No. 7 Mizzou wrestling drops regular season finale to No. 5 Iowa State
AMES, Iowa (KMIZ)
The No. 7 Mizzou wrestling team ended the regular season on a two-meet losing streak, courtesy of a 41-3 loss to No. 5 Iowa State, on Sunday. MU will head into postseason action 10-4 overall and 6-3 in conference play.
Head coach Brian Smith and company opened up the final weekend of the regular season with a 31-6 loss to No. 16 Northern Iowa, on Friday, Feb. 23. It didn't end up much better with the crushing loss to the Cyclones, however, it's important to note that the Tigers were very shorthanded headed into closing weekend.
Smith released a statement, on Thursday, saying that his group would have a limited lineup for the weekend, due to injury and illness. He said the focus is on getting healthy for the Big 12 Championships, which start on Saturday, March 9 in Oklahoma.
In Sunday's loss to Iowa State, only one Tiger came out on top on their bout. You can find the full its of results below.
- 125 - Iowa State's Ethan Perryman wins by forfeit
- 133 - (7) Evan Frost over Mizzou's Drew Stanfield by technical fall, 19-3
- 141 - (9) Anthony Echemendia over Mizzou's (22) Josh Edmond by decision, 10-9
- 149 - (5) Casey Swiderski over Mizzou's Zeke Seltzer by technical fall, 20-4
- 157 - (12) Cody Chittum over Mizzou's James Conway by decision, 11-4
- 165 - (2) David Carr over Mizzou's Jeremy Jakowitsch by fall
- 174 - (19) MJ Gaitan over Mizzou's Ellis Pfleger by fall
- 184 - Mizzou's Colton Hawks over (7) Will Feldkamp by decision, 12-8
- 197 - Julien Broderson over Mizzou's Jesse Cassatt by decision, 7-2
- 285 - (3) Yonger Bastida over Mizzou's (4) Zach Elam by major decision, 14-4
Up next - Mizzou will return to Columbia to prepare for the Big 12 Championships.
