No. 9 Wrestling Heads to Wisconsin for Dual Against No. 14 Northern Iowa

Tuesday, November 26

Hartland, Wis.

7 p.m.

Missouri

Northern Iowa

No. 9 Wrestling Heads to Wisconsin for Dual Against No. 14 Northern Iowa

11/25/2024 8:17:00 AM | Wrestling

The Big 12 matchup will take place at Arrowhead High School in Hartland, Wisconsin

MATCH 4: #9 Missouri (1-2-0) vs. #14 Northern Iowa (1-0-0)
Match Details	Tuesday, Nov. 26 • 7 p.m. • Hartland, Wisconsin • Arrowhead High School
Match Coverage	UFC Fight Pass
Match Notes	Missouri \| Northern Iowa
Social Media	Twitter: @MizzouWrestling \| Instagram: @MizzouWrestling

COLUMBIA, Mo. - University of Missouri wrestling heads to Hartland, Wisconsin, to take on No.14 Northern Iowa in a wrestling dual on Tuesday, Nov. 26. The two teams will compete at Arrowhead High School, alma mater of senior Keegan O'Toole. The action will start at 7 p.m. CT. Fans can stream the event through UFC Fight Pass.

LAST TIME OUT

Last Thursday, Mizzou fell to rival No. 16 Illinois with a 23-14 final, bringing the Tigers record to 1-2 to start the season.
Two true freshmen earned wins in the match. Gage Walker earned his first collegiate dual victory at 125 pounds, a 13-1 major decision, while Aeoden Sinclair earned his first win over a ranked opponent, defeating No. 10 Zac Braunagel 16-10.
Keegan O'Toole defeated another ranked opponent, winning his 174-pound bout by major decision, 16-7.

O'TOOLE'S RETURN

Senior Keegan O'Toole returns home to Arrowhead High School where he won four Wisconsin State Titles, becoming just the eighth wrestler from the state to do so.
O'Toole was a perfect 49-0 his senior year, winning the Junior Dan Hodge trophy and represented Wisconsin as a Dave Schultz High School Excellence award winner.
The senior returns home with a 7-0 record and 100-percent bonus rate in his final collegiate campaign.

EARLY EXPOSURE

Missouri has seen three true freshmen early in their first career starts this season: Logan Cole, Aeoden Sinclair, and Gage Walker.
Cole debuted against Illinois on Nov. 21, taking on No. 9 Edmond Ruth and losing by 10-3 decision.
Starting the season for the Tigers at 197 pounds, Sinclair is 2-1 and coming off an upset win (16-10) of Illinois' No. 10-ranked Zac Braunagel.
Earning his first dual-match win, Walker grabbed a 13-1 major against Illinois and is 4-3 this season.

CLIMBING THE RANKS

The Black and Gold have nine of 10 starters ranked by InterMat, while eight are in the top 10 by FloWrestling.
Keegan O'Toole comes in at No. 2 on FloWrestling's pound-for-pound list.
Furthermore, the team sits at No. 9 in the NWCA Poll and is ranked as high as No. 6 by FloWrestling.

LAST TIME AGAINST NORTHERN IOWA

In their last meeting, The Tigers dropped a road match to Northern Iowa, 31-6, on Friday, Feb. 23.
The match saw a limited lineup for Mizzou, missing seven starters due to injury or illness.
Redshirt sophomores Jeremy Jakowitsch and Ellis Pfleger made their Mizzou dual debuts, wrestling at 165 and 174 pounds, respectively.
No. 22 Josh Edmond earned the upset win over Cael Happel at 141 pounds, while Zach Elam tallied his team-leading 21st win of the season over Tyrell Gordon.

ALL-TIME VS. THE PANTHERS

This match marks the 38th meeting between MU and UNI, with the Panthers holding the tight lead at 21-17 in all-time matches.
The first meeting between the two programs occurred in the 1933-34 season, with Mizzou not earning its first win over Northern Iowa until 1984-85
Additionally, since Brian Smith took over in 1998, the Tigers have been 12-7 against the Panthers.

TRAVELIN' MEN

The Tigers begin the 2024-25 away from home for the entire first semester, not wrestling in Columbia until Jan. 3 against Cornell.
After returning home, Mizzou will host five home matches in January before hitting the road again to Oklahoma and Oklahoma State.
The last time the Black and Gold were not home until January (not including the shortened 2020-21 season) was 1998-99, head coach Brian Smith's first season at the helm.

HOLY HAWKS

Redshirt junior Colton Hawks earned his first Big 12 Wrestler of the Week honor, voted by the league coaches, on Wednesday, Nov. 20.
No. 12 Hawks secured the accolade by defeating No. 5 TJ Stewart Jr. of Virginia Tech, 8-2, on Nov. 15.
The Wentzville, Missouri native remains 5-0 this year with two major decisions and a fall.
This marks the first wrestler to win the award since Keegan O'Toole on Dec. 27, 2023.

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