CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Vikings fell in their home opener to No. 21 Purdue 39-7 on Sunday afternoon inside Woodling Gymnasium.
Purdue opened the match with a technical fall as No. 33 Logan Heil was shutout by No. 11 Devin Schroder, 15-0. A forfeit followed at 133 and then back-to-back major decisions at 141 and 149 pounds extended the deficit to 19-0.
Marcus Robinson got the Vikings on the board at 149 pounds with an 18-6 major decision over Trey Kruse as Cleveland State trailed 19-4. Caleb Cass suffered a 7-3 decision at 157 pounds as the Green and White trailed 18-4 at the intermission.
The Boilermakers received a forfeit at 165 pounds and a major decision at 174 pounds extended the margin to 28-4.
DeAndre Nassar won a thrilling 2-1 match over No. 21 Mat Lyon at 184 pounds as Cleveland State got to within 28-7.
Purdue ended the match with a tech fall at 197 and a pin just as the buzzer sounded in the second period of the heavyweight's as Cleveland State fell, 39-7.
The Vikings return to the mat on Saturday, Nov. 20 at the Navy Classic.
Results: Cleveland State 7, No. 21 Purdue 39
125: No. 11 Devin Schroder (PU) TF No. 33 Logan Heil (CSU), 15-0
133: No. 27 Matt Ramos (PU) win by forfeit
141: No. 18 Parker Filius (PU) MD Caleb Graber (CSU), 21-8
149: Marcus Robinson (CSU) MD Trey Kruse (PU), 18-6
157: Brennan Doyle (PU) DEC Caleb Cass (CSU), 7-3
165: Emil Soehnlen (PU) win by forfeit
174: No. 23 Gerrit Nijenhuis (PU) MD Anthony Rice (CSU), 10-2
184: DeAndre Nassar (CSU) DEC No. 21 Mat Lyon (PU), 2-1
197: No. 13 Thomas Penola (PU) TF Ben Smith (CSU), 22-7
285: Michael Wonlfe (PU) FALL John Kelbly (CSU), 4:57