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DEKALB, Ill. – Fifth-ranked Mizzou Wrestling rounded out MAC competition with a perfect 7-0 record after downing Northern Illinois, 40-6, Friday evening at the Duke Ellington Ballroom at NIU's Holmes Student Center. Mizzou improved its winning streak to 34 consecutive duals, including an unblemished 14-0 in 2018-19. Dating back to 2014, Mizzou has won 71 of its last 72 duals. The Tigers finish the 2018-19 slate with a perfect mark in MAC action, marking the fourth time in seven seasons in the league that the Tigers have done so.
Mizzou won nine of 10 bouts Friday, including six with bonus point decision with falls from Jaydin Eierman (141), Wyatt Koelling (197) and Zach Elam (HWT) and a technical fall from Brock Mauller (149).
Below is the bout-by-bout results from the dual:
- 125: Dack Punke (MIZZOU) dec. Bryce West (NIU), 6-1
- 133: Alijah Jeffery (NIU) fall Cameron Valdiviez (MIZZOU), 4:51
- 141: Jaydin Eierman (MIZZOU) fall Drew West (NIU), 5:53
- 149: Brock Mauller (MIZZOU) tech fall McCoy Kent (NIU), 18-0 2:23
- 157: Jarrett Jacques (MIZZOU) dec. Mason Kauffman (NIU), 3-1
- 165: Connor Flynn (MIZZOU) maj. dec. Kenny Moore (NIU), 10-1
- 174: Luke Fortuna (MIZZOU) dec. Caden McWhirter (NIU), 8-2
- 184: Daniel Lewis (MIZZOU) maj. dec. Brit Wilson (NIU), 12-3
- 197: Wyatt Koelling (MIZZOU) fall Will Feldkamp (NIU), 1:33
- 285: Zach Elam (MIZZOU) fall Caleb Gossett (NIU), 0:39
Mizzou Wrestling (14-0, 7-0 MAC) has next week off before returning to the road at head to Tempe, Ariz., to face Arizona State on Feb. 8. That dual is at 8 p.m. (CT). Arizona State is of course home to assistant coach Lee Pritts, who was an assistant under Mizzou Head Coach Brian Smith from 1998-2004 and then again from 2007-10.
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