No. 4 Ohio State Set for Sunday Matinee vs. No. 25 Purdue

Tom Ryan, Ohio State head coach

No. 4 Ohio State vs. No. 25 Purdue
Time: 1 p.m.
Date: Sunday Jan. 19
Venue: Covelli Center (4,185)
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Rosters: Ohio State | Purdue
Match Notes: Ohio State | Purdue

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- No. 4 Ohio State (10-0, 2-0) looks to remain undefeated when it faces No. 25 Purdue (8-1, 1-0) Sunday (1 p.m.) at the Covelli Center in Columbus. The match will be streamed live by B1G+.

Ohio State is 54-23-7 all-time against the Boilermakers. The Buckeyes have won the last 11 duals in the series. The teams have not met in Columbus since Jan. 30, 2015 (W, 24-9).

The Buckeyes opened the 2025 Big Ten dual season with wins over No. 10 Illinois (24-9) in Champaign and then 17-15 over No. 17 Rutgers in Columbus. Against the Illini, freshman e'Than Birden upset No. 10 Braeden Scoles by decision, 9-4, while redshirt sophomore Seth Shumate earned an 11-9 decision victory over No. 11 Zac Braunagel at 197. Both upsets helped the Buckeyes secure the road win.
Against the Scarlet Knights the last time out, Ohio State secured the win, 17-15, in the final match of the dual with a late takedown by heavyweight Nick Feldman over No. 8 Yaraslau Slavikouski, 4-1. The Buckeyes trailed 15-14 before Feldman's win for the deciding three team points. Six of the matches were decided by one point with two going to overtime.
Ohio State ended the non-conference dual season and started the 2025 portion of the schedule this year with a 40-3 win over visiting Oregon State last Sunday in Columbus. The Buckeyes won the final nine matches of the dual, seven with bonus points.
Graduate Sammy Sasso (165) earned win No. 100 during the dual with the Beavers by defeating Steele Starren in a 1-0 decision. Sasso is 100-15 over his career at Ohio State, which includes a 51-4 record in dual competitions.
Freshmen Ben Davino (133) and e'Than Birden (165) each finished with a trip to the podium at the 2024 Midlands Championships before the calendar switched to 2025. Davino claimed third with a 5-1 record while Birden took seventh at 5-2 at the event.
Ohio State's list of Black Shirts grew by two after Nic Bouzakis and Brendan McCrone earned the distinction Dec. 19, 2024. The duo became the 19th and 20th Black Shirts in program history. There are nine current Buckeyes who have earned Black Shirt status. For more on the honor see the final two pages of these notes.
The Buckeyes went 3-0 at the 2024 Collegiate Duals in Nashville Dec. 21 with wins over No. 21 North Carolina, Lock Haven and No. 14 Iowa State.
Graduate Carson Kharchla returned to action after a year away with injury. He won all three of his bouts at 174 at the 2024 Collegiate Duals.
After trailing 14-0 at Pittsburgh, the Buckeyes won five of the final six bouts to win 20-17. Brendan McCrone started the rally with an 8-0 major decision victory before wins by Nic Bouzakis (133), Jesse Mendez (141), Dylan D'Emilio (149) and Paddy Gallagher (157) brought Ohio State from down 0-14 to up 20-14.
Jesse Mendez claimed the title at 141 Dec. 7 at the 2024 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite. Mendez went 3-0 with wins over No. 8 Joshua Koderhandt of Navy and No. 17 Latona Alabaster of Virgina Tech for the title.
Rocco Welsh (184), wrestling unattached, and Brandon Cannon (157) each won titles with 5-0 records at the 2024 Cleveland State Open Dec. 7.

Lineups vs. the Boilermakers
125-No. 11 Brendan McCrone (R-So.) vs. No. 1 Matt Ramos (R-Sr.)/Ashton Jackson (R-Fr.)
133-No. 10 Nic Bouzakis (R-So.) vs. Dustin Norris (R-Jr.)/Jacob Macatangay (R-So.)
141-No. 1 Jesse Mendez (Jr.) vs. Greyson Clark (So.)/Cole Solomey (R-Fr.)
149-No. 9 Dylan D'Emilio (Gr.) vs. Isaac Ruble (R-So.)/Wyatt Krejsa (Fr.)
157-No. 17 Sammy Sasso (Gr.) vs. No. 7 Joey Blaze (So.)/Kade Law (R-So.)
165-No. 9 Paddy Gallagher (R-Jr.) vs. Stoney Buell (R-Jr.)/Delaney Ruhlman (R-Fr.)
174-No. 6 Carson Kharchla (Gr.) vs. No. 25 Brody Baumann (R-So.)
184-No. 19 Ryder Rogotzke (So.) vs. No. 21 James Rowley (R-So.)/Orlando Cruz (R-Fr.)
197-Seth Shumate (R-So.) vs. Ben Vanadia (R-Jr.)/Quinn Herbert (Fr.)
HWT-No. 7 Nick Feldman (R-So.) vs. Hayden Flipovich (R-Jr.)/Dominic Burgett (R-Fr.)

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