COLUMBIA, Mo. – No. 10 Mizzou wrestling opened the 2026-27 campaign with three victories at the Missouri Duals on Monday, Nov. 2, in Hearnes Center. Missouri now starts the season 3-0 for the second consecutive year. 

MISSOURI VS. CENTRAL METHODIST, 46-3
Mizzou opened its season with a dominant victory over Central Methodist, earning four wins by fall and three technical fall victories. Cash Cooley registered a pin for the Tigers in his first collegiate match; Hank Benter, Zan Fugitt, and Kollin Rath also recorded falls for the Tigers. 

Mack Mauger, J Conway and Jarrett Stoner added technical fall victories. Freshman Demetri Carrera made his collegiate debut with a major decision to add on to the Tigers’ strong opening match performance.

MISSOURI VS. MARYVILLE, 44-6
Mizzou continued its strong start to the season with a victory over Maryville, earning four wins by fall and four technical fall victories. Easton Hilton, Seth Mendoza and David Gleason all picked up pins for the Tigers in the first period, while No. 3 Cam Steed recorded the quickest fall of the dual, pinning Efosa Osayande in just 32 seconds at 174 pounds.

Adding to the Tigers' dominant performance were technical fall victories from Gage Walker, Danny Heiser, Logan Cole and Luke Geog as Missouri secured its second victory of the night.

MISSOURI VS. CENTRAL MISSOURI, 47-0
Mizzou kept the momentum rolling with a shutout victory over Central Missouri, earning three wins by fall, along with a technical fall and two major decision victories. Mauger, Mendoza, and Steed all registered pins for the Tigers, with Steed besting himself for the night's quickest fall in just 17 seconds.

Adding to the Tigers' bonus-point victories was a technical fall from Stoner and major decisions from Rath and Conway. 

MATCH NOTES

• Mizzou has swept its competition in two straight Missouri Duals after going 3-0 last year with wins over Drury, Central Methodist and Maryville.
• The Tigers have outscored their opponents, 275-9, over the last two years at the Missouri Duals.
• Mizzou’s eight bonus-point wins in the 46-3 win against Central Methodist were the program’s most in a dual since the 41-3 win over Maryville at last season’s Missouri Duals on Nov. 2, 2025.
• Five freshmen made their collegiate debut Monday, including Carrera, Cooley, Craig, Jason Hampton and Rath. The freshmen combined went 4-2 on the day.
• Mizzou transfers Fugitt and Geog competed for the first time in a Tigers uniform, finishing 4-0.
• The Tigers’ 47-0 win over Central Missouri is the program’s largest shutout win since Nov. 2, 2025 at the Missouri Dual against Drury (51-0), and first shutout since a 42-0 handling of Big 12 Conference foe Northern Colorado last January.
• Central Missouri's fifth-year Drew Stanfield formerly competed for the Tigers, going 7-10 across two seasons at 133 and 141 pounds.
• With three wins today, Mizzou Head Coach Brian Smith now accounts for 354 of the Tigers’ all-time wins.
• 20 separate wrestlers represented the Black and Gold across the evening, all combining for a record of 27-3.

UP NEXT
The Tigers will return to Hearnes Center for the Tiger Style Invite on Saturday, Nov. 14. Mizzou will host Purdue, Oregon State, Little Rock, South Dakota State and Morgan State for the fifth edition of the event, now in its second season at Hearnes. Action can be streamed on FloWrestling, with competition starting at 10 a.m.

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FULL RESULTS
No. 10 Missouri, 46 | Central Methodist, 3

125 | [18] Mack Mauger (MIZ) over Riley Bettich (CMU) by tech. fall, 19-4 (6:09)

133 | Hank Benter (MIZ) over Corbin Porter (CMU) by fall (3:53)

141 | [11] Zan Fugitt (MIZ) over Jermarcus Thomas (CMU) by fall, (2:58)

149 | Demetri Carrera (MIZ) over Kyron Zoet (CMU) by maj. dec., 14-2

157 | Kollin Rath (MIZ) over Brayden Forman (CMU) by fall, (4:55)

165 | J Conway (MIZ) over Drake Jenkins (CMU) by tech. fall, 17-2 (4:52)

174 | Roman Garcia (CMU) over Peyton Westpfahl (MIZ) by dec., 3-0 SV1

184 | Kolten Oborny (MIZ) over Griffin Ray (CMU) by dec., 3–0

197 | Cash Cooley (MIZ) over Kaden Cryer (CMU) by fall, (2:59)

285 | [23] Jarrett Stoner (MIZ) over Sam Nam (CMU) by tech. fall, 17-2 (3:20)

 

No. 10 Missouri, 44 | Maryville, 6

125 | Elijah Almarinez (MARY) over Jason Hampton (MIZ) by dec., 12-9

133 | [12] Gage Walker (MIZ) over Yash Amen (MARY) by tech. fall, 18-3 (6:47)

141 | Easton Hilton (MIZ) over Hudson Hackbarth (MARY) by fall, (2:35)

149 | [10] Seth Mendoza (MIZ) over Kade King (MARY) by fall, (1:09)

157 | David Gleason (MIZ) over Keyton King (MARY) by fall, (2:03)

165 | Danny Heiser (MIZ) over Dayne Garcia-Stormer (MARY) by tech. fall, 17-2 (1:29)

174 | [3] Cam Steed (MIZ) over Efosa Osayande (MARY) by fall, (0:32)

184 | Logan Cole (MIZ) over Lyndon Thies (MARY) by tech. fall, 18-2 (4:29)

197 | [10] Luke Geog (MIZ) over Cayden Byrd (MARY) by tech. fall, 17-2 (2:31)

285 | Orest Nazarchuk (MARY) over Trey Craig (MIZ) by dec., 8-3

 

No. 10 Missouri, 47 | Central Missouri, 0

125 | [18] Mack Mauger (MIZ) over Hayden Mills (CMU) by fall, (0:57)

133 | [12] Gage Walker (MIZ) over Drew Stanfield (CMU) by dec., 6-1

141 | [11] Zan Fugitt (MIZ) over James Wright (CMU) by dec., 7-2

149 | [10] Seth Mendoza (MIZ) over Garrett Lyons (CMU) by fall, (1:34)

157 | Kollin Rath (MIZ) over Jack Ferguson (CMU) by maj. dec., 16-4

165 | J Conway (MIZ) over Xerarch Tungjaroenkul (CMU) by maj. dec., 18-5

174 | [3] Cam Steed (MIZ) over Colin McAlister (CMU) by fall, (0:17)

184 | Logan Cole (MIZ) over Tristan Waters (CMU) by dec., 10-3

197 | [10] Luke Geog (MIZ) over Paul Hernandez (CMU) by injury default (1:37)

285 | [23] Jarrett Stoner (MIZ) over Torin Forsyth (CMU) by tech. fall, 16-1 (6:58)

*Rankings via FloWrestling

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