No. 3 Mizzou wrestling beats No. 5 Oklahoma State on the road
The No. 3 Mizzou wrestling team defeated No. 5 Oklahoma State 21-19 on the road on Saturday night. The Tigers are now 16-0 with just three duals left in the regular season.
MU went down 9-0 after the first two matches, but No. 2 Jaydin Eierman turned things around for the Tigers at 141. The former Tolton star pinned No. 5 Dean Heil in the 2nd period. Eierman is now 22-1 on the season.
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Mizzou’s Grant Leeth (149), Joey Lavallee (157) , Daniel Lewis (174), Canten Marriott (184) and Willie Miklus (197) also got victories on Saturday.
After the match, head coach Brian Smith tweeted out this:
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Mizzou is back in action on Friday on the road against Northern Illinois. The dual starts at 7 p.m.
