University of Missouri
Central Michigan
No. 5 @MizzouWrestling Faces Central Michigan at Beauty & The Beast
1/18/2019 1:15:00 PM | Wrestling
Saturday’s dual will be alongside No. 10 Mizzou Gymnastics as Wrestling looks to improve win streak to 33
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Fifth-ranked Mizzou Wrestling, winner of its last 32 duals, closes out a two-match homestand Saturday at it hosts Central Michigan as part of the Beauty & The Beast event, alongside No. 10 Mizzou Gymnastics. The unique event will be held at 1 p.m. inside Mizzou Arena and features a pair of top-10 ranked Mizzou teams in Wrestling and Gymnastics. Mizzou Wrestling will be broadcast live on ESPN3 for fans who are unable to attend.
Tiger Style is coming off a 29-12 drubbing of No. 14 Northern Iowa Thursday, winning seven of 10 bouts while forfeiting at 184. The Tigers are a perfect 12-0 this season and have defeated Central Michigan once during its current 32-match win streak, a 29-6 decision last year. Mizzou is 6-4-1 all-time against Central Michigan, which comes into Saturday's dual at 2-3 on the year, most recently falling to Old Dominion on Jan. 4. Mizzou defeated Old Dominion, 40-3, earlier this season. Mizzou is 5-1 against Central Michigan since joining the MAC and has won the last five against the Chippewas.
The featured match Saturday will be at heavyweight as Mizzou true freshman No. 16 Zach Elam will face a top-15 opponent in No. 14 Matt Stencel, who is 16-4 on the year. Elam comes into the dual at 17-5. Below are the complete projected lineups for the dual.
- 125 Pounds – Dack Punke (7-4) vs. Drew Hildebrandt (11-7)
- 133 Pounds – #10 John Erneste (12-3) vs. Brock Bergelin (5-10) or Deven Perez (7-5)
- 141 Pounds – #3 Jaydin Eierman (15-3) vs. Drew Marten (6-9)
- 149 Pounds – #11 Brock Mauller (21-1) vs. Dresden Simon (3-8) or Luke Raczkowski (2-6)
- 157 Pounds – #16 Jarrett Jacques (19-5) vs. Logan Parks (16-7)
- 165 Pounds – #13 Connor Flynn (14-4) vs. Bret Fedewa (6-10) or Blake Montrie (4-6) or Sage Castillo (4-3)
- 174 Pounds – #4 Daniel Lewis (17-1) vs. Collin Lieber (6-11)
- 184 Pounds – TBA vs. Jordan Atienza (10-7) or Jacob Gray (2-7)
- 197 Pounds – #16 Wyatt Koelling (14-7) vs. Landon Pelham (5-9)
- 285 Pounds – #16 Zach Elam (17-5) vs. #14 Matt Stencel (16-4)
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