Sunday, November 20
Columbia, Mo.
1 p.m.
University of Missouri
vs
Virginia Tech
@MizzouWrestling Hosts Virginia Tech in Top-10 Dual at Jesse
11/19/2016 1:04:00 AM | Wrestling
Mizzou will wrestle Virginia Tech at 1 p.m. CT on Sunday, No. 20
| MATCH DAY - Sunday, Nov. 20 | |||||
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Virginia Tech |
Columbia, Mo. | Sunday, Nov. 20 | 1 p.m. (CT) | ||
MIZZOU OPENS HOME SCHEDULE WITH TOP-10 DUAL AT JESSE AUDITORIUM
- Mizzou Wrestling will open its 2016-17 home schedule with a top-10 matchup at Jesse Auditorium against No. 6 Virginia Tech at 1 p.m. (CT) on Sunday, Nov. 20. FloWrestling will provide an online broadcast of the event.
- Mizzou will wrestle on the stage inside Jesse Auditorum for the third time in four years. Last year, Mizzou needed a technical fall in the final match to seal a comeback over Cornell, 18-17, on Jan. 10, 2016. Senior 197-pounder J'den Cox bumped up to heavyweight to get the technical fall Mizzou needed to win, defeating Jeramy Sweany, 24-9. Mizzou also defeated Ohio, 23-10, on Dec. 6, 2013 in Jesse Hall.
- Mizzou returns all four of its NCAA All-Americans from last year's squad who finished the NCAA Championships in sixth-place. Coxcaptured his second NCAA Title last season following a win over top-seeded Morgan McIntosh (Penn State) inside Madison Square Garden. Cox, one of two wrestlers in program history to win two NCAA Titles, seeks to become the program's first three-time National Champion this year. Also returning from the podium in New York is redshirt senior 149-pounder Lavion Mayes, who finished third, redshirt sophomore 165-pounder Daniel Lewis, who finished fourth, and redshirt junior 184-pounder Willie Miklus, who finished sixth.
- Nine returning All-Americans will wrestle on Sunday, as Virginia Tech brings five wrestlers who stood on the podium in New York City to Columbia. Solomon Chishko finished sixth at 133 pounds, David McFadden placed sixth at 165 pounds, Zach Epperly finished third at 174 pounds, Jared Haught finished sixth at 197 pounds and Ty Walz placed fourth at heavyweight.
EIERMAN TO MAKE HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED DEBUT
- Mizzou's other Jaydin, redshirt freshman 133-pounder Jaydin Eierman is set to make his highly anticipated debut in the Black & Gold against Virginia Tech. Eierman won four state titles at Columbia's Father Tolton High School, finishing a perfect 158-0 in prep competition.
- Last season, as an unattached wrestler, Eierman went 22-2, claimed three open titles, and recorded eight falls, six technical falls and six major decisions.
100 WINS FOR MAYES
- Redshirt senior 149-pounder Lavion Mayes recorded his 100th career victory in Mizzou's season-opening dual against Old Dominion. Mayes defeated Michael Hayes by way of a 9-4 decision to reach the century milestone.
- Mayes becomes the 25th member of Mizzou's exclusive 100-win club and first to reach the mark since senior 197-pounder J'den Cox reached the mark last season in a 16-7 major decision win over Aaron Studebaker (Nebraska) on Feb. 21, 2016.
- Mayes currently owns a record of 100-21 and is ranked tied for fifth in program history in career major decisions with 25 and seventh in winning percentage for wrestlers with over 100 wins with a winning percentage of .826
- In a breakout sophomore campaign (2014-15), Mayes went 38-4 at 141 pounds, finishing as an All-American with a seventh-place performance at the NCAA Championships. Mayes went 20-1 in dual competion throughout the year (6-1 in MAC duals) and recorded nine major decisions.
- Last year, Mayes went 32-3 en route to his second striaght year on the podium, this time at 149 pounds. Mayes finished third at the weight class in New York City, defeating Anthony Collica (Oklahoma State) in the third place bout after falling to the Cowboy in the quarterfinals.
DAZZLING DEBUTS
- Two Tigers, redshirt freshman 174-pounder Dylan Wisman and redshirt freshman heavyweight Austin Myers, made their debut in the Black & Gold against Old Dominion. Wisman defeated Antonio Agee, 12-5, while Myers recorded a fall over Will Hillard at 3:19.
- Both ranked in the top-40 in the Class of 2015 by FloWrestling, Wisman won the 2015 FloNationals at 183 pounds while Myers was a three-time National High School Coaches Association (NHSCA) National Champion at 220 pounds.
MIZZOU SIGNS FIVE TO RECRUITING CLASS
- Mizzou added five recruits to its program during the early signing period on Nov. 10. All five recruits have won either a state championship or national high school championship.
- Jared Campbell (Burbank, Ohio) captured two National Championships in the spring of 2016 following his junior campaign. The projected heavyweight stood atop the 220-pound podium at FloNationals and the NHSCA National Wrestling Championships. A two-time Ohio State runner-up, Campbell is currently the No. 4-ranked heavyweight recruit by FloWrestling (No. 34 overall) and chose Mizzou over Ohio State and Virginia Tech.
- Allan Hart (Uniontown, Ohio) captured a National Championship of his own at 126 pounds at the 2016 NHSCA National Wrestling Championships. Hart won a 113-pound Ohio State Championship as a sophomore and finished third as a junior at 126 pounds. Hart chose Mizzou over Pittsburgh, Ohio, Old Dominion and Virginia.
- A Fargo Junior Greco National Champion, Dack Punke (Washington, Ill.) joins Mizzou with three top-three finishes at the Illinois High School Association State Tournament. Punke improved each year, placing third as a freshman, second as a sophomore and finally a state championship at 113 pounds as a junior.
- Following a Wisconsin State Championship at 195 pounds last season, Jake Raschka (Peawaukee, Wis.) heads into his senior season at Pewaukee High School with a 155-11 record. Raschka earned All-America status at the Fargo Junior Cadet Nationals in 2014 and 2015, capturing the National Championship in 2015. At 195 pounds, Raschka finished fifth at the 2016 FloNationals and is the No. 58-ranked recruit by FloWrestling.
- A two-time state champion and three-time state finalist, Lane Stigall (Aurora, Ore.) joins Mizzou as Coach Smith's first recruit from the state of Oregon. After winning state at 152 pounds, Stigall went on to finish fourth at 138 pounds at the 2016 FloNationals. Stigall chose Mizzou over Stanford and Oregon State.
OLYMPIC BRONZE MEDALIST
- Senior J'den Cox earned an Olympic bronze medal in men's freestyle wrestling at 86 kg at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics on Aug. 20. Coc defeated Cuba's Reineris Salas Perez to earn bronze, capping a highly impressive day where he didn't give up a single takedown.
- With the medal, Cox becomes the seventh University of Missouri athlete to win a medal at the Olympics – and the first since 2008 – joining Brutus Hamilton, Jackson Scholz, Dan Pippin, Dick Cochran, Natasha Kaiser (Brown) and Christian Cantwell in the exclusive club.
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