COLUMBIA, Mo. – Sixth-ranked Mizzou Wrestling hosts Virginia this Thursday (Dec. 20) at Kansas City's Park Hill High School at 7 p.m. as it looks to extend is dual winning streak to 26 straight. Mizzou enters the dual with a perfect 5-0 record this season while Virginia comes in at 4-3. Mizzou is coming off a dominant, 30-8 win over Buffalo Sunday. Virginia last wrestled against Princeton on Dec. 8, falling 28-15.
Thursday's dual is completely sold old as a capacity crowd is expected. Fans looking for more information on the event management for Thursday's dual, including ticket info, parking info and schedule, can find it in this week's fan primer.
Mizzou will be the third nationally ranked team that the Cavaliers will wrestle this season. They lost to No. 21 Wyoming, 21-9, and No. 12 Nebraska, 21-15, earlier this season. Mizzou is undefeated this season against unranked opponents.
The dual will be special as Tiger Style heads to Kansas City with seven grapplers being from the metro area, including starters John Erneste, who is a Park Hill High School alum, Zach Elam and Daniel Lewis. Redshirt junior Canten Marriott is also a Park Hill alum. Below is Mizzou's projected lineup for Thursday:
- 125 Pounds – No. 14 Colby Smith (6-2) or Cameron Valdiviez (8-3) vs. No. 16 Louie Hayes (7-2) OR Jack Mueller (0-0)
- 133 Pounds – No. 9 John Erneste (7-1) vs. Brian Courtney (8-3) OR Louie Hayes (7-2)
- 141 Pounds – No. 3 Jaydin Eierman (9-1) vs. No. 17 Sam Krivus (11-3) OR Gray Hart (8-5)
- 149 Pounds – Brock Mauller (15-1) vs. Michael Murphy (2-3)
- 157 Pounds – Jarrett Jacques (13-4) vs. Jake Keating (7-5)
- 165 Pounds – No. 13 Connor Flynn (9-3) or Luke Fortuna (3-6) vs. No. 18 Cam Coy (10-5)
- 174 Pounds – No. 4 Daniel Lewis (10-1) vs. Drew Peck (9-3) OR Krystian Kinsey (2-4)
- 184 Pounds – Dylan Wisman (9-4) or Canten Marriott (6-3) vs. Will Schany (12-7)
- 197 Pounds – Wyatt Koelling (8-5) or Taylor Watkins (13-8) vs. No. 8 Jay Aiello (9-3)
- Heavyweight – No. 11 Zach Elam (14-1) or Jake Bohlken (3-1) vs. Quinn Miller (4-4)
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