Missouri Leads Big 12 Championship After Day One

Saturday, March 5

University of Missouri

Session II

3/5/2022 10:21:00 PM | Wrestling

All ten Tigers’ starters will wrestle on Sunday

TULSA, Okla. – The University of Missouri wrestling team will enter Sunday's final two sessions in first place after a strong Saturday outing at the Big 12 Championships in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The team racked up 109.5 points in the first and second sessions.

In session 2, Mizzou qualified four wrestlers for Sunday's championship matches while every starter won at least one match in the consolation bracket to advance to session 3 on Sunday afternoon.

At 141 pounds, junior Allan Hart was the Tigers' first semifinal winner, knocking off eighth-seeded Dylan Droegemueller in a 14-1 major decision. He will have a rematch against Northern Colorado's Andrew Alirez in the finals Sunday evening.

Freshman Keegan O'Toole continued his stellar season at 165 pounds, picking up two wins including beating fifth-seeded Luke Weber by 12-3 major decision to punch his ticket to the championship. He will wrestle second-seeded Peyton Hall in a rematch of the 2022 Southern Scuffle championship.

174-pounder Peyton Mocco also advanced into the final after knocking off the second and third seeds. In his semifinal match against South Dakota State's Cade DeVos, the redshirt sophomore rode out the second period and used an escape and riding time to edge out the second-seeded wrestler.

Missouri's final wrestler to qualify for the championship round was redshirt sophomore Jeremiah Kent at 184 pounds. He upset third-seeded Tate Samuelson and second-seeded Marcus Coleman to advance into Sunday evening's finale.

In the consolation bracket, freshmen Josh Edmond (149 pounds) and Rocky Elam (197 pounds), redshirt sophomore Zach Elam (285 pounds) and junior Jarrett Jacques (157 pounds) all picked up two wins to guarantee at worst sixth-place finishes Sunday afternoon. Redshirt freshman Noah Surtin (125 pounds) and redshirt junior Connor Brown (133 pounds) will wrestle in the seventh-place match Sunday.

Sunday's action will kick off with session 3 at noon CT and will stream live on ESPN+. Session 4 is set to begin 5 p.m. CT on ESPN2.

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MISSOURI RESULTS (Through Session I)

125 – Noah Surtin (#5 Seed), 0-1

#4 Trevor Mastrogiovanni (OSU) over #5 Noah Surtin (MIZ) by 4-2 dec.

#5 Noah Surtin (MIZ) over Jared Van Vleef (AFA) by 6-3 dec.

#7 Jace Koezler (UNC) over #5 Noah Surtin (MIZ) by 2-1 dec.

133 – Connor Brown (Unseeded), 1-1

Connor Brown (MIZ) over #3 Gabriel Tagg (SDSU) by 6-4 dec.

#6 Haiden Drury (UVU) over Connor Brown by 6-2 dec.

Connor Brown (MIZ) over #4 Kellyn March (NDSU) by 11-9 SV-1

#7 Anthony Madrigal (OU) over Connor Brown by 4-3 dec.

141 – Allan Hart (# 4 Seed), 1-0

#4 Allan Hart (MIZ) over Ty Smith (UVU) by 9-2 dec.