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Wrestling: Minus Three Starters, Huskers Still Comfortably Down Boilermakers

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One day after downing No. 21 Illinois 27-19 in Champaign, the Huskers took out another Big Ten foe in Purdue on their home mat.

Nebraska chose not to wrestle three of its best wrestlers but still managed a 22-12 dual win. Sitting on the bench were Liam Cronin (No. 3 at 125 pounds), Peyton Robb (No. 1 at 157) and Mikey Labriola (No. 2 at 164). Filling in for them were Jacob Van Dee, Antrell Taylor and Elise Brown Ton, respectively.

With the win, Nebraska is now 9-3 on the season.

Match-By-Match Breakdown

*FloWrestling individual rankings used

165 pounds

The dual started here at 165 pounds, and Nebraska’s Bubba Wilson was able to get his first Big Ten dual win of the year against Purdue’s Cooper Noehre.