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No. 2 Missouri Wrestling Takes First Loss of Season

Competing for the second time on the road this weekend, the Tigers couldn't remain undefeated at No. 14 Cornell

Christopher Walsh

No. 2 Missouri Wrestling Takes First Loss of Season
No. 2 Missouri Wrestling Takes First Loss of Season /

Competing in its second dual-meet of the weekend, the Missouri wrestling team took its first loss of the season when it was upset by Cornell at Leeman-Turner Arena in Ithaca, N.Y., 20-26. 

The Tigers had won at No. 20 West Virginia on Friday, 30-6. The match at No. 14 Cornell was Mizzou's fourth straight meet on the road. 

 The Big Red (7-3, 2-1 EIWA) won six matches. The few highlights for Missouri (8-1, 4-0, Big 12) included No. 1 ranked junior Keegan O'Toole claiming a 13-5 major decision over returning All-American Julian Ramirez, and redshirt senior Zach Elam claiming a victory in the last match of the dual with his 2-1 decision over No. 17 Lewis Fernandes.

Missouri will finally return home to the Hearnes Center for senior night on Feb. 4, when the Tigers host No. 5 Oklahoma State. The dual begins at 1 p.m. CT.

Cornell 20, Missouri 16

  • 125 | (6) Noah Surtin over (12) Brett Ungar by Fall (2:18) 
  • 133 | Vito Arujau over (24) Kade Moore by dec., 10-9 
  •  141 | (12) Vince Cornella over (20) Josh Edmond by dec., 9-6 
  • 149 | (24) Ethan Fernandez over Zeke Seltzer by dec., 4-0 
  •  157 | (9) Meyer Shapiro over (5) Brock Mauller by maj. dec., 14-4 
  • 165 | (1) Keegan O'Toole over (3) Julian Ramirez by maj. dec. 13-5 
  •  174 | (4) Peyton Mooco over Evan Canoyer by dec., 8-2 
  • 184 | (6) Chris Foca over (9) Clayton Whiting by maj. dec. 14-1 
  •  197 | (7) Jacob Cardenas over (3) Rocky Elam by dec., 4-0 
  • 285 | (4) Zach Elam over (17) Lewis Fernandes by dec., 2-1

*Rankings according to NCAA Coaches Poll

This story will be updated

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Christopher Walsh
CHRISTOPHER WALSH

Christopher Walsh is the publisher of MizzouCentral. He's covered college athletics since 2004, and is the author of 26 books. He's an eight-time honoree of Football Writers Association of America awards and three-time winner of the Herby Kirby Memorial Award, the Alabama Sports Writers Association’s highest honor for story of the year. In 2022, he was named one of the 50 Legends of the ASWA. Previous beats include the Green Bay Packers, Arizona Cardinals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, along with Major League Baseball’s Arizona Diamondbacks. Originally from Minnesota and a graduate of the University of New Hampshire, he's also the publisher of BamaCentral and Cowbell Corner in the SI/FanNation network

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