RECAP OF ILLINI v. Purdue

 

MILITARY APPRECIATION DAY

As it was Military Appreciation Day, the ILLINI bench wore Army-looking shirts, they had ROTC guys doing a pushup contest (If you've ever been in the Army, you'd know that they get quite enough of those ... in the Army!), and best of all, a video message from ILLINI 197 pounder and Engineer currently stationed in the Middle East, JOE JOE BRAUNAGEL:

THE VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS

THE RECAP

The ILLINI zoomed past the thirty-point mark for the seventh time this season. Their record improves to 9-3. They have scored 279 total team points for a 23.25 average dual score. Their opponents have scored 139 team points for an average dual score of 11.58. That's more than doubling up the opposition.

The official recap states that #13 ILLINOIS Wrestling Steamrolled #27 Purdue. Get it? Boilers? Steam? Anyway, we think that the team from Indiana got SteamPunked. There were lots of bonus points with Lucas Byrd, Danny Pucino and Kannon Webster earning tech falls. 

Braeden Scoles got the pin against Stoney Buell. 

Earning major decisions were Zac Braunagel and Luke Luffman. Danny Braunagel came one point away from a major against his #26 ranked foe Brody Baumann. Here's a link to the official recap and a box score:

125:	#1 Matt Ramos (PUR) tech. fall Caelan Riley (ILL), 19-1 (2:32)	ILL 0 I PUR 5
133:	#4 Lucas Byrd (ILL) tech. fall Jacob Macatangay (PUR), 25-8 (6:17)	ILL 5 I PUR 5
141:	#15 Danny Pucino (ILL) tech. fall Christian White (PUR), 20-4 (6:18)	ILL 10 I PUR 5
149:	#13 Kannon Webster (ILL) tech. fall Isaac Ruble (PUR), 19-4 (5:23)	ILL 15 I PUR 5
157:	#7 Joey Blaze (PUR) dec. #31 Jason Kraisser (ILL), 8-1	ILL 15 I PUR 8
165:	#13 Braeden Scoles (ILL) over Stoney Buell (PUR), fall (3:44)	ILL 21 I PUR 8
174:	#23 Danny Braunagel (ILL) dec. #26 Brody Baumann (PUR), 15-8	ILL 24 I PUR 8
184:	#12 Edmond Ruth (ILL) dec. Orlando Cruz (PUR), SV-1 5-2	ILL 27 I PUR 8
197:	#16 Zac Braunagel (ILL) major dec. #27 Ben Vanadia (PUR), 17-3	ILL 31 I PUR 8
285:	#10 Luke Luffman major dec. Hayden Filipovich (PUR), 9-1	ILL 35 I PUR 8

THE BROADCAST

Brian "Voice of the ILLINI" Swaw did another great job on the call. Unlike a number of other wrestling color analysts, who'll tell you what'll happen next, and then the opposite happens, he's almost always spot on. He was assisted by Ethan Oskroba. There were only two "plays" from Oskroba, and one "kill." We will allow the kill.