Kissel was solid throughout the tournament, posting a pair of major decisions and three shutouts as he cruised to a flawless 6-0 start to the season. He opened the day with a 9-0 major decision over Olivet’s Jim Neal, and followed up with another 9-0 shutout win over Joe Barczak of Illinois. The string of scoreless foes followed in the semifinals with a 4-0 blanking of Jake Burge of Notre Dame College, and Kissel capped the day with a 6-4 decision over Brad Dieckhaus of Northern Illinois.
Freshman Camden Eppert finished second at 125 pounds, while senior Sam Patacsil placed fifth at 149 pounds to account for Purdue’s other two placewinners in the open division. Eppert battled to the finals with a trio of decisions, taking down Ben Sergent of Findlay, 4-2, nearly scoring a major decision over Justin Brooks of archrival Indiana, 9-3, and edging Central Michigan’s Christian Cullinan in overtime, 6-5. Eppert nearly gave the Boilermakers a second open title on the day, but fell to Bucknell’s Derick Reber, 6-4, moving to 4-2 on the year.
Patacsil took fifth in a strong 149-pound weight class, posting a 4-2 record on the day to move to 5-3 on the season. He opened with an 11-2 major decision over Lawrence Cavello of Cleveland State, but suffered a 6-3 setback to Michigan State’s Dan Osterman in the second round to fall to the consolation bracket. Patacsil righted the ship in the wrestlebacks, notching a 14-0 major decision over Cleveland State’s Kyle Mays and posting a 15-8 victory over sophomore teammate Tommy Churchard. Patacsil fell a second time in the consolation semifinals, sustaining a 6-1 loss to Nick Walpole of Indianapolis, but closed out the day on a high note in the fifth-place match, notching an 8-2 decision over Northern Illinois’ Vince Castillo.
Freshmen Kyle Mosier and Alex White both had excellent showings in the Frosh/Soph Division at Michigan State as Mosier won the tournament at 165 pounds, while White placed third among the heavyweights. After filling in for injured senior teammate Luke Manuel at 174 pounds last weekend, Mosier rolled out four victories at his natural weight of 165, including a pair of falls. He stuck Heidelberg’s Justin Wharton in just 1:06 to start the day, and followed that up with a 6-4 decision over Bucknell’s Stephen McPeek in the quarterfinals and a 9-6 decision over Jeff Weiss of Indianapolis in the semifinals. Mosier scored his second pin of the day in the finals, pinning Ohio’s Neal Williams in 5:22. White was victorious in four of five matches on the day, winning all four by decision. He took a 5-3 win from Trine’s Dylan Forbes in his opener and followed with a 3-1 sudden victory over Jordan Decker of Mott Community College. After a 7-1 loss to Olivet’s Logan Renas in the semifinals, White rebounded with a 6-1 win over Indianapolis’ Evan Wooding and a 2-1 victory over Wooding’s Greyhound teammate Kyle Connors.
Other solid performances came from 133-pound junior Matt Fields, 141-pound senior Akif Eren, Churchard and senior heavyweight Roger Vukobratovich. Fields and Eren both won a pair of matches on the day, while Churchard and Vukobratovich each earned a victory before being eliminated from the tournament.
Already wrestling without senior standouts Manuel and 157-pounder Colton Salazar, the setbacks continued for Purdue on Saturday as junior Jake Fleckenstein medically forfeited out of the tournament after his opener and ninth-ranked senior Logan Brown withdrew from the tournament after winning a pair of matches in the 197-pound open bracket. Brown notched a 10-2 major decision over Kent State’s Joe Tymoszczuk to start the day and needed just 42 seconds to pin Harper’s Mike Kelly before leaving East Lansing for personal reasons. Freshman Justin Dinius medically withdrew from the tournament as well, earning a pin in the Frosh/Soph 197-pound tournament before bowing out.
Purdue returns to action Friday, heading to Whiting, Ind., to face Calumet College of St. Joseph. For more information and a full preview, visit PurdueSports.com on Wednesday. For full brackets of Saturday’s action, visit www.trackwrestling.com.
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