University of Missouri
MAC Championships Day 1
Mizzou Wrestling Leads MAC Championship After Day One
3/7/2020 7:29:00 PM | Wrestling
Tigers have four into Sunday’s finals, all four of which clinched berths at the NCAA Championships
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DeKALB, Ill. – Mizzou Wrestling leads the 2020 MAC Wrestling Championships with 112.5 points following day one of action at the NIU Convocation Center Saturday (March 7). The Tigers have four wrestlers in tomorrow's finals and are 26.5 points ahead of second-place Central Michigan as they will look to wrap up their ninth consecutive conference tournament title Sunday, beginning at noon.
Into the finals for Mizzou are the following:
- RS Sophomore Allan Hart – 133 Pounds
- Sophomore Brock Mauller – 149 Pounds
- Sophomore Jarrett Jacques – 157 Pounds
- RS Senior Dylan Wisman – 184 Pounds
Mauller, Jacques and Wisman will all be looking for their second consecutive MAC Titles during tomorrow's finals, which begin at 1:30 p.m. on ESPN+. Hart is looking for his first MAC title. All four of the Tiger Style wrestlers in the finals have clinched automatic berths to the NCAA Championships as well.
In addition to the four in the finals, Mizzou still has five wrestlers alive in the consolation brackets, including senior heavyweight Jake Bohlken, who came in unseeded but advanced to the tournament's final day, going 2-1 Saturday.
Below are this year's standings following the opening day of action:
- Mizzou – 112.5
- Central Michigan – 86.0
- Northern Illinois – 67.5
- Rider – 66.5
- Lock Haven – 54.5
- Cleveland State – 50.0
- Old Dominion – 48.5
- Kent State – 43.0
- Buffalo – 41.0
- Edinboro – 39.0
- Clarion – 33.5
- George Mason – 33.0
- Ohio – 33.0
- Bloomsburg – 27.0
- SIU-Edwardsville – 18.5
- 125 Pounds: No. 4 Seed Cameron Valdiviez (19-11)
- First round vs. Gage Datlovsky (SIU-E) – W, 16-0 Technical Fall (5:09)
- Second round vs. Bryce West (NIU) – W, Fall (6:03)
- Semifinals vs. Drew Hildebrandt (CMU) – L, 11-2 Major Decision
- Consolation round vs. TBD
- 133 Pounds: No. 3 Seed Allan Hart (19-8) - Earns Spot at NCAA Championships
- First round vs. Caleb Brooks (NIU) – W, 12-1 (3:47 RT) Major Decision
- Second round vs. Richie Koehler (Rider) – W, 10-4
- Semifinals Derek Spann (Buffalo) – W, 5-3 (SV-1)
- Finals vs. Tim Rooney (Kent State) – Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
- 141 Pounds: No. 5 Seed Grant Leeth (13-5)
- First round vs. Alex Blake (Clarion) – W, 23-6 Technical Fall (6:51)
- Second round vs. Kyle Shoop (Lock Haven) – W, 4-2
- Semifinals vs. Dresden Simon (Central Michigan) – L, 18-3 Technical Fall (6:48)
- Consolation round vs. TBD
- 149 Pounds: No. 1 Seed Brock Mauller (27-1) – Earns Spot at NCAA Championships
- First round vs. Kody Komara (Kent State) – W, 4-0 (2:00 RT)
- Second round vs. Corbyn Munson (Central Michigan) – W, 10-4
- Semifinals vs. Tyshawn Williams (SIU-E) – W, 6-4
- Finals vs. Brook Zacherel (Clarion) – Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
- 157 Pounds: No. 3 Seed Jarrett Jacques (25-6) – Earns Spot at NCAA Championships
- First round vs. Taylor Ortz (Clarion) – W, 7-4
- Second round vs. Logan Parks (Central Michigan) - W, 12-3 Major Decision
- Semifinals vs. Zac Carson (Ohio) – W, Fall (4:57)
- Finals vs. Jesse Dellavecchia (Rider) – Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
- 165 Pounds: No. 2 Seed Peyton Mocco (23-12)
- First round vs. Kade Byland (Kent State) – W, 16-1 Technical Fall (3:37 RT)
- Second round vs. Derek Ciavarro (Edinboro) – W, 7-4
- Semifinals vs. Izzak Olejnik (NIU) – L, 6-3
- Consolation round vs. TBD
- 174 Pounds: No. 4 Connor Flynn (19-8)
- First round vs. Bryson Alsteen (Buffalo) – W, 17-1 Technical Fall (4:42)
- Second round vs. Jared Siegrist (Lock Haven) - L, 3-2
- Consolation round vs. Kevin Gschwendtner (SIU-E) – W, 14-4 (3:59 RT)
- Consolation round vs. Jacob Oliver (Edinboro) – Sunday at noon
- 184 Pounds: No. 2 Dylan Wisman (19-7) – Earns Spot at NCAA Championships
- First round vs. Hunter Yeargan (Ohio) – W, Fall (4:55)
- Second round vs. Peter Acciardi (Buffalo) – W, Fall (6:18)
- Semifinals vs. George Walton (Rider) – W, DQ
- Finals vs. Brit Wilson (NIU) – Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
- 197 Pounds: No. 3 Wyatt Koelling (20-7) - Eliminated
- First round vs. Timothy Young (Old Dominion) – L, 6-4
- Consolation round vs. Aric Bohn (SIU-E) – W, 6-0 (1:28 RT)
- Consolation round vs. Benjamin Smith (Cleveland State) – L, 3-1
- 285 Pounds: Jake Bohlken (12-14)
- First round vs. Colton McKiernan (SIU-E) – W, 3-2 (1:09 RT)
- Second round vs. Ryan Cloud (Rider) – L, 2-1 (TB-2)
- Consolation round vs. Jake Slinger (George Mason) – W, 3-2
- Consolation round vs. John Kelbly (Cleveland State) – Sunday at noon
A QUICK RECAP
Mizzou made quick work of its competition in the opening round, winning nine of 10 bouts with six of those nine coming via bonus point wins (four technical falls, one major decision and one pin). Mizzou advanced into the quarterfinals at every weight but 197 pounds.
