"The team wrestled well today," Missouri Head Coach Brian Smith said. "They had a long 24 hours of traveling and competing and I was pleased to see them come out and perform as well as they did today. Raymond wrestled tough in his matches. It was good for him to get his 100th win right off the bat. He's looking really good right now."
Jordan becomes Missouri's first grappler since Matt Pell to enter the century club. Pell won his 100th career match as a senior in 2007.
Wrestling at 174 pounds, Jordan recorded his 100th career victory by way of fall, pinning Fullerton's Todd Noel in 1:56. All three of Jordan's wins on the day came by fall, the second against Jason Points of Cal State Bakersfield in 2:50 and the final against Ryan Des Roches of Cal Poly in two minutes even. Jordan currently sits at 14-0 on the season and has won five of his matches by fall and one by technical fall.
In all, the Tigers racked up 24 wins including 13 bonus point victories. Ranked 17th in the latest InterMat poll, senior 141 pound starter Marcus Hoehn (Farmington, Mo.) added three wins to his name, improving to 13-2 on the year. Hoehn was one of nine Tiger grapplers to take on a ranked opponent and topped #20 Flip Novachkov of Cal Poly, 8-3, in his final match of the day.
Redshirt freshman Dorian Henderson (Columbus, Ga.) pulled off the upset in Missouri's dual against Cal State Fullerton, besting 16th-ranked Tim Hawkins, 4-2, at 184 pounds. Henderson was one of six Missouri wrestlers to finish the all-day event with a spotless 3-0 mark.
In a heavyweight battle the featured third-ranked Mark Ellis (Peculiar, Mo.) and fourth-ranked Mitch Monteiro of Cal State Bakersfield, Missouri's Ellis proved dominant earning a 2-1 victory to seal the Tiger's 25-14 win over Bakersfield. Ellis blanked his first opponent, Kurt Klimek of Cal State Fullerton, 9-0 before holding off Monteiro, 2-1. In his final appearance, Ellis pinned Kelan Bragg of Cal Poly in 2:50. The stick was Ellis' ninth of his junior campaign.
Up next for Missouri, Smith and the Tigers will travel North to Oregon State and take on the Beavers in a 4 p.m. (CT) dual Sunday, Dec. 14, set in Corvallis, Ore.
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