 1. No. 22 Wisconsin (0-2, 0-2 B1G) returns to the UW Field House for its first home dual meet of the Big Ten season this Sunday, Jan. 24 against No. 16 Purdue (0-1, 0-1 B1G).
Don't miss head coach Chris Bono previewing this week's matches on Jump Around Weekly.
Here are five more things to know before the Badgers step on the mats on Sunday:
1. The match starts at 1 p.m. and will be streamed live on BTN+ (subscription required). Extra matches will occur after.
2. The Boilermakers first wrestle #10 Illinois in Champaign on Friday at 8 p.m. before making the trek north to Madison. Purdue opened its season last Friday with a 28-8 win against No. 21 Northwestern at home. The Boilermakers were short six starters against the Wildcats and started four true freshmen in the dual, but are projected to return more experience to the roster this weekend. No. 3 senior Devin Schroder earned a 16-0 technical fall against NU's Matt Vinci in 4:13, while No. 18 sophomore Thomas Penola defeated Jon Halvorsen 21-6 for a second Boilermaker TF at 197 pounds. In total, eight Purdue wrestlers earned victories in the team win.
3. The Badgers opened their season on the road at Illinois last Sunday in a tri-meet against then #24 Illinois and #7 Ohio State. The Badgers fell 25-9 to the Buckeyes and 21-9 to the Illini in team scoring. Redshirt junior Garrett Model led the Badgers with two wins for the weekend, going undefeated at 157 pounds against both the Illini and Buckeyes. Model earned a 7-3 decision victory against Illinois' Johnny Mologousis and then upset Ohio State's then #22 Elijah Clearly with a 3-2 decision. Fellow redshirt junior Trent Hillger earned a pin for the team and six team points after defeating Ohio State's Tate Orndorff in 6:39 in a thrilling bonus-point victory. Wisconsin also picked up wins at 174 pounds from redshirt sophomore Jared Krattiger over DJ Shannon (6-2 decision) and at 184 pounds from recent transfer and redshirt senior Chris Weiler over Zach Braunagel (8-2 decision).
4. Thanks to their performances over the weekend, two Badgers — Garrett Model and Chris Weiler — both saw favorable nods from various national rankings for individual wrestlers. Model earned his first ranking in FloWrestling's 157-pound listing at #24 and also climbed from #28 to #21 on TrackWrestling's list. Chris Weiler's been a presence on all national rankings this season at 184 pounds, but FloWrestling also bumped him up from #13 to #9 and WIN Magazine saw him climb from #9 to #8.
More information on starters, rankings and team stats are available in this week's match notes.
5. Probable Starters
#22 WISCONSIN
- 125 Eric Barnett or Ethan Rotondo
- 133 Kyle Burwick
- 141 Trey Escobar or Dominic Dentino
- 149 Dan Stilling or Drew Scharenbrock or Aiden Medora
- 157 Garrett Model or Devin Bahr or Cody Anderson
- 165 Josh Otto or Patrick Spray
- 174 Jared Krattiger or Seth Vosters
- 184 Chris Weiler
- 197 Andrew Salemme
- 285 Trent Hillger or Peter Christensen
#16 PURDUE
- 125 Devin Schroder
- 133 Nate Cummings
- 141 Parker Filius or Bjorn Schroeder
- 149 Alec White or Griffin Parriott or Trey Kruse
- 157 Kendall Coleman or Elijah Davis
- 165 Cooper Noehre or Gerrit Nijenhuis
- 174 Emil Soehnlen
- 184 Macartney Parkinson or Mitch Hutmacher or Max Lyon
- 197 Thomas Penola or Trevor Blue
- 285 Jamarcus Grant or Dorian Keys
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