Friday night's win gave the Tigers the best start to a season in program history. Mizzou's 16-0 record to begin the 2014-15 season surpasses the previous record of 15-0 by the 1967-68 Tigers squad.
In all, 2,529 fans came through the turnstiles and witnessed the Tigers historic win. Friday's attendance marked the third largest all-time Mizzou wrestling crowd at the Hearnes Center.
Sophomore J'den Cox remained perfect on the season, shutting out Luke Bean by a 5-0 decision. The win is Cox's 42nd consecutive triumph which stands as the longest individual winning streak in NCAA wrestling.
Redshirt senior Drake Houdashelt tallied the lone bonus points for Mizzou, as he defeated Davey Dolan by 13-4 major decision. Redshirt senior Alan Waters, redshirt sophomore Lavion Mayes and redshirt freshman Willie Miklus all took home impressive wins over ranked Cowboys opponents.
Waters gave Mizzou a quick team lead at 125 pounds after defeating No. 10 Eddie Klimara by 9-8 decision. After dropping the 133 pound contest, Mayes responded nicely for the Tigers with an 8-4 decision win over No. 18 Dean Heil.
Houdashelt followed his teammate's 141 pound victory with his standout major decision at 149 pounds. Sophomore Joey Lavallee was up next at 157 pounds and produced an exciting 3-2 decision over Anthony Collica.
After redshirt senior Johnny Eblen delivered a thrilling win in overtime at 174 pounds, Miklus took home the final ranked win of the night at 184 pounds with his 8-5 decision over No. 15 Nolan Boyd.
Mizzou wraps up their weekend set on Sunday, Jan. 25 against MAC opponent Northern Illinois. The dual is set for a 1 p.m. (CT) start, and can be viewed for free online at MizzouNetwork.com.
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Results:
125: No. 1 Alan Waters (M) over No. 10 Eddie Klimara (OSU) by 9-8 decision
133: Gary Wayne Harding (OSU) over No. 18 Zach Synon (M) by 4-2 decision
141: No. 6 Lavion Mayes (M) over No. 18 Dean Heil (OSU) by 8-4 decision
149: No. 2 Drake Houdashelt (M) over Davey Dolan (OSU) by 13-4 major decision
157: No. 11 Joey Lavallee (M) over Anthony Collica (OSU) by 3-2 decision
165: No. 1 Alex Dieringer (OSU) over Mikey England (M) by 15-3 major decision
174: No. 5 Johnny Eblen (M) over Kyle Crutchmer (OSU) by 4-3 (TB1) decision
184: No. 9 Willie Miklus (M) over No. 15 Nolan Boyd (OSU) by 8-5 decision
197: No. 1 J'den Cox (M) over Luke Bean (OSU) by 5-0 decision
HWT: No. 5 Austin Marsden (OSU) over No. 10 Devin Mellon (M) by 2-1 (TB1) decision
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