University of Missouri
Missouri Valley
Wrestling Runs Win Streak To Five Straight
1/20/2000 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
Jan. 20, 2000
Marshall, Mo. - The University of Missouri wrestling team added two more wins to its season total Thursday night with a 26-9 victory over Missouri Valley and a 32-10 defeat of Southern Illinois-Edwardsville. Missouri, 8-6 on the season, has won five straight duals, and seven of its last eight..
This season?s eight wins gives MU the most team wins by any Tiger squad since 1991-92, when Missouri finished the season 8-6. The Tigers still have eight duals remaining, placing them in prime position to have the school?s first double-figure win total in wrestling since the 1984-85 season (11-10-0).
Six Tigers won two matches Thursday night led by sophomore KEVIN HERRON (197) who improved to 19-7 on the season by winning his eighth and ninth consecutive matches. JEFF URBAN (149), JESSE JORDAN (157), CHAD HERTZOG (HWT), JESSE WEST (125) and JEREMY SPATES (141) also were two-time winners.
Spates earned major decision victories over both his opponents, while West recorded the night?s only pin, a fall of Missouri Valley?s Chad Hopkins at 5:34. MU sophomore JOHN KOPNISKY (174), was back in the lineup for the Missouri Valley dual, registering a 6-0 win over Dustin Hynes. With the win, Kopnisky improved to 25-2 on the season.
Missouri will next be in action on Sunday, January 23 at 2 p.m. when it takes on Northwestern and Marquette. Those duals will be held at Marion Central Catholic High School in Woodstock, Ill.
MISSOURI RECORDS FOLLOWING THURSDAY NIGHT DUALS
125 Jesse West 6-1
133 Mark Bader 10-20
141 Jeremy Spates 26-5
149 Jeff Urban 23-8
157 Jesse Jordan 22-12
165 Tim Hawks 3-10
165/74 Mark Vollmar 9-17
174 John Kopnisky 25-2
184 Josh Maze 13-19
197 Kevin Herron 19-7
HWT Chad Hertzog 14-12
