Mizzou (13-0) handed the Big Red (6-1) their first loss of the 2014-15 season after producing wins in seven of the 10 matches. Three of those wins came in convincing fashion, as redshirt sophomore Lavion Mayes, redshirt senior Drake Houdashelt and sophomore J'den Cox all picked up major decisions over their opponents.
The Tigers received an edge before the dual officially started, as redshirt senior Alan Waters was awarded a forfeit victory at 125 pounds. Cornell's usual 125 pound competitor, No. 3 Nahshon Garrett, bumped up to 133 pounds for Saturday's contest.
In his third dual start of the season, redshirt sophomore Zach Synon tallied his best win of the year and defeated Garrett by 6-2 decision. The strong start continued for Mizzou at 141 and 149 pounds, as Mayes and Houdashelt tallied respective 11-1 and 10-0 major decisions.
After Cornell produced their first wins of the afternoon at 157 and 165 pounds, the Tigers responded with victories in three of the last four matches. At 174 pounds, redshirt senior Johnny Eblen cruised to a 7-0 decision. After dropping the 184 pound matchup, Cox and redshirt senior Devin Mellon closed out the dual with a 11-0 major decision and 7-3 decision, respectively.
Mizzou returns to the friendly confines of Columbia, Mo. for their next five duals. Next weekend marks a pair of matchups as Central Michigan visits the Hearnes Center on Saturday, Jan. 17 with North Carolina State following on Sunday, Jan. 18.
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Results:
125: No. 1 Alan Waters (Mizzou) over (Cornell) via Forfeit
133: Zach Synon (Mizzou) over No. 3 Nahshon Garrett (Cornell) via 6-2 decision
141: No. 5 Lavion Mayes (Mizzou) over Ryan Dunphy (Cornell) via 11-1 major decision
149: No. 3 Drake Houdashelt (Mizzou) over Taylor Simaz (Cornell) via 10-0 major decision
157: No. 9 Brian Realbuto (Cornell) over No. 10 Joey Lavallee (Mizzou) via 6-4 decision
165: No. 11 Dylan Palacio (Cornell) over Mikey England (Mizzou) by 9-4 decision
174: No. 6 Johnny Eblen (Mizzou) over Jesse Shanaman (Cornell) by 7-0 decision
184: No. 1 Gabe Dean (Cornell) over No. 11 Willie Miklus (Mizzou) by 4-2 decision
197: No. 1 J'den Cox (Mizzou) over No. 18 Jace Bennett (Cornell) by 11-0 major decision
HWT: No. 10 Devin Mellon (Mizzou) over Jacob Aiken-Phillips (Cornell) by 7-3 decision
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