Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Top Matches for Illinois Vs Purdue (Friday Jan 21st, 2022)

 


125 - #28 Justin Cardani Vs #15 Devin Schroder 

Using a strong ride and a good escape, Schroder has been able to get past Cardani in three lowing scoring matches of 2-0, 2-0 and 3-0.  Not much scoring has happened, or is it likely to in this match of tactical planning and strategy.  

133 - #6 Lucas Byrd Vs #33 Matt Ramos 

Minus an early season loss to Oklahoma's Anthony Madrigal, Byrd has looked extremely good this year, racking up quality wins and bonus point victories. I would think we would see bonus points out of him here too. 

141 - U.R. We Rachal Vs #24 Parker Filius 

You'd think that this would be a for sure victory for the Boilermakers, but every now and again despite a losing record and some of the ugly losses within it, Rachal will surprise you.  This year he's defeated Drew Marten of Central Michigan, Gabe Willochell of Edinboro & Carmen Ferrante of Pennsylvania.  Add in the fact that he took Filius to a 3-1 decision at the Matmen Open, and we could have ourselves a match. 

174 - U.R. D.J. Shannon Vs #19 Garrett Nijenhuis 

Nijenhuis recently made some noise when he knocked off #5 Mikey Labriola in an exciting 6-4 decision a few weeks ago. As the upsetter can as easily become the upset, he'll need to watch himself against Shannon.  While currently unranked, he did defeat Cal Poly's #9 Adam Kemp earlier this season. 

184 - #19 Zac Braunagel Vs #28 Max Lyon 

One of the many examples this season where we see ranking contrast with result.  Lyon is thus far 3-0 against Braunagel owning decisions of 7-5 S.V., 4-3 and 6-2.  High probability for an "upset" for the Boilermaker. 

197 - #30 Matt Wroblewski Vs #16 Thomas Penola 

There have been times this season where Penola has looked extraordinarily good, most notable at CKLV where he tallied off victories over Binghamton's #13 Louie DePrez and Oklahoma's #12 Jake Woodley in route to an impressive 3rd place finish.  Head to head, he already owns a 5-3 decision over Wroblewski, as to the Boilermaker's advantage. As to Wroblewski's advantage, he owns a victory over Michigan State's Cam Caffey, who nearly majored Penola less than a week ago. 

HWT - #17 Luke Luffman Vs U.R. Michael Woulfe 

Definitely should be a win for the Illini in this one, but as he did the last time the two met in a 5-2 decision, Woulfe will give Luffman a decent match. 


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