The winning takedown came 22 seconds into sudden victory and Welch avenged a 7-1 loss to Stickley from the Las Vegas Wrestling Invitational in December. I was thinking about what was going to go on in overtime and I was already looking for the next points." Then I heard the other ref say it was a takedown, so I was confident. "I was just waiting on the call, and if the coaches would challenge it, the refs will see it. Immediately Purdue head wrestling coach Tony Ersland challenged the call, which was reversed to award Welch a takedown, making it 5-4, and sent it to sudden victory with his 1:38 worth of riding time. Time ticked away and with only seconds remaining, he got a high single on Stickley, looked for back points, but neither a takedown nor back points were awarded as time sounded. Trailing 5-2, Welch elected for a neutral start in the third period.
I just kind of went out there and had fun with it."Ī call reversal with seconds left in the 133-pound match proved to be the momentum swing that Welch needed to beat Eli Stickley, taking a 7-5 decision in sudden victory. "I knew he was good I've seen him wrestle a few times. It also matches the highest ranked opponent a Purdue wrestler has defeated this season. The upset is the first for Brunner over a ranked opponent in his rookie campaign, doing so on his 19th birthday. An escape in the third took Brunner's lead to 3-1 and he earned his fourth point with 1:16 of riding time.
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His dominance on top continued into the second period as he rode the Badger for the full 2:00. Brunner (19-13) took Robertson down midway through the opening stanza and rode the period out. The Boilermakers won four weights to close out their dual schedule at 8-7 and 3-6 in the Big Ten Conference.įrom first whistle to final horn, the battle at 197 pounds was controlled by Brunner in a 4-1 upset of 11th-ranked Ricky Robertson. The regular season finale in Holloway Gymnasium however went No. Although it was a night to honor Purdue wrestling's seniors, true freshman Christian Brunner shined with an upset and Luke Welch won a thriller in sudden victory Friday.
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