No. 18 Wrestling Set for Homestand Against No. 5 Oklahoma State and Northern Colorado

Friday, January 23

Columbia, Mo.

6:30 p.m.

Missouri

Oklahoma State

No. 18 Wrestling Set for Homestand Against No. 5 Oklahoma State and Northern Colorado

1/22/2026 12:36:00 PM | Wrestling

#18 Missouri (8-6-0, 2-1 Big 12) vs. #5 Oklahoma State (9-1-1, 4-0 Big 12) and Northern Colorado (2-4-0, 1-1 Big 12)
Match Details - ASU	Friday, Jan. 23 • 6:30 p.m. • Columbia, Mo. • Hearnes Center
Match Coverage	ESPN+
Match Details - UVU	Sunday, Jan. 25 • 1 p.m. • Columbia, Mo. • Hearnes Center
Match Coverage	ESPN+
Match Notes	Missouri \| Oklahoma State \| Northern Colorado
Social Media	Twitter: @MizzouWrestling \| Instagram: @MizzouWrestling

Mizzou wrestling returns home to Hearnes Center to welcome No. 5 Oklahoma State on Friday, Jan. 23, and Northern Colorado on Sunday, Jan. 25. The duals will be streamed on ESPN+ starting at 6:30 p.m. CT and 1 p.m. CT, respectively.

LAST TIME OUT

The Tigers had a successful western roadtrip, defeating Arizona State, 22-7, and Utah Valley, 33-9.
Cam Steed and Aeoden Sinclair had back-to-back pins against the Sun Devils at 174 and 184, respectively, for 12 team points.
Evan Bates (197) and Mack Mauger (125) added decision wins, while Josh Edmond (149) got the major decision to seal the dual for the team.
In the match against Utah Valley, Missouri won seven of 10 matches, including a pin, three technical falls and a major decision.
Sinclair (184) earned his team-leading eighth tech of the season.
Redshirt junior J Conway secured a first-period pin against the Wolverines while filling in at 165 pounds.

TRIPLE THREAT

With the return of reshirt junior Cam Steed at 174 pounds to the starting lineup, Missouri is back with its triple threat guantlet from 174 to 197.
Steed snagged a first-period fall against the Sun Devils in his first match back, followed by another pin by Aeoden Sinclair (184) and a tough decision win by Evan Bates (197).
The trio followed that performance with a technical fall, technical fall, major decision at Utah Valley.
Mizzou's triple threat is ranked No. 10, No. 2 and No. 12, respectively, at their weights by InterMat.
Additionally, they are a combined 45-9 this season with 33 bonus-point wins, 12 of which have some via fall.

PACING THE PACK

Redshirt freshman Aeoden Sinclair leads the team with 20 wins, followed closely by redshirt senior Evan Bates with 19.
Sinclair tops the team with 12 bonus-point wins and six pins.
The third-ranked 184-pounder also leads the team with 87 takedowns this season, followed by redshirting freshman Seth Mendoza (53) and Evan Bates (51).

MAUGER MODE

125-pound redshirt freshman Mack Mauger is gaining momentum after becoming Missouri's first Soldier Salute Champion (Jan. 3-4) and upsetting No. 13 Kysen Terulina (North Carolina).
Mauger, a Blackfoot, Idaho, native, most recently went 2-0 on the Tigers' western roadtrip, including an 8-2 decision over No. 30 Bridger Ricks at Utah Valley, just three hours from his hometown.
The redshirt freshman moves to 17-8 with seven bonus-point wins and is ranked No. 24 at 125 pounds by InterMat.

SIGNED, SEALED, SINCLAIR

Continuing to dominate, redshirt freshman Aeoden Sinclair has earned a technical fall or pin in eight straight matches.
Sinclair teched his way to a Soldier Salute title (Jan. 3-4) before going 2-0 at Arizona State and Utah Valley with a first-period fall and tech, respectively.
The third-ranked 184-pounder leads the team with 20 wins to just one loss, and has an 78-1 takedown ratio this season to average 3.7 takedowns per match.
Moreover, the redshirt freshman's 78 takedowns lead all NCAA wrestlers this season per TrackWrestling.

FULL STEED AHEAD

Tiger Style has been bolstered by the return of NCAA All-American Cam Steed to the lineup at 174 pounds.
Steed has been out due to injury since National Duals on Nov. 16.
The redshirt junior returned to action with a pin and technical fall (17-2) at Arizona State and Utah Valley, respectively.
Despite a tough 6-4 start to the season, Steed is ranked 10th among 174's by InterMat with four of his wins coming with bonus points.

HEARNES IS HOME

Teague Travis, a redshirt senior transfer from Oklahoma State, returned home to Columbia and will make his Hearnes Center debut against his former team on Friday, Jan. 23.
Travis finished second at 157 pounds at Soldier Salute, Jan. 3-4, in his first contest donning the Black and Gold and holds a 4-2 record in countable matches this season.
The two-time NCAA qualifier was ranked at No. 15 at 157 by InterMat following the tournament.
The four-time Missouri State Champion has ties to Tiger Style as well, with Travis' father, Brooks Travis and uncle Corey Hodapp wrestled at Mizzou.

DEDICATED TO DEVELOPMENT

True freshman Seth Mendoza has been making a name for himself during his redshirt season, teching his way to the Soldier Salute final at 149 pounds, including a 17-2 win over No. 30 Gabe Willochell (Wyoming) in 2:27 during the semifinals, and topped the podium at Cyclone Open, Jan. 19.
Mendoza has defeated four-ranked wrestlers this season and has totaled seven bonus-point wins, but holds a 6-4 record of countable matches.
Additionally, true freshman David Gleason made the finals of the Cyclone Open (Jan. 19) and placed seventh at Solder Salute (Jan. 3-4).

LAST TIME VS. OKLAHOMA STATE

Missouri dropped a tough 36-3 match last season in Stillwater, Oklahoma, on February 2, 2025.
The sole win for the Tigers came from Josh Edmond, defeating Kolter Burton 11-4 at 141 pounds.
The dual served as the first of three meetings between No. 6 Cam Amine and No. 15 Cam Steed last season, with Steed dropping a close 2-1 decision.

THE SERIES: TIGERS - COWBOYS

The match between Missouri and Oklahoma State will serve as the 57th meeting between the two wrestling programs.
OSU holds a commanding 47-8-1 record against Mizzou; all eight wins for the Tigers have come under head coach Brian Smith.
The last win for the Black and Gold over the Cowboys came during the 2021-22 season, 21-20.

LAST TIME VS. NORTHERN COLORADO

Last season, Missouri began the season at Northern Colorado, securing a 25-14 win on November 2, 2024.
The Tigers won six of 10 matches, including closing out the dual with a Cam Steed pin (165), Keegan O'Toole technical fall (174) and Colton Hawks major decision (9-1).
Four wrestlers made their Mizzou dual debuts, with Aeoden Sinclair at 197, Seth Nitzel at 285, Gage Walker at 125, and Steed at 165.

THE SERIES: TIGERS - BEARS

Missouri is 3-0-0 all-time against Northern Colorado.
Head coach Brian Smith is 2-0-0 against the Bears during his Mizzou tenure.
Additionally, the first dual between the two programs took place during the 1977-78 season before not meeting again until 2021-22.

MOST WINS (Active, 50+)

Max Mayfield (75), Josh Edmond (76), Evan Bates (71) and Luqman Masud (67).

ON THE HORIZON
Missouri heads back on the road, traveling to Little Rock to take on the Trojans on Saturday, Jan. 31. The action will be streamed on FloWrestling and begins at 6 p.m. CT.

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