No. 6 Mizzou Wrestling Welcomes Ohio & Northern Illinois to Hearnes Saturday

No. 6 Tigers Set for Second Home Tri-Dual of Season
OPPONENT	LOCATION	DAY	TIME (CT)	WATCH	STATS
Ohio	Hearnes Center	Saturday, Jan. 23	2 p.m.	WatchESPN	Stats
Northern Illinois	Hearnes Center	Saturday, Jan. 23	3:30 p.m.	WatchESPN	Stats

COLUMBIA, Mo. – No. 6 Mizzou Wrestling (7-0, 1-0 MAC) is back in the friendly confines of the Hearnes Center Saturday (Jan. 23) for its second home tri-dual this season. The Tigers will be joined by Mid-American Conference foes Ohio and Northern Illinois.

The Bobcats and Huskies will open action at noon CT, followed by Mizzou and Ohio at 2 p.m. CT. The Tigers and Northern Illinois will close dual competition at 3:30 p.m. CT. Extra matches among Tigers, Bobcats and Huskies grapplers will occur in-between and following duals.

Mizzou's pair of duals will broadcast live online via WatchESPN. Beau Baehman and Tiger Director of Operations, Matt Manley, will be on the call. Live results and updates will also be available via TrackWrestling.com and Twitter (@MizzouWrestling).

#ShowMe Mizzou Dual Notes

vs. Mizzou Tri-Dual #2 (Jan. 23)

Series Snapshot vs. Ohio

Mizzou leads the all-time series, 8-0.
The Tigers and Bobcats met a season ago (Jan. 10, 2020) with Mizzou tallying a 22-12 victory inside the Hearnes Center.
Seven of the Tigers' eight historical meetings against Ohio have occurred since Mizzou joined the MAC. Their lone appearance outside of MAC competition took place 17 years ago (Dec. 19, 2004) with a matchup in Athens, Ohio.

Series Snapshot vs. Northern Illinois

Mizzou leads the all-time series, 16-4.
The Tigers and Huskies last met a season ago (Jan. 25, 2020) with Mizzou recording a 32-6 win in Mid-Missouri.
Mizzou is riding a nine-dual winning streak over Northern Illinois. The Huskies' last triumph over the Tigers occurred 18 years ago (Feb. 16, 2003) with Northern Illinois earning a victory in Dekalb, Illinois.

Quick Hits on the Tigers

Mizzou continued to make national collegiate wrestling headlines last Sunday (Jan. 17), following a dominating two-dual stretch over No. 10 Iowa State and No. 20 Northern Iowa. The Tigers opened their afternoon in Ames, Iowa, with a 34-6 triumph over the Panthers, followed by a 31-7 win over the host Cyclones.
Mizzou has now outscored its opposition this season, 238-34. The Tigers have yet to allow an opponent to score double-digit points in a dual. Additionally, Mizzou has surpassed 30-plus points in six of its seven duals thus far this season.
Following respective perfect 2-0 afternoons in Ames, 141-pound redshirt junior Allan Hart, 149-pound junior Brock Mauller, 165-pound freshman Keegan O'Toole, 174-pound redshirt sophomore Peyton Mocco, 184-pound redshirt sophomore Jeremiah Kent and 197-pound freshman Rocky Elam all still possess unblemished records this season.
Hart arguably had the Tigers' top individual performance inside Hilton Coliseum last Sunday, tallying a pair of wins, highlighted by a 7-4 decision over No. 4 Ian Parker (Iowa State). The highly ranked victory propelled him to his second MAC Wrestler of the Week honor, announced Wednesday (Jan. 20) by the league office.
The Akron, Ohio, native now possesses four nationally ranked triumphs this season, ranking first among Mizzou wrestlers. Last Sunday's win over Parker joins Hart's previous ranked victories this year against No. 9 Dresden Simon (Central Michigan), No. 16 Grant Willits (Oregon State) and No. 23 Clay Carlson (South Dakota State).
According to the latest major collegiate wrestling individual rankings, Mizzou has its entire starting lineup nationally ranked per Intermat and TheOpenMat. Nine of 10 Tiger grapplers are nationally ranked per FloWrestling and WIN Magazine.

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