In the quarters, Cameron Valdiviez kick-started another impressive run as he advanced to the semifinals at 125 pounds. But his semifinal berth did not come easy as he fell behind NIU's Bryce West, 8-1, after the first period. He rallied to cut the lead to 8-3 after two, and then 8-5 midway through the third. Then, he caught West on his back and had four nearfall points in the bank before he pinned West with less than a minute remaining to complete the comeback.
Mizzou then sent its next five wrestlers into the semis, with every class from 125 through 165 represented. Senior Dylan Wisman pinned his way into the semis at 184 pounds with a pair of falls over Hunter Yeargen (Ohio) and Peter Acciardi (Buffalo). At the end of the day's first session, all 10 Mizzou wrestlers were still alive in the brackets, with seven in the semifinals and three in the consolations. The Tigers had 72.5 team points following the first session, well ahead of second-place Central Michigan, which had 53.0.
After a brief intermission, the semifinal matches started and Mizzou was favored in just two of the first five semifinal bouts, according to seed. After Valdiviez lost to top-seeded Drew Hildebrandt to open action, Allan Hart downed the top seed at 133 pounds in Buffalo's Derek Spann, doing so with a 5-3 decision in the first sudden victory period. That advanced Hart to the finals and guaranteed him a spot as the NCAA Championships, earning one of the league's five spots at 133.
Grant Leeth then lost a wild bout at the 141-pound semifinal to top-seeded Dresden Simon of Central Michigan. The next two Tigers then advanced to the finals as 149-pounder Brock Mauller claimed a 6-4 win over SIU-E's Tyshawn Williams and 157-pounder Jarrett Jacques pinned Ohio's Zac Carson to advance to the final at that weight, avenging a 3-2 loss to Carson earlier this season. Both earned bids to the NCAA Championships with their semifinal wins.
Mizzou was then dealt a tough blow at 165 pounds as Peyton Mocco appeared to advance to the finals with a 6-4 win over NIU's Izzak Olejnik, registering an escape with 19 seconds to tie the bout at 4-4, and a takedown to gain a 6-4 lead with just nine seconds remaining. Unfortunately, the sequence went to review and the referees deemed that Mocco never escaped, so the bout was reset to 19 seconds remaining with Mocco on bottom and trailing, 4-3. Olejnik held on after the momentum swing, sending Mocco to the consolation bracket.
At 184 pounds, Wisman took a 9-0 lead over Rider's George Walton, with many of those coming from stall calls. Walton then was disqualified as Wisman advanced to the finals, earning one of the league's three allocations for the NCAA Championships at 184.
Connor Flynn (174) advanced in his evening consolation bout and will wrestle top-seeded Jacob Oliver (Edinboro) tomorrow to keep his hopes of advancing to the NCAA Championships alive. Valdiviez, Leeth, Mocco and Bohlken are all still alive in the consolations as well. Valdiviez needs to finish at least third to earn a berth to the NCAA Championships and Leeth needs to finish at least fifth. Mocco can still qualify for NCAAs if he finishes third with a criteria match Sunday if things break his way. Bohlken needs to finish at least fourth.
"Really pleased with the four guys who punched their tickets to the finals; they wrestled great," head coach Brian Smith said. "I think of Allan Hart, where he's come from at the beginning of the year to now, he's on fire. Dylan Wisman just looks amazing out there. I saw that about a month ago with those two and they just keep the momentum going. Brock and Jarrett are consistent all the time. That was a big win for Jarrett. We did a good job of not only getting wins, but getting bonus points today. Please with those guys."
Mizzou will look to capture its ninth straight conference tournament title and eighth straight MAC crown tomorrow. The championships bouts begin at 1:30 p.m. (CT) while the consolation bouts kick off at noon (CT).
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