December 12, 1998

Bloomington, Indiana - Missouri Tiger head wrestling coach Brian Smith knew the Tigers match with Indiana would be a battle of two young,tough teams. The difference he said would be made in one or two matches. Unfortunately for the Tigers, the differences favored the Hoosiers, as they deafeated Coach Smith's men Saturday afternoon 24-15.

The Mizzou youth movement continued to grow, as freshmen Jesse Jordan (157), John Kopnisky (165), and Chad Hertzog (HWT) tallied victories. Junior Jeff Urban (149) continued to improve in his third campaign as a Tiger with a 7-2 win as well. Mark Bader, Mizzou's 133 wrestler also wrestled well losing a close 5-3 match.

The difference came in four other matches won by Indiana by a combined score of 60-17. The inability to score points in those matches hurt Missouri in the final score despite their four victories. The loss dropped the Tigers to 0-2 in dual meets this season. They next take on Purdue University at 2pm Sunday afternoon in West Lafayette.

Final Results From Indiana...Tiger records updated after match:

125 Greg Schaefer (IU) 22 Jake Lapinski (4-5) (MU) 5

133 Brian Smiley (IU) 5 Mark Bader (11-5) (MU) 3

141 Gabe Cook (IU) Technical Fall Clifford Sutcliffe (1-5) (MU)

149 Jeff Urban (7-3) (MU) 7 James Torres (IU) 2

157 Jesse Jordan (10-4) (MU) Pin Matthew Nischwitz (IU)

165 John Kopnisky (9-2) (MU) 5 Butch Hildebrand (IU) 4

174 Jack Wade (IU) 7 Jared Sears (6-4) (MU) 4

184 Viktor Sveda (IU) 14 Jason Moore (9-4) (MU) 2

197 Brett Becks (IU) 17 Kevin Stroh (4-3) (MU) 6

HWT Chad Hertzog (6-2) (MU) 3 Bryce Karasawa (IU) 2