With the win, Mizzou improves to 8-0 on the season and 2-0 in conference duals. In Mizzou's eight wins in dual competition this season, it has outscored the opposition, 298-52. The 8-0 start is the eighth time Mizzou has begun its season with eight victories under head coach Brian Smith, and the ninth 8-0 start overall in program history.
NOTABLE TIGERS
Three Tigers, redshirt junior 174-pounder Daniel Lewis (Blue Springs, Mo.), redshirt freshman 184-pounder Canten Marriott (Excelsior Springs, Mo.) and redshirt senior 197-pounder Willie Miklus (Altoona, Iowa), scored falls in the dual, while redshirt sophomore 165-pounder Connor Flynn (Dardenne Prairie, Mo.) scored a technical fall and redshirt senior 157-pounder Joey Lavallee (Reno, Nev.) earned a major decision.
Lewis need just 55 seconds to pin against Austin Reese, as the two-time All-American quickly got the Ohio wrestler to the ground with a takedown 18 seconds into the match, and then recorded the fall soon after. The pin was Lewis' team-leading seventh of the season, and 26th of his career. The Tiger junior now needs just one more fall to enter the top-10 list for career falls in program history.
Marriott showed resiliency to score his six points, as the Tiger freshman gave up the first two takedowns in the match, but fought back to take the lead in the third period and, and then put Dontae McGee on his back for the first fall of his career.
At 197 pounds, Miklus led 13-1 over Aaron Naples in the third period when he pinned the Ohio wrestler for his fourth fall of the season and the 26th of his career. Like Lewis, Miklus is now just one pin away from joining the top-10 for career falls in program history.
At 133 pounds, redshirt junior 133-pounder John Erneste (Kansas City, Mo.) posted his fourth win over a ranked opponent this season, defeating No. 14-ranked Cameron Kelly, 9-6. With the victory, Erneste improves to 11-1 on the season and 7-1 in duals, with all four of his ranked wins coming against top-15 ranked wrestlers.
QUOTABLES
Mizzou Head Coach Brian Smith
On the long grind of the wrestling season…
"That's the great thing about these long season's that college wrestling gives to you – you can find a way to get better. You go through duals where we are winning, and we are winning big, and you think 'Oh, we're really good.' But, we don't know if we're really good. We're really good against this competition, but when we face up against teams that will be out at Reno, and other top level teams in the country – that's when you really find out what you're about."
On what the 8-0 start means to the team…
"Nothing. We've just got to keep getting better. We want to win everything we go to – that's important – but I want to see us keep getting better. We have things to work on and to keep getting better and we have to. I won't let the team be content."
Mizzou redshirt senior 197-pounder Willie Miklus
On if conference duals bring any extra weight of competitiveness
"No. Every single match I want to pin the guy, so that strategy never really changes. Sometimes it doesn't happen, but every conference match is important and every nonconference match is important. They're all important."
UP NEXT
Mizzou will next head out west to Lavallee's hometown, Reno, Nev., for the Reno Tournament of Champions on Saturday, Nov. 17. The tournament is slated to begin at 11 a.m. (CT)/9 a.m. (PT), and a live stream of the event will be available on FloWrestling for a fee.
For all the latest on Mizzou Wrestling, stay tuned to MUTigers.com and follow the team on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram (MizzouWrestling).
Results:
125: No. 17 Barlow McGhee (MIZ) dec. Trevor Giallambardo (OHIO): 9-3 | MIZ 3, OHIO 0
133: No. 7 John Erneste (MIZ) dec. No. 14 Cameron Kelly (OHIO): 9-6 | MIZ 6, OHIO 0
141: Alec Hagen (OHIO) dec. Nick Nasenbeny (MIZ): 3-1 | MIZ 6, OHIO 3
149: No. 12 Grant Leeth (MIZ) dec. Kade Kowalski (OHIO): 6-4 | MIZ 9, OHIO 3
157: No. 2 Joey Lavallee (MIZ) major dec. Cullen Cummings (OHIO): 14-4 | MIZ 13, OHIO 3
165: Connor Flynn (MIZ) tech. fall Nick Vestal (OHIO): 20-2 (5:00) | MIZ 18, OHIO 3
174: No. 4 Daniel Lewis (MIZ) fall Austin Reese (OHIO): 0:55 | MIZ 24, OHIO 3
184: Canten Marriott (MIZ) fall Dontae McGee (OHIO): 6:08 | MIZ 30, OHIO 3
197: No. 2 Willie Miklus (MIZ) fall Aaron Naples (OHIO): 5:23 | MIZ 36, OHIO 3
HWT: Zack Parker (OHIO) SV-1 Austin Myers (MIZ): 3-1 | MIZ 36, OHIO 3
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