Schavrien and Bradley’s victories helped keep the Sooners off the top of the podium and propelled the Tigers ahead of Oklahoma in the team standings. Oklahoma State led all teams with six finalists with five taking first place. Oklahoma had five finalists but no champions, while Missouri had four finalists and two champions.
Schavrien captured his first Big 12 title, beating out top seeded Zach Bailey of Oklahoma by a 3-2 decision. Schavrien took Bailey down in the first and escaped to start the third while only giving up a pair of escapes. The Tiger avenged a 9-6 loss to Bailey back in February in the dual match and becomes just the second Big 12 Champion at 141 pounds for Missouri. Marcus Hoehn accomplished the same feat back in 2009.
Dom Bradley’s takedown in the first period set the pace for the rest of the match, as he allowed only an escape while scoring one of his own to win 3-1. He becomes the first heavyweight Big 12 champion in Missouri history.
Bradley and Gregoris each finished in second place at 149 and 157 pounds, respectively. Bradley fell to No. 1 seed Jamal Parks of Oklahoma State by a 4-0 final. Gregoris was down 3-0 late in the third period to top seed Neil Erisman of OSU. He scored a reversal with 45 seconds left, but couldn’t turn Erisman before time expired.
The Tigers have had at least one Big 12 champion in each of the last six years, and it’s the sixth time in program history that they’ve had multiple Big 12 champions in the same season.
Missouri’s three non-automatic qualifiers will hope to secure a wild card bid and join the other seven Tiger qualifiers at the 2011 NCAA Championships, which takes place in Philadelphia, Pa. from March 17-19.
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