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TULSA, Okla. – Matt Ramos pulled off a single of the greatest upsets in NCAA Wrestling history to book his spot in the championship finals and Parker Filius won his way into All-America status in an all-time evening for the Purdue Wrestling plan at the 2023 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships.
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Facing 3-time reigning NCAA champion No. 1 Spencer Lee of Iowa, the sophomore No. four seed Ramos came in as a single of the most significant underdogs of the semifinal round. Going in he believed in himself and the function he had place in to get there.
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“He’s a genuinely great wrestler and I respect him, but I feel I can hang with him,” Ramos mentioned in an interview ahead of the match. “I function genuinely challenging. I inform myself ahead of each and every match that I am the most effective wrestler in the globe. There is no a single that can hang with me. I really feel like I can do it. I’ve been coaching for this because I stepped into the Purdue Wresting space.”
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And hang with him he did. The Lockport native shot out of the gates hot, bagging a takedown and a two far more on the close to-fall to go up four-1 on the Iowa legend. A 4-point turn for Lee in the second gave him a five-four benefit ahead of he got a takedown of his personal with just beneath a minute left in the match.
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For a lot of other people, that would’ve been the finish but not for Matt Ramos. As he had carried out twice ahead of in this tournament, he turned the tide in his favor late. Ramos dropped Lee on to his back and held him there for 30 seconds ahead of lastly finishing off the pin (six:59) to take the historic win.
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“It is a dream for me, but the job’s not carried out however,” Ramos mentioned soon after the win. “I trust my capacity and occasionally you just have to let it fly. I knew I necessary to get some points there at the finish, so I went for it. I trust in the belief I have in myself and my why. I want to be a national champion and I think I can be.”
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RAMOS PINS LEE!! RAMOS PINS LEE!!🤯@Matt_Ramos2 introduces himself to the globe! pic.twitter.com/MYqHnqTTo5
— Purdue Wrestling (@PurdueWrestling) March 18, 2023
He is the initially NCAA finalist for the Boilermakers because Chris Fleeger took second location from the 5 seed in 2006 and only the 13th wrestler in plan history to make a final. He will face No. two Pat Glory of Princeton to attempt and grow to be the fifth person champion in Purdue history. The final Boilermaker to take initially location was Charles Jones in 1992 at 167 pounds in Oklahoma City.
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The monumental evening for the Boilermakers continued shortly soon after as sixth-year senior Parker Filius became the program’s 61st All-American with a pin (six:05) of his personal more than Iowa State’s Casey Swiderski in the blood-rounds.
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PARKER FILIUS IS AN ALL-AMERICAN
The sixth-year senior saved his most effective wrestling for final and earns his initially podium finish in his final season!! #BoilerUp🚂 | #AlwaysAggressive pic.twitter.com/nJAgW8nO0D
— Purdue Wrestling (@PurdueWrestling) March 18, 2023
The No. 12 seed Filius sits tied as the lowest seeded Boilermaker ever to grow to be a national placewinner along with Jason Silverstein who took eighth as the No. 12 in 1999. They are two of the 4 double-digit seeds in Purdue history to wrestle their way to the podium.
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Filius and Ramos are the initially pair of teammates to earn All-America status in the very same year because 2006. Back then it was Fleeger and Ben Wissel who also did it in a tournament held in Oklahoma City.
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A narrow three-1 loss to No. 11 Clay Carlson of South Dakota State puts Filius into the seventh location match against Ohio State’s Dylan D’Emilio, whom Filius has beaten twice currently this season. That contest will take location in session 5 which is scheduled to commence at ten a.m. CT. Ramos’ finals match will be held in the final session and will commence at six p.m. CT Saturday evening.
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Outcomes
NCAA Wrestling Championships
BOK Center
18th Location – 27. pts.
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125: #four Matt Ramos (R-Sophomore)
Champ Round 1: #29 Nico Provo (Stanford) – W, D three-two
Champ Round two: #20 Jarrett Trombley (N.C. State) – W, TB2 five-four
Champ Quarters: #28 Killian Cardinale (West Virginia) – W, D eight-7
Champ Semis: #1 Spencer Lee (Iowa) – W, Fall six:59
Champ Final: #two Pat Glory (Princeton)
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141: #12 Parker Filius (Graduate Student)
Champ Round 1: #21 Cleveland Belton (Oregon State) – W, D eight-three
Champ Round two: #five Ryan Jack (N.C. State) – W, D 7-six
Champ Quarters: #four Brock Hardy (Nebraska) – L, D 7-
Cons. Round four: #24 Casey Swiderski (Iowa State) – W, Fall six:05
Cons. Round five: #11 Clay Carlson (South Dakota State) – L, D three-1
Seventh Location: Dylan D’Emilio (Ohio State)
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157: #12 Kendall Coleman (R-Senior)
Champ Round 1: #21 Andrew Clark (Rutgers) – W, D 9-four
Champ Round two: #five Josh Humphreys (Lehigh) – L, D three-
Cons. Round two: #11 Chase Saldate (Michigan State) – L, D six-four
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285: #30 Hayden Copass (R-Freshman)
Champ Round 1: #three Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State) – L, Fall (:34)
Cons. Pigtail: #33 Travis Stefanik (Princeton) – W, SV three-1
Cosn. Round 1: #19 Jonah Nissenbaum (Duke) – L, D six-
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