COLUMBIA, MO. – No. 15 ranked University of Missouri wrestling drops Big 12 Conference match to No. 10 Northern Iowa in Hartland, Wisconsin, 24-10, on Tuesday, No. 26. The Tigers move to 1-3 on the season while the Panthers are 2-0 this year.

Starting the dual at 125 pounds, freshman Gage Walker earned his second consecutive win to give Missouri the early 3-0 lead. After dropping matches at 133 and 141, redshirt junior Logan Gioffre tied the dual 6-6 with a decision win at 149 pounds. Dropping a match by technical fall, Northern Iowa led at the break 11-6.

Coming out of halftime, Mizzou lost a tight decision at 165 pounds. Senior Keegan O'Toole got the Tigers going with a major decision. The major would not be enough to turn the momentum as Missouri dropped the final three matches of the dual, losing 24-10.

MATCH NOTES

• Missouri drops the 38th meeting between the Tiger and Panthers, moving to 17-22 against Northern Iowa all-time.
• Walker secured the second consecutive win with the decision over Gollhofer. The freshman previously recorded his first dual win against Illinois on Nov. 21.
• O'Toole remains undefeated at 8-0 with the major decision over Fox, claiming a 100 percent bonus rate.

UP NEXT

The Tigers take on the Cougar Clash, hosted by SIUE, on Saturday, Dec. 7. Action inside First Community Arena will begin at 10 a.m. CT. 

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Full Results

149 EXH | Zeke Seltzer over Connor Thorpe 15-5

174 EXH | Ellis Pfleger over Izzy Moreno 3-2

174 EXH | (21) Jared Simma over Jake Stoffel 16-9

285 EXH | Jarrett Stoner over Grant Stromberg 15-0

149 EXH | Colin Realbuto over Zeke Seltzer 15-9

125 | Gage Walker over Kyle Gollhofer by Dec. 4-0

133 | (27) Cory Land over (31) Kade Moore by Dec. 5-2

141 | (6) Cael Happel over (18) Josh Edmond by Dec. 4-2

149 | (23) Logan Gioffre over Adam Allard by Dec. 2-1

157 | (6) Ryder Downey over James Conway by TF 15-0 (4:38)

165 | (30) Jack Thomsen over Joel Mylin by Dec. 4-2

174 | (1) Keegan O'Toole over Nick Fox by MD 14-2

184 | (2) Parker Keckeisen over (10) Colton Hawks by MD 17-4

197 | (16) Wyatt Voelker over Aeoden Sinclair by Dec. 8-5

285 | Lance Runyon over (20) Seth Nitzel by Dec. 7-1