WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – No. 19 Fighting Illini wrestling dropped their Friday night dual at No. 17 Purdue, 25-13. The Illini won four of ten bouts on the night, including a 10-2 major decision from Luke Luffman to close out the dual.

Justin Cardani squared off with Purdue's Devin Schroder to begin the night at 125, losing in a 1-0 decision as Schroder picked up an escape early in the third period, which would end up being the lone point of the match. Lucas Byrd earned his 13^th win to remain undefeated in dual matches this season with a 5-0 decision victory to knot the score at 3.

We Rachal lost by technical fall in the second period, 16-0. In the fourth bout of meet, Christian Kanzler earned a last-second takedown with under five seconds remaining in the final period to win by decision, 3-1 and put another three points on the board for the Orange and Blue. Joe Roberts battled with Kendall Coleman at 157 pounds, but ultimately lost by decision, 10-7 heading into the intermission.

Danny Braunagel dropped the 165-pound bout, 7-5 which extended the Boilermaker lead to 14-6. At 174 pounds, DJ Shannon lost by fall. Zac Braunagel earned his 7^th win of the season and first Big Ten dual win with a 5-2 decision at 184 pounds. At 197 pounds, Nikita Nepomnyashchiy lost by tech fall, the second of the night for the Boilermakers, making the score 25-9 heading into the final match of the evening.

Luke Luffman ended the night on a solid note for the Fighting Illini, picking up a 10-2 major decision and his 12^th win of the season.

FULL RESULTS

125: Devin Schroder (PUR) over Justin Cardani (ILL) (Dec 1-0)

133: Lucas Byrd (ILL) over Matt Ramos (PUR) (Dec 5-0)

141: Parker Filius (PUR) over We Rachal (ILL) (TF 16-0 4:52)

149: Christian Kanzler (ILL) over Alec White (PUR) (Dec 3-1)

157: Kendall Coleman (PUR) over Joe Roberts (ILL) (Dec 10-7)

165: Hayden Lohrey (PUR) over Dan Braunagel (ILL) (Dec 7-5)

174: Gerrit Nijenhuis (PUR) over DJ Shannon (ILL) (Fall 2:00)

184: Zac Braunagel (ILL) over Max Lyon (PUR) (Dec 5-2)

197: Thomas Penola (PUR) over Nikita Nepomnyashchiy (ILL) (TF 23-8 6:35)

285: Luke Luffman (ILL) over Michael Woulfe (PUR) (MD 10-2)

Extra matches

141: Michael Leveille (PUR) def. Josh Contreras (ILL), D 4-2

157: Cooper Noehre (PUR) def. Jake Reicin (ILL), MD 14-4

UP NEXT

No. 19 Illinois hosts No. 21 Northwestern next Saturday at 1 p.m. CT on Big Ten Network.