West Lafayette, Ind.  – The Northern Illinois University wrestling team had a solid showing at the Boilermaker Duals as the Huskies split their four duals at Holloway Gymnasium on Sunday.
 
"The guys wrestled really hard," NIU head coach Ryan Ludwig said. "We just need to continue to work on our execution in scoring position. Looking forward to our next opportunity."
 
The Huskies (2-3, 0-1) posted a 33-9 win over Brown, while scoring a 33-5 victory over Bellarmine. NIU suffered a 25-17 setback to Duke and fell to host No. 20 Purdue, 28-10.
 
Brit Wilson and Izzak Olejnik recorded perfect days for the Huskies, while Anthony Cheloni and Javion Jones all earned three victories in their four bouts.
 
Olejnik was dominant in his four matches at 165, with two wins coming via fall and earning shutouts in his other two bouts. He posted a first period pin of Duke's Brandon LaRue, while scoring third period fall of Keegan Rothrock of Brown. It was one of three wins by pin for NIU against Brown. Anthony Gibson earned a second period pin of Mason Spears at 157, while Jones took down Justin Bierdumpfel via a first period pin at 141.
 
The Huskie junior went on to post a 7-0 win over Bellarmine's Devan Hendricks before ending his afternoon with an 8-0 maj. dec. victory over Emil Soehnlen of Purdue.
 
Wilson remained perfect on the season following his day at the Boilermaker Duals. He opened his day with a 9-3 win over Brown's Drew Clearie before scoring a pair of maj. dec. victories, beating Vincent Baker of Duke 14-5 and Bellarmine's Sam Schroeder, 18-3. The Huskie All-American ended his day with a 7-3 triumph over Purdue's No. 23 Max Lyon.
 
"We will continue to build, adjust and improve as season rolls on," NIU head coach Ryan Ludwig said. "Props to Olejnik and Wilson on setting the tone for how we want to wrestle."
 
In addition to his pin of Bierdumpfel, Jones earned a 12-0 maj. dec. over Duke's Patrick Rowland in his second match of the day and an 8-1 win over Logan Hoskins of Bellarmine. Cheloni earned three shutouts on the day at 149. He scored a 3-0 win over Brown's Ricky Cabanillas and Trey Kruse of Purdue. Sandwiched in between was a 13-12 loss to Duke's No. 13 Josh Finesilver and a 9-0 maj. dec. over Chase Yost of Bellarmine.
 
The Huskies return to the mat Saturday Dec. 4 when NIU travels to Edwardsville, Ill. to compete in the Cougar Clash, hosted by SIUE.  
 
Northern Illinois 33 – Brown 9
125: Hunter Adrian (BROWN) dec. Bryce West (NIU), 7-3
133: Nicky Cabanillas (BROWN) wins by forfeit
141: Javion Jones (NIU) fall Justin Bierdumpfel (BROWN), 2:33
149: Anthony Cheloni (NIU) dec. Ricky Cabanillas (BROWN), 3-0
157: Anthony Gibson (NIU) fall Mason Spears (BROWN), 4:07
165: No. 18 Izzak Olejnik (NIU) fall Keegan Rothrock (BROWN), 6:18
174: No. 28 Mason Kauffman (NIU) dec. Harrison Trahan (BROWN), 7-4
184: No. 8 Brit Wilson (NIU) dec. Drew Clearie (BROWN), 9-3
197: Tristin Guaman (NIU) dec. Cade Wilson (BROWN), 4-2
285: Terrese Aaron (NIU) dec. Lear Quinton (BROWN), 5-2
 
Extra Matches:
141: Sam McConagle (NIU) maj. dec. Nathan Young (BROWN), 13-4
 
Duke 25 – Northern Illinois 17
125: Bryce West (NIU) dec. Logan Agin (DUKE), 14-9
133: Drake Doolittle (DUKE) wins by Forfeit
141: Javion Jones (NIU) maj. dec. Patrick Rowland (DUKE), 12-0
149: No. 13 Josh Finesilver (DUKE) dec. Anthony Cheloni (NIU), 13-12
157: Wade Unger (DUKE) maj. dec. Anthony Gibson (NIU), 14-5
165: No. 18 Izzak Olejnik (NIU) fall Brandon LaRue (DUKE), 1:40
174: No. 7 Matt Finesilver (DUKE) dec. No. 28 Mason Kauffman (NIU), 4-0
184: No. 8 Brit Wilson (NIU) maj. dec.Vincent Baker (DUKE), 17-6
197: Kaden Russell (DUKE) fall Tristin Guaman (NIU), 2:24
285: Jonah Niesenbaum (DUKE) dec. Terrese Aaron (NIU), 3-2
 
Bellarmine 5 – Northern Illinois 33
125: Bryce West (NIU) fall Jack Parker (BEL), 0:49
133: Max Dansereau (BEL) wins by Forfeit
141: Javion Jones (NIU) dec. Logan Hoskins (BEL), 8-1*
149: Anthony Cheloni (NIU) maj. dec. Chase Yost (BEL), 9-0
157: Anthony Gibson (NIU) dec. Cole Nance (BEL), 7-0
165: No. 18 Izzak Olejnik (NIU) dec. Devan Hendricks (BEL), 7-0
174: No. 28 Mason Kauffman (NIU) dec. Eric Beck (BEL), 10-4
184: No. 8 Brit Wilson (NIU) maj. dec. Sam Schroeder (BEL), 18-3
197: Tristin Guaman (NIU) dec. Charlie Cadell (BEL), 6-0
285: Terrese Aaron (NIU) dec. Bryant Wilkinson (BEL), 9-3
* Bellarmine deducted a team point
 
Extra Matches
157: Alec Rees (NIU) dec. Alex Rivera (BEL), 8-3
 
No. 20 Purdue 28 – Northern Illinois 10
125: No. 11 Devin Schroder (PUR) maj. dec. Bryce West (NIU), 10-2
133: No. 26 Matt Ramos (PUR) wins by Forfeit
141: No. 16 Parker Filius (PUR) dec. Javion Jones (NIU), 8-3
149: Anthony Cheloni (NIU) dec. Trey Kruse (PUR), 3-0
157: No. 11 Kendall Coleman (PUR) maj. dec. Anthony Gibson (NIU), 14-5
165: No. 18 Izzak Olejnik (NIU) maj. dec. Emil Soehnlen (PUR), 8-0
174: No. 20 Gerrit Nijenhuis (PUR) dec. No. 28 Mason Kauffman (NIU), 3-1
184: No. 8 Brit Wilson (NIU) dec. No. 23 Max Lyon (PUR), 7-3
197: No. 14 Thomas Penola (PUR) tech fall Tristin Guaman (NIU), 20-5 7:00
285: Michael Woulfe (PUR) dec. Terrese Aaron (NIU), 6-3
 
Extra Matches
141: Nathan Young (NIC) dec. Michael Leveille (PUR), 4-1
157: Cooper Noehre (PUR) dec. Alec Rees (NIU), 6-3
 
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