Missouri Suffers Loss to No. 2 Iowa, Falls to Consolation Bracket of National Duals

Raymond Jordan and Maxwell Askren Come Up With Tiger Wins Jan. 12, 2008

Cedar Falls, Iowa -Coming off of a morning win against No. 15 Indiana, the eighth-ranked Tiger wrestling team (6-1) paired with No. 2 Iowa, and suffered its first loss of the season, 27-9, to fall to the consolation bracket of the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA)/Cliff Keen National Duals in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Held to only two wins, Missouri will take on eighth-seeded Northwestern beginning at 5 p.m. (CT).

Saving Missouri from its first shutout in nine years, fifth-ranked junior Raymond Jordan (New Bern, N.C.) held off No. 11 Phillip Keddy, 3-2, at 184 pounds to give the Tigers their first three points of the afternoon. Scoreless through the first period, Keddy escaped four seconds into the second period taking the 1-0 advantage into the start of the third. Jordan escaped 10 seconds into the third after choosing down and took down Keddy with 47 seconds remaining in the match. Although Keddy was able to escape, he was unable to score on Jordan, who now stands at 16-1 on the season.

Sophomore Maxwell Askren (Hartland, Wis.) tacked an additional six points to Missouri's team score, pinning Rick Loera in 3:34. Entering the second period with an 8-0 lead, Askren chose down to the start the second and escaped, taking Loera down three seconds after escaping and pinning the Hawkeye 21 seconds later.

Fourth-ranked sophomore Nicholas Marable (Collierville, Tenn.) became the first Tiger to score first in his bout doing so against second-ranked All-American Mark Perry at 165 pounds. Recording a takedown 31 seconds into the first period, Marable held Perry to only two escapes in the bout and the wrestlers went into overtime, Missouri's first overtime match of the day. Scoreless through the first one minute overtime period, Marable chose down for the 30 second period and was outridden by Perry. Marable, who chose a freestyle start for the second 30-second period, allowed Perry the escape in an attempt to score a takedown. Unable to capitalize on the edge of the mat, Perry came out on top, 3-2.

Missouri last met with Northwestern in the 2007 National Duals, winning the meeting 33-8. Missouri and Northwestern are tied 1-1 in the all-time series.

Wt. Wrestler vs. Wrestler: Result MU Iowa
125 No. 5 Charlie Falck (Iowa) major dec.No. 9 Tony Pescaglia (MU): 19-7 0 4
133 No.2 Joey Slaton (Iowa) decision No. 7 Tyler McCormick (MU): 7-2 0 7
141 No. 11 Dan LeClere (Iowa) decision Marcus Hoehn (MU): 10-4 0 10
149 No. 1 Brent Metcalf (Iowa) major dec. No. 12 Josh Wagner (MU): 12-4 0 14
157 No. 17 Ryan Morningstar (Iowa) dec. No. 12 Michael Chandler (MU): 5-4 0 17
165 No. 2 Mark Perry (Iowa) dec. No. 4 Nicholas Marable (MU): 3-2 (OT) 0 20
174 No. 11 Jay Borschel (Iowa) major dec. Brock Wittmeyer (MU): 13-2 0 24
184 No. 5 Raymond Jordan (MU) dec. No. 11 Phillip Keddy (Iowa): 3-2 3 24
197 No. 6 Maxwell Askren (MU) fall Rick Loera (Iowa): 3:34 9 24
HWT No. 6 Matt Fields (Iowa) dec. No. 12 Mark Ellis (MU): 5-4 9 27