NASHVILLE - No. 16 University of Missouri wrestling went 1-2 on the day at Journeymen Collegiate Duals in Nashville, Tennessee, on Sunday, Dec. 22. The Tigers picked up a win over Binghamton and collected losses in ranked matchups against No. 20 Little Rock and No. 1 Penn State.

Mizzou picked up wins in 11 out of the 30 contested matches throughout the day. The Tigers' performance was headlined by a marquee victory for Keegan O'Toole over Penn State's Levi Haines, 4-1.

Match One: No. 20 Little Rock 
The Tigers dropped their first dual of the day to Little Rock by a score of 24-19. Mizzou claimed five out of 10 matches, and picked up bonus points in two of their victories.

Freshman Gage Walker opened the dual with an impressive technical fall over Little Rock's Tyson Roach to give the Tigers an early lead. 141-pounder Josh Edmond picked up a takedown and back points in sudden victory to collect his seventh victory of the season. The Trojans picked up 3 victories to lead 12-8 at the halfway point.

Keegan O'Toole returned to the mat with a ranked win by technical fall to get the Tigers back on the board. Returning National qualifier, Colton Hawks picked up the second consecutive ranked win for the Tigers by knocking off Brock DelSignore of Little Rock. Heavyweight Jarrett Stoner ended the dual on a high note. The Texas native picked up a big third-period takedown to clinch his victory.

Match Notes

• The Tiger's all-time record against Little Rock moves to 0-0-1 after their first meeting.
• Walker's bonus point victory at 125 pounds marked his second career victory over Tyson Roach, with the first coming at the Tiger Style Invite in November.
• Kade Moore, at 133 pounds fell to 0-2 in his career against Nasir Bailey in a matchup of returning National qualifiers.
• O'Toole's technical fall was his fourth-ranked victory of the season and continued his streak of a bonus point victory in every match this year.
• Stoner grabbed his first career dual victory in his first career start with a 7-4 decision. The victory was also Stoner's second over Miley on the season.

Match Two: Binghamton
Mizzou returned to the win column with a 19-15 dual win over Binghamton. The Tigers won five out of 10 matches in the dual, with the difference coming in bonus points across three of those victories.

At 125 pounds, Walker picked up an upset over Binghamton's 33rd-ranked Carson Wagner. Edmond kept the momentum going at 141 pounds, claiming his first bonus point victory of the day with a major decision. Redshirt sophomore James Conway closed out the first half of the dual with a strong technical fall to give the Tigers a six-point lead.

Recent MU graduate Joel Mylin made his dual debut, filling in at 165 pounds. O'Toole continued his hot streak to start the season, picking up yet another major decision victory. At 184 pounds, Hawks kept the ball rolling with a ranked win to put more points on the board.

Match Notes

• Mizzou moves to 3-0-0 all-time against Binghamton with the victory. The Tigers and Bearcats last matched up in 2021 at the Collegiate Duals.
• Walker claimed the second upset win of his freshman season, with the first coming over UNI's 31st-ranked Kyle Gollhofer.
• Edmond's major decision was his third bonus point victory of the season, joining his two previous technical falls.
• O'Toole and Hawks at 174 and 184, respectively, claimed their second-ranked wins on the day against Binghamton.

Match Three: No. 1 Penn State
In the final dual of the night, the Tigers dropped a tough 41-3 loss to the returning National Champions and No. 1-ranked Penn State. The Nittany Lions brought in a victory in nine out of 10 matches and scored seven bonus point victories. Mizzou brought home a big victory at 174 between national title contenders.

Walker looked impressive to start off the dual before dropping a close decision between highly touted freshmen at 125 pounds. Redshirt junior Josh Edmond battled hard, taking a returning national finalist to sudden victory, when he gave up the go ahead takedown.

Two-time national champion Keegan O'Toole picked up a sudden-victory win in the match of the night. An overtime scramble led to his victory over 2024 157-pound National Champion Levi Haines of Penn State. The win marked the Tigers first of the dual. Hawks held his own at 184 pounds against four-time national champion Carter Starocci, eventually dropping the match. 

The dual featured an extra match at the end between Mizzou's Luqman Masud and Penn State's Kurt McHenry. McHenry brought home a victory in the exhibition bout.

