No. 6 Missouri Wrestling Team Opens Season With Win on Road
Missouri Rocks No. 27 Rider, 34-4 Nov. 9, 2007
Lawrenceville, N.J. -The sixth-ranked Missouri wrestling team opened its 62nd season of competition with a 34-4 win over 27th-ranked Rider in Alumni Gymnasium in Lawrenceville. N.J. Nine Tigers earned wins including first-time starters Tony Pescaglia (Columbia, Mo.) and Emanuel Brooks (Cahokia, Ill.) at 125 and 157 pounds, respectively. Three Tigers helped Missouri with extra point wins including sophomore Mark Ellis (Peculiar, Mo.) who pinned his opponent in 2:18. With the victory, Missouri improves to 33-29 in season openers having won its last five openers dating back to the start of the 2003-04 campaign
Earning his first win of the season, second-ranked senior
Tyler McCormick (Leawood, Kan.) added to Missouri's point total with a 7-3 decision of 16th-ranked Zac Cunliffe. Missouri's returning All-American scored five unanswered points before Cunliffe managed an escape in the third period. Despite Cunliffe's 1:44 of riding time, which he accumulated in the first period, McCormick won the match and is now 71-33 on his career.
The Missouri wrestling team will travel to 13th-ranked Hofstra for a Saturday, Nov. 10 dual beginning at 7 p.m. (CT). The dual can be heard live on WRHU by visiting Missouri's athletic website at
http://www.mutigers.com and clicking on the schedule page of the Tiger wrestling program.
Wt. Wrestler vs. Wrestler
125 Tony Pescaglia (MU) decision Mitch Fenton (RU): 10-4
133 #2 Tyler McCormick (MU) decision #16 Zac Cunliffe (RU): 7-3 141 Marcus Hoehn (MU) decision Fred Rodgers (RU): 6-1
149 #4 Don Fisch (RU) major decision #9 Josh Wagner (MU): 17-9
157 Emanuel Brooks (MU)decision Rob Morrison (RU): 8-4
165 #12 Nicholas Marable (MU) tech. fall Mike Darling (RU): 20-3
174 James Williamson (MU) decision Joe Ferber (RU): 7-2
184 #6 Raymond Jordan (MU) technical fall #9 Doug Umbehauer (RU): 22-7
197 #3 Maxwell Askren (MU)decision #11 TJ Morrison (RU): 7-6
HWT #13 Mark Ellis (MU) fall Peter Reid (RU): 2:18
