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After a agelong three-week break from competition, Mizzou wrestling returned to nan mat successful Iowa City, Iowa, for nan Soldier Salute. Of nan 17 teams represented astatine nan tournament, nan Tigers claimed first spot arsenic a squad pinch 166.5 points.
The Tigers had 3 individual titles, 3 runners-up titles, 1 third-place finisher and 1 fifth-place finisher.
All rankings are according to InterMat.
Three wrestlers competed astatine 125lbs for nan Tigers: existent freshman Hank Benter, redshirt elder Luqman Masud and redshirt freshman No. 28 Mack Mauger wrestling attached. Mauger won nan tourney pinch a 4-0 record, claiming 2 upset victories successful nan process. Benter vanished pinch a 1-2 record, and Masud went 0-2 aft medically retiring successful his first match.
Mauger received a first-round bye arsenic nan No. 3 seed successful nan bracket. He controlled his first bout against Ostin Blanchard (NDSU) to an 8-0 awesome determination triumph earlier defeating Bowen Downey by a 5-2 determination successful nan quarterfinals. Mauger defeated some nan No. 2 and No. 1 seeds, respectively, connected his measurement to nan title, including a immense upset against No. 13 Kysen Terukina successful nan finals.
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Benter won his first bout against Kody Tanimoto (NDSU) by a 7-0 decision, but mislaid successful his last 2 bouts. Masud suffered an wounded during his first lucifer of nan day, leaving him retired of nan remainder of nan tournament.
Mizzou’s normal starter astatine 133lbs, Kade Moore, was retired pinch an undisclosed injury. Sophomore Gage Walker wrestled attached and vanished successful 2nd spot pinch a 3-1 grounds successful his first commencement of nan season.
Walker took a determination triumph to commencement nan tourney and past claimed a large upset triumph complete No. 22 Luke Willochell (WYM) by a 9-4 determination successful nan quarterfinals. He couldn’t get connected nan violative successful nan title bout, but posted a coagulated capacity successful a 4-2 determination nonaccomplishment to No. 17 Ethan Oakley.
It was a unsmooth tourney for nan Tigers’ 4 wrestlers astatine 141lbs. Redshirt inferior No. 23 Zeke Seltzer wrestled attached while redshirt juniors Easton Hilton, Owen Uhls and redshirt freshman Jace Roller were unattached. Seltzer was nan highest finisher astatine eighth pinch a 2-3 record. Hilton went 0-2, Uhls went 3-2 and Roller went 2-2.
Seltzer won his first bout by a 2-0 determination earlier suffering a demoralizing 5-4 determination nonaccomplishment to unattached wrestler Isaaiah Powe. He held a 4-2 lead until Powe earned a takedown pinch 17 seconds near successful nan 3rd period. His first consolation matchup ended successful a 4-1 determination triumph against Uhls earlier losing his last 2 bouts against little seeds successful nan tournament.
The unattached wrestlers each mislaid their first-round matchups and entered nan consolation bracket, isolated from for Uhls. Hilton and Uhls met successful nan 2nd information of consolations, wherever Uhls took a 5-2 determination victory. Despite being down successful his second-round consolation bout, Roller took an awesome triumph by autumn aft starting down 7-2.
Redshirt elder No. 15 Joshua Edmond wrestled attached, and existent freshman Seth Mendoza wrestled unattached astatine 149lbs. The pairing proved to beryllium nan stars of nan tourney for Mizzou arsenic Edmond took first pinch a 5-0 grounds and Mendoza took 2nd pinch a 3-1 record, only losing successful nan last to boost squad points.
Edmond was astir upset successful his first-round matchup against Rhett Koenig (MINN), but had a takedown pinch 53 seconds remaining successful nan 3rd play to return an 8-7 determination win. He took determination victories successful his pursuing 2 matches en way to nan semifinals. His lucifer against Patrick Jordon (VMI) proved to beryllium his champion capacity arsenic he took a 13-5 awesome determination triumph pinch 3 takedowns successful nan first period.
Mendoza dominated his first 2 matches, claiming tech autumn victories successful both. He claimed different tech autumn successful nan semifinals against No. 30 Gabe Willochell (WYM) earlier forfeiting nan title lucifer to Edmond.
Three wrestlers took to nan mat for Mizzou astatine 157lbs: redshirt inferior No. 21 J Conway attached, existent freshman David Gleason and redshirt elder Teague Travis, making his first charismatic quality pinch nan Tigers. This was different successful section arsenic Travis claimed 2nd pinch a 4-1 record, Conway vanished successful 3rd pinch a 4-1 grounds and Gleason took seventh pinch a 4-2 record.
