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Tigers Look for 13th Straight Over SIUE Cougars












COLUMBIA, Mo. ? After a fifth-place finish at the highly touted Southern Scuffle last week, No. 7-Mizzou (2-0) returns to dual action Saturday (Jan. 11) with a non-conference showdown versus SIU-Edwardsville in Edwardsville, Ill.


Highlighted by junior Drake Houdashelt's 149-pound title, the Tigers finished in fifth out of 34 programs at the Southern Scuffle in Chattanooga, Tenn., to open up the 2014 calendar year. Mizzou posted 102.5 team points in a very competitive field that included the NCAA's top programs in Penn State, Minnesota and Oklahoma State. Aside from Houdashelt, six more Tigers placed in the top-8 of their respective brackets, most notably true freshman J'den Cox. Cox solidified his status as one of the nation's elite by defeating Penn State's No. 3 Morgan McIntosh twice en route to a third place finish.


SIUE (3-8) has struggled to find wins on the schedule this season. Fresh off a 33-15 loss to Northern Illinois, the Cougars have now dropped four of their last five matchups, including a 36-6 road loss to No. 16 Northwestern.


This year's matchup marks the fourth year in a row that the Tigers and Cougars have met. Mizzou is 3-0 in those matchups while outscoring the Cougars 133-3. Inlast year's matchup, SIUE's Patrick Myers defeated Mizzou's Boomer Boyd at 133 pounds, marking the first time since the 1999-2000 campaign that the Tigers had given up team points against the Cougars. Missouri leads the all-time series with a 20-4 record.


Action will begin at 7:00 p.m. at the Vadalabene Center in Edwardsville, Ill., on January 11. Here are the projected lineups as the Tigers look to improve to 3-0 on the season:


PROJECTED LINEUPS

125 ? Barlow McGhee, Fr. (15-4) OR Zach Synon, RSFr. (27-8) vs. Dakota Leach, Fr.(3-10)

133 ? Matt Manley, RSFr. (18-5) OR Eric Wilson, Sr. (22-6) vs. Patrick Myers, Jr.(8-10)

141 ? Lavion Mayes, RSFr. (19-7) vs. Drew Vrbenec, So. (6-9)

149 ? Blake Pepper, RSFr. (22-8) vs. Karsten Van Velsor, Fr. (5-9)

157 ? Matthew Lemanowicz, RSFr. (13-8) vs. Logun Taylor, Sr. (