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No. 10 Missouri Wrestling Takes Down No. 17 Lehigh To Finish Collegiate Wrestling Duals
12/21/2021 5:57:00 PM | Wrestling
The Tigers completed the final day with a 26-9 win over Mountain Hawks
NICEVILLE, Fla. – No. 10 Missouri wrestling (6-2, 4-0 Big 12) finished off the 2021 calendar year with a 26-9 win against No. 17 Lehigh Tuesday afternoon. The Tigers won eight matches to take the third-place match of the Collegiate Wrestling duals.
Redshirt freshman Noah Surtin took down his second consecutive top-15 wrestler, beating No. 11 Jaret Lane in a 10-4 victory. He also beat North Carolina State's No. 5 Jakob Camacho on Monday. Redshirt junior Connor Brown followed with his first win of the season, beating Sheldon Seymour by 7-4 decision.
The Tigers only dropped two matches on the day. Lehigh picked up match wins at 157 and 285 pounds. The freshman duo of Rocky Elam and Keegan O'Toole continued their strong seasons, picking up their fifth and seventh bonus-point victories, respectively.
Top Tigers
- Surtin finished the duals tournament a perfect 3-0 with a technical fall and two top-15 victories. He is 3-1 against ranked opponents this season.
- O'Toole remained perfect, logging his team-leading seventh bonus-point victory in the 13-4 contest against Lehigh.
- Brown picked up his first win of the 2021-22 season after beginning the duals tournament 0-2 Monday.
Hear from Coach
On the dual…
"We won a lot of positions, that we were losing against N.C. State," head coach Brian Smith said. "We did a lot of smart things on the edge of the match. We got another big win at [125]. Allan Hart wrestled a really smart match and got a big win for us. It was a good bounce back match for Rocky [Elam], to come back and dominate a guy."
On Noah Surtin's tournament…
"He's going out and wrestling hard and at a high pace," Smith said. "He's trying to score point. If he gives up a takedown, he's getting right out and going back on the attack. It's the way he practices; he practices at a high level and it's paying off for him now."
Up Next
Missouri will ring in the new year at the Southern Scuffle, presented by Compound Sportswear, Jan. 1-2 in Chattanooga, Tenn. The tournament will be streamed on FloWrestling.
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Results*
No. 10 Missouri, 26, No. 17 Lehigh, 9
125 | (15) Noah Surtin def. (11) Jaret Lane by 10-4 decision
133 | Connor Brown over Sheldon Seymour by 7-4 decision
141 | (14) Allan Hart over Connor McGonagle by 8-3 decision
149 | (18) Josh Edmond over (30) Manzona Bryant by 6-4 SV-1
157 | (10) Josh Humphreys over (15) Jarrett Jacques by fall (3:31)
165 | (3) Keegan O'Toole over (27) Brian Meyer by 13-5 major decision
174 | (14) Peyton Mocco over Jake Logan by 6-4 decision
184 | (11) Jeremiah Kent over AJ Burkhart by 6-2 decision
197 | (4) Rocky Elam over JT Davis by 12-3 major decision
285 | (8) Jordan Wood over (16) Zach Elam by 2-1 decision
*InterMat rankings
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