Match Notes

• The loss bumps the Tigers overall record against Penn State to 2-4-1
• Walker ranked fourth in the final High School rankings of 2023-24 at 126 pounds, while Penn State's Luke Lilledahl ranked first.
• In his match at 141 pounds, Edmond tallied his third overtime match of the season and his fourth match against a past NCAA All-American.
• O'Toole and Haines' matchup at 174 pounds saw two national champions toe the line. O'Toole claimed two national titles in 2022 and 2023 at 165 pounds, and Haines claimed his at 157 pounds in 2024.
• Haines and O'Toole previously battled it out at the 2024 World Team Trials, where Haines came out on top in Freestyle competition.
• Masud collected his first dual action of his career in his exhibition bout against McHenry.

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Full List of Results

No. 16 Missouri 19, No. 20 Little Rock 24

125 | Gage Walker (MIZ) over Tyson Roach (Little Rock) by technical fall, 17-2 (6:31)

133 | (5) Nasir Bailey (Little Rock) over Kade Moore (MIZ) by major decision, 11-2

141 | (16) Josh Edmond (MIZ) over Jayden Gomez (Little Rock) by decision, 8-1 SV1

149 | (16) Jordan Williams over Zeke Seltzer (MIZ) (Little Rock) by technical fall, 20-5 (7:00)

157 | (20) Matt Bianchi (Little Rock) over (32) James Conway (MIZ) by decision, 5-2

165 | (21) Joey Bianchi (Little Rock) over (19) Cam Steed (MIZ) by injury default, (1:29)

174 | (1) Keegan O'Toole (MIZ) over (33) Tyler Brennan (Little Rock) by technical fall, 19-3 (7:00)

184 | (10) Colton Hawks (MIZ) over (16) Brock DelSignore (Little Rock) by decision, 7-3

197 | (5) Stephen Little (Little Rock) over Jesse Cassatt (MIZ) by fall, (1:18)

285 | Jarrett Stoner (MIZ) over Keith Miley (Little Rock) by decision, 7-4

Rankings per InterMat

No. 16 Missouri 19, Binghamton 15

125 | Gage Walker (MIZ) over (33) Carson Wagner (Binghamton) by decision, 8-2

133 | Micah Roes (Binghamton) over Kade Moore (MIZ) by decision, 7-4

141 | (16) Josh Edmond (MIZ) over Nate Lucier (Binghamton) by major decision, 11-3

149 | Ivan Garcia (Binghamton) over Zeke Seltzer (MIZ) by decision, 9-5

157 | (32) James Conway (MIZ) over Jordan Brown (Binghamton) by technical fall, 19-4 (7:00)

165 | Carter Baer (Binghamton) over Joel Mylin (MIZ) by decision, 8-2

174 | (1) Keegan O'Toole (MIZ) over (12) Brevin Cassella (Binghamton) by major decision, 21-8

184 | (10) Colton Hawks (MIZ) over (23) Will Ebert (Binghamton) by decision, 3-1

197 | Cayden Bevis (Binghamton) over Jesse Cassatt (MIZ) by decision, 4-1

285 | (17) Cory Day (Binghamton) over Jarrett Stoner (MIZ) by decision, 11-6

Rankings per InterMat

No. 16 Missouri 3, No. 1 Penn State 41

125 | (12) Luke Lilledahl (PSU) over Gage Walker (MIZ) by decision, 5-4

133 | (10) Braeden Davis (PSU) over Kade Moore (MIZ) by major decision, 14-3

141 | (3) Beau Bartlett (PSU) over (16) Josh Edmond (MIZ) by decision, 4-1 SV1

149 | (2) Shayne Van Ness (PSU) over Zeke Seltzer (MIZ) by fall, (1:57)

157 | (4) Tyler Kasak (PSU) over (32) James Conway (MIZ) by major decision, 11-3

165 | (1) Mitchell Messenbrink (PSU) over Open (MIZ) by forfeit

174 | (1) Keegan O'Toole (MIZ) over (2) Levi Haines (PSU) by decision, 4-1 SV1

184 | (1) Carter Starocci (PSU) over (10) Colton Hawks (MIZ) by major decision, 10-1

197 | (7) Josh Barr (PSU) over Jesse Cassatt (MIZ) by fall, (1:45)

285 | (2) Greg Kerkvliet (PSU) over Jarrett Stoner (MIZ) by technical fall, 15-0 (5:57)

*125 | Kurt McHenry (PSU) over Luqman Masud (MIZ) by technical fall, 18-1 (5:43)

Rankings per InterMat

*Exhibition match not included in final dual result