Indiana University Athletics
#IUWR Preview: Indiana at Purdue
2/18/2015 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
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Indiana (4-9, 0-8 B1G) at #24/- Purdue (9-8, 2-6 B1G)
West Lafayette, Ind. | Holloway Gymnasium
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The Hoosiers (4-9, 0-8 B1G) will travel to West Lafayette to face Purdue (9-8, 2-6 B1G) this Friday for the final dual match of the 2014-15 season. Competition will start at 7 pm in Holloway Gymnasium. You can follow along with the action on Twitter @IUWrestling1, on trackwrestling.com or watch the action live on BTN Plus (subscription required). All rankings are InterMat/WIN Magazine.
Probable Lineups |
INDIANA
HOOSIERS |
Year |
Record |
PURDUE
BOILERMAKERS |
Year |
Record
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125 |
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Aaron Assad -or- Luke Welch |
r-Fr. r-Fr. |
10-12 9-11 |
133 |
Jr. |
2-17 |
#11/9 Danny Sabatello |
r-Jr. |
23-5 |
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141 |
r-Fr. |
8-19 |
Nick Lawrence |
r-Sr. |
18-13 |
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149 |
r-So. |
9-14 |
Brandon Nelsen |
r-Sr. |
19-10 |
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157 |
r-Fr. |
16-13 |
#9/12 Doug Welch |
r-Jr. |
24-8 |
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165 |
#6/6 Taylor Walsh |
r-Sr. |
29-4 |
Pat Robinson |
r-Sr. |
12-13 |
174 |
#15/13 Nate Jackson |
r-So. |
24-8 |
Chad Welch |
r-Jr. |
18-13 |
184 |
r-So. |
12-10 |
Patrick Kissel -or- Tanner Lynde |
r-Sr. r-So. |
14-11 6-9 |
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197 |
Sr. |
19-14 |
#15/13 Braden Atwood |
r-Sr. |
11-6 |
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285 |
r-Jr. |
9-12 |
Gelen Robinson -or- Tyler Kral |
Fr. r-So. |
3-3 8-18 |
PURDUE SERIES
Indiana and Purdue will match up in a dual meet for the 101st time this Friday. The Hoosiers lead the all time series 62-35-3, although Purdue has been victorious in the previous four. Indiana and the Boilermakers met for the first time in 1914 -- a match in which IU would win 6-0. The Hoosiers would win the first 15 matches of the series, which is the longest win streak for the series (1914-27).
Last year the Boilermakers won a close battle 18-16 in Bloomington. The last time the two schools met in West Lafayette, Purdue won 28-13 in 2013. Indiana has not won in West Lafayette since 2006 (24-13).
2014-15 MATCH
Friday's match will be the last Big Ten match of the 2014-15 season, as the other 12 schools have completed regular season Big Ten competition.
NATIONALLY-RANKED HOOSIERS
Two Hoosiers are ranked amongst the country's elite this week (InterMat/WIN Magazine):
#6/6 Taylor Walsh (165 lbs)
#15/13 Nate Jackson (174 lbs)
BTN PLUS
The Hoosier wrestlers will appear six times on BTN Plus (formerly Big Ten Digital Network) for the 2014-15 season.
BTN Plus programming includes non-televised games and events available on BTN2Go with a purchase of a BTN Plus subscription. BTN Plus content features live games produced by students at Big Ten universities. A subscription to BTN Plus on BTN2Go does not require a Big Ten Network TV subscription with a TV provider (from BTN website).
You can subscribe for a school pass for $9.95/month ($79.95/year) or for all of BTN Plus content for $14.95/month ($119.95/year) (Note: All options automatically renew).
PIN KING
Redshirt senior Taylor Walsh is continuting his impressive pinning ways. After leading the country last season and setting an Indiana single-season school record with 26 pins, Walsh has 20 pins this season. With 20 pins, Walsh has the second most in a Hoosier season and is currently the Division I leader. He only trails himself - 26 (2014) for most in a Hoosier season.
After three wins this past weekend, Walsh now has 123 career wins. This moved the 165-pounder into a tie for sixth place on the all-time Indiana wins list. He needs two more to break into the top-five. Current Indiana Assistant Coach Matt Powless is fifth (124).
This season Walsh became Indiana's all-time pin leader. At the end of the 2013-14 season, Walsh was tied with Viktor Sveda (1999-2002) with 47 pins. In his first bout of this season, Walsh captured the record and is only expanding his lead in the record books. Currently he has 67 pins in his career.
SHER SOME LOVE, TAYLOR
Luke Sheridan has joined teammate Taylor Walsh in the top-ten all-time pins list. Sheridan moved into 10th place alone (32) on the all-time Indiana pins list with a pin of Boyce Cornwell (Gardner-Webb).
The senior has 11 pins thus far in the 2014-15 season. He only needs three more to jump into the top-ten single-season pins list. His 11 pins are tied for third in the Big Ten this season. He has an average pin time of 1:20, which is the best average in Division I for any wrestler with eight or more pins. It is the best in the Big Ten for wrestlers with seven or more pins.
SOUND SOPHOMORE
Nate Jackson is having an outstanding (redshirt) sophomore season -- he has earned podium spots in three tournaments. The 174-pounder was champion at the Keystone Classic (Penn.), runner-up at the Harold Nichols Open (Iowa State) and finished in eighth at the Midlands Championships (Northswestern).
In 15 out of 24 of Jackson's victories, he has won by at least five points (nine major decisions, one technical fall), outscoring opponents 184-65 in such matches.
In the national rankings, he is ranked as high as No. 13 (WIN Magazine) for the 174-pound weight class. He is also ranked No. 15 for the InterMat rankings.
SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE
Hoosier wrestling is active in the social media world. Up-to-the-minute news, team notes, live match results and much more can be found by following @IUWrestling1 on Twitter. In addition, `like' the team's official Facebook page by searching "Indiana University Wrestling" and check for news on IUHoosiers.com.
Four-time IU All-American & national champion Angel Escobedo's pursuit for Olympic Gold in Rio (2016) can be tracked on the Twitterverse as well, follow @driven2dominate.
Media Contact: Riley Greene, rigreene@indiana.edu
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