Conway started nan time disconnected basking pinch a tech autumn triumph and followed that up pinch a 12-7 determination triumph successful nan quarterfinals. He was perpetually subdued by No. 12 Jordan Williams (IOWA) successful an 8-2 determination nonaccomplishment successful nan semifinals earlier winning nan consolation bracket.
The different 2 met successful nan quarterfinals aft Gleason won his first 2 matches by a tech autumn and an 8-1 decision, and Travis won his first 2 matches by tech falls. Travis won nan teammate brawl successful an 11-2 awesome decision, but suffered akin struggles to Conway against Williams successful nan final. Gleason took nan worst placement among nan 3 but had nan flashiest outing pinch 2 victories by fall.
The 165lbs excavation besides featured 3 Mizzou wrestlers. Graduate No. 24 Max Mayfield wrestled attached, while redshirt elder Joel Mylin and existent freshman Dominic Bambinelli wrestled unattached. Mayfield took 2nd pinch a 3-1 grounds and only mislaid successful nan last by default. Bambinelli vanished 5th pinch a 5-2 grounds and Mylin vanished nan tourney 1-2.
Mayfield handled business en way to nan semifinals pinch 2 tech autumn victories against top-15 seeds. He made it to nan finals aft a constrictive 5-4 determination victory, pinch in installments owed to a fierce 2nd period. An undisclosed wounded kept Mayfield retired of nan finals.
It was 2 different tales successful nan consolation bracket for Mylin and Bambinelli. Mylin’s time ended aft getting pinned successful nan 4th information of consolations, but nan existent freshman made it acold aft losing to No. 17 Bryce Hepner by a 9-0 awesome determination successful nan first round. Bambinelli won 4-of-5 matches successful nan consolation bracket, including 2 victories by autumn and 1 by tech fall.
The Tigers didn’t person an attached wrestler astatine 174lbs pinch No. 11 Cam Steed still retired owed to injury, but existent freshman Peyton Westpfahl and redshirt freshman Kolten Oborny competed unattached. Neither wrestler placed, and some vanished pinch 1-2 records.
The item of Westpfahl’s tourney was a tech autumn triumph successful nan 2nd information of consolations, but he didn’t triumph immoderate different matches. Oborny pinned Ryan Dolezal (SDSU) successful his first bout, but he besides didn’t triumph immoderate different matches aft nan fact.
Redshirt freshmen No. 2 Aeoden Sinclair and Logan Cole took to nan mat astatine 184lbs and some vanished successful nan apical five. Sinclair cruised to a title pinch a 4-0 record, and Cole took 5th spot pinch a 4-2 record.
Mizzou’s champion pound-for-pound wrestler continues to beryllium himself. Sinclair won each 4 of his bouts by tech falls, including 1 against No. 23 Jake Dailey (UNC) successful nan finals.
Cole looked for illustration he was connected his measurement to gathering Sinclair successful nan last pinch 2 victories by autumn to commencement nan tournament, but he was stonewalled against Dailey successful nan semifinals and mislaid by an 8-3 decision.
Per usual, redshirt elder No. 16 Evan Bates was Mizzou’s only wrestler astatine 197lbs. He claimed 2nd spot aft going 3-1.
Bates won by autumn against Toby Schoffstall (VMI) successful nan first information and decisively made it to nan championship. His force was No. 5 Joey Novak (WYM), who proved to beryllium excessively overwhelming for Bates arsenic he was pinned successful nan 3rd play pinch 21 seconds remaining.
The Tigers sent retired redshirt sophomore No. 26 Jarrett Stoner, and existent freshman Sampson Stillwell made his play debut. Stoner vanished seventh pinch a 3-2 grounds arsenic Stillwell exited nan tourney connected time 1 pinch a 0-2 record.
Stoner saw a reliable first matchup against No. 16 Spencer Lanosga (NAVY) and mislaid by an 11-3 awesome decision. He bounced backmost pinch 2 consecutive awesome determination wins successful nan consolation bracket and took down Bennett Tabor (MINN) by a 4-1 overtime determination for seventh place.
Mizzou will look to transportation this momentum and proceed to get patient arsenic Big 12 play heats up pinch a travel to Tempe, Arizona, connected Jan. 15 to look Arizona State.
