WEST LAFAYETTE, IN--The Bloomsburg University wrestling team competed on Sunday at the Boilermaker Duals at Purdue University winning one and dropping two matches. The Huskies beat Indianapolis, 20-12, while falling to Northern Illinois, 23-12, and Purdue, 26-6. Two wrestlers, Matt Noble (Bridgewater, NJ/DePaul Catholic (NJ)) and Brendon Colbert (Hagerstown, Md./North Hagerstown) were both two-time winners for Bloomsburg.

The day started with the Bloomsburg Huskies wrestling the Northern Illinois University (NIU) Huskies. After NIU opened with a win at 125 lbs., the BU Huskies won back-to-back matches to go up 6-3. Matt Noble (Bridgewater, NJ/DePaul Catholic (NJ)) got the winning started for Bloomsburg with a 5-3 win, while Grant Bond (Carlisle, Pa./Boiling Springs) posted a 7-6 win at 141 lbs.
 
NIU, though won the next six bouts, four of them by three points or less, to go up 23-6. Bloomsburg's Bo Spiller (Quarryville, Pa./Solanco) closed out the match winning by fall in 3:58.

Against Purdue the Huskies fell behind 11-0 before Kevin Laubach (Berwick, Pa./Berwick Area) got a late takedown to post a 4-2 win at 149 lbs. Brendon Colbert (Hagerstown, Md./North Hagerstown) followed Laubach's win with his own win by decision, 6-3 at 157 lbs. to make it 11-6. The Boilermakers though closed the match winning the final five bouts to post a 26-6 win.

In the match with Indy, WIlly Girard got the Huskies out to an early 3-0 lead when he won 9-6 at 125 lbs. Noble then followed with a win by major decision making it 7-0 in favor of the Huskies. After an Indy win at 141 and 149, Colbert posted an 8-0 win at 157 lbs to make it an 11-6 match. Bloomsburg then sealed the match with wins by Reid Stanley (Fredericksburg, OH/Waynedale), Trevor Allard (Mexico, NY/Mexico) and Tyler Worthing (New Kensington, Pa/Kiski Area) for a 20-6 edge. 

Bloomsburg, now 3-2 on the year, will host Northwestern on Friday at 6 p.m. at the Nelson Field House.

Northern Illinois 23 vs. Bloomsburg 12
Boilermaker Duals / Round 1
Nov. 13, 2016 / 10 a.m. ET / Holloway Gymnasium, West Lafayette IN
 
125 / Brock Hudkins (NIU) dec. Willy Girard (Williamstown, Pa/Williams Valley) (Bloomsburg) 9-6
133 / Matt Noble (Bridgewater, NJ/DePaul Catholic (NJ)) (Bloomsburg) dec. Tepra Wright (NIU) 5-3
141 / Grant Bond (Carlisle, Pa./Boiling Springs) (Bloomsburg) dec. Max Fisher (NIU) 7-6
149 / No. 16 Steve Bleise (NIU) dec. Kevin Laubach (Berwick, Pa./Berwick Area) (Bloomsburg) 3-0
157 / Caden McWhirter (NIU) dec. Brendon Colbert (Hagerstown, Md./North Hagerstown) (Bloomsburg) 10-5
165 / Shaun'Oae McMurty (NIU) dec. Reid Stanley (Fredericksburg, OH/Waynedale) (Bloomsburg) 5-2
174 / Trace Engelkes (NIU) dec. Trevor Allard (Mexico, NY/Mexico) (Bloomsburg) 7-4
184 / Bryce Gorman (NIU) dec. Tyler Worthing (New Kensington, Pa/Kiski Area) (Bloomsburg) 3-2
197 / No. 7 Shawn Scott (NIU) tech fall dec. Kyle Murphy (Bridgewater, NJ/Bridgewater-Raritan) (Bloomsburg) 15-0 (6:38)
285 / Bo Spiller (Quarryville, Pa./Solanco) (Bloomsburg) pinned ­Caleb Gossett (NIU) 3:58

Purdue 26, Bloomsburg 6

Boilermaker Duals / Round 2
Sunday, Nov. 13 / Holloway Gymnasium / West Lafayette, Indiana
 125 / Ben Thornton (Purdue) maj. dec. Willy Girard (Williamstown, Pa/Williams Valley) (Bloomsburg) 12-4
133 / Luke Welch (Purdue) maj. dec. Matt Noble (Bridgewater, NJ/DePaul Catholic (NJ)) (Bloomsburg) 18-7
141 / Kyle Ayersman (Purdue) dec. Grant Bond (Carlisle, Pa./Boiling Springs) (Bloomsburg) 4-2
149 / Kevin Laubach (Berwick, Pa./Berwick Area) (Bloomsburg) dec. Nate Limmex (Purdue) 4-2
157 / Brendon Colbert (Hagerstown, Md./North Hagerstown) (Bloomsburg) dec. Alex Griffin (Purdue) 6-3
165 / Dylan Lydy (Purdue) dec. Reid Stanley (Fredericksburg, OH/Waynedale) (Bloomsburg) 4-0
174 / Peter Andreotti (Purdue) dec. Trevor Allard (Mexico, NY/Mexico) (Bloomsburg) 8-5
184 / Blake Reid (Purdue) dec. Tyler Worthing (New Kensington, Pa/Kiski Area) (Bloomsburg) 7-2
197 / Christian Brunner (Purdue) dec. Kyle Murphy (Bridgewater, NJ/Bridgewater-Raritan) (Bloomsburg) 5-0
285 / Tyler Kral (Purdue) dec. Bo Spiller (Quarryville, Pa./Solanco) (Bloomsburg) 8-6


Bloomsburg 20 vs. Indianapolis 12
 
Boilermaker Duals / Round 3
Nov. 13, 2016 / 2 p.m. ET / Holloway Gymnasium, West Lafayette IN
 
125 / Willy Girard (Williamstown, Pa/Williams Valley) (Bloomsburg) dec. DJ Smith (UIndy) 9-6
133 / Matt Noble (Bridgewater, NJ/DePaul Catholic (NJ)) (Bloomsburg) maj dec. Dylan Hurst (UIndy) 14-6
141 / Nick Crume (UIndy) dec. Grant Bond (Carlisle, Pa./Boiling Springs) (Bloomsburg) 10-3
149 / Neal Molloy (UIndy) dec. Kevin Laubach (Berwick, Pa./Berwick Area) (Bloomsburg) 4-0
157 / Brendon Colbert (Hagerstown, Md./North Hagerstown) (Bloomsburg) maj dec. Kyle Barkovich (UIndy) 8-0
165 / Reid Stanley (Fredericksburg, OH/Waynedale) (Bloomsburg) dec. Barry McGinley (UIndy) 5-3
174 / Trevor Allard (Mexico, NY/Mexico) (Bloomsburg) dec. Luke Kriech (UIndy) 7-3
184 / Tyler Worthing (New Kensington, Pa/Kiski Area) (Bloomsburg) dec. Austin Robbins (UIndy) 3-1
197 / Brody Connor (UIndy) dec. Kyle Murphy (Bridgewater, NJ/Bridgewater-Raritan) (Bloomsburg) 5-3
258 / No. 7 Dylan Faulkenberg (UIndy) def. Bo Spiller (Quarryville, Pa./Solanco) (Bloomsburg) 5-2