The No. 7 Gophers wrestling team won eight of 10 matches — six by major decision or technical fall — to rout Purdue 35-6 on Sunday at Maturi Pavilion.
Gophers wrestlers dominate Purdue for sixth consecutive dual victory
The No. 7 Gophers will close the regular season against Iowa on Friday night at Maturi Pavilion.
The Minnesota Star Tribune
February 9, 2025 at 9:29PM
It was the sixth consecutive dual victory for the Gophers (10-1, 6-1 Big Ten), who were coming off a 20-17 win Friday at No. 4 Ohio State. Purdue dropped to 9-5 overall and 2-4 in the Big Ten.
Technical fall victories by Andrew Sparks at 165 pounds, Max McEnelly at 184 and Gable Steveson at heavyweight helped the Gophers build an 18-3 lead.
McEnelly, ranked fourth at 184, improved to 17-0 on the season.
Steveson, an Olympic gold medalist ranked No. 1 at heavyweight, won 18-3 for his 62nd consecutive victory — the third-longest run in program history behind Cole Konrad’s 76 straight wins and Dustin Schlatter’s 65.
Steveson improved to 10-0 this season with seven tech fall victories and two pins. He is 95-2 in his Gophers career, including 58-0 overall in dual meets and 43-0 in the Big Ten.
Leading 21-6, the Gophers finished the match with technical fall victories by Vance VomBaur (141 pounds) and Tommy Askey (157) and a major decision by Drew Roberts (149).
The Gophers close out the regular season against Iowa at Maturi Pavilion on Friday night.
The Gophers had lost their previous three games and their past seven meetings with the Hoosiers. Guard Amaya Battle helped change all that by scoring a game-high 16 points to surpass 1,000 in her career.
