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COLUMBIA, Mo. - The 2015 Mid-American Conference (MAC) Championships began Saturday afternoon at the Hearnes Center, and Tiger Style grapplers claimed 18 total victories in an impressive first day showing. In all, eight of Mizzou's grapplers advanced to Sunday's championship matches.

Leading the charge for Tiger Style was redshirt senior Alan Waters who picked up a pair of technical fall victories. Between his quarterfinals and semifinals contests, Waters outscored his opponents, 34-1. Waters meets Northern Iowa's Dylan Peters tomorrow afternoon for the 125 pound MAC crown.

Redshirt freshman Willie Miklus also turned in an impressive first day, as he recorded a pin in his quarterfinals matchup and major decision in his semifinals contest. Miklus faces Old Dominion's Jack Dechow in tomorrow's title matchup.

Rounding out Mizzou's championship match qualifiers are redshirt sophomore Zach Synon, redshirt senior Drake Houdashelt, sophomore Joey Lavallee, redshirt senior Johnny Eblen, sophomore J'den Cox, and redshirt senior Devin Mellon.

Based on the NCAA qualifier allocations for the MAC, Waters, Houdashelt, Lavallee, Eblen, Miklus, Cox, and Mellon have all secured spots to the 2015 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in St. Louis, Mo.

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Day One Team Standings

1st - Mizzou - 122.0
2nd - Old Dominion - 76.5
3rd - Northern Iowa - 63.0
4th - Ohio - 55.0
5th - Central Michigan - 54.5
6th - Kent State - 48.5
7th - Eastern Michigan - 24.5
8th - Northern Illinois - 23.5

Mizzou Match-By-Match Results: Day 1 of 2015 MAC Championships (By Seed)

Quarterfinals

125: No. 1 Alan Waters (M) def. No. 8 Blake Caudill (EM) by 17-1 Tech. Fall
133: No. 1 Zach Synon (M) def. No. 8 Jordan Northrup (NI) by 4-2 Decision
141: No. 2 Lavion Mayes (M) def. No. 7 Michael Shaw (EM) by 8-1 Decision
149: No. 1 Drake Houdashelt (M) def. No. 8 Austin Culton (NI) by 16-1 Tech. Fall
157: No. 2 Joey Lavallee (M) def. No. 7 Spartak Chino (O) by 9-1 Major Decision
165: No. 4 Jordan Wholfert (CM) def. No. 5 Mikey England (M) by 3-2 Decision
174: No. 1 Johnny Eblen (M) def. No. 8 Kayne MacCallum (EM) by 9-1 Decision
184: No. 1 Willie Miklus (M) def. No. 8 Michael Curby (EM) by Fall (6:19)
197: No. 1 J'den Cox (M) def. No. 8 Jackson Lewis (CM) by 17-3 Major Decision
HWT: No. 2 Devin Mellon (M) def. No. 7 Jesse Webb (O) by Fall (3:57)

Semifinals

125: No. 1 Alan Waters (M) def. No. 4 Derek Elmore (NIU) by 17-0 Tech. Fall
133: No. 1 Zach Synon (M) def. No. 5 Kagan Squire (O) by 4-3 Decision
141: No. 3 Chris Mecate (ODU) def. No. 2 Lavion Mayes (M) by 3-1 (SV1) Decision
149: No. 1 Drake Houdashelt (M) def. No. 4 Tywan Claxton (O) by 7-4 Decision
157: No. 2 Joey Lavallee (M) def. No. 3 Jarrett Jensen (NI) by 3-2 Decision
174: No. 1 Johnny Eblen (M) def. No. 4 Caleb Marsh (K) by 6-2 Decision
184: No. 1 Willie Miklus (M) def. No. 4 Andrew Romanchik (O) by 12-4 Major Decision
197: No. 1 J'den Cox (M) def. No. 5 Shawn Scott (NIU) by MFF
HWT: No. 2 Devin Mellon (M) def. No. 3 Mimmo Lytle (K) by 8-3 Decision

Consolation Round 1

165: No. 5 Mikey England (M) def. No. 8 Devan Marry (EM) by Fall (4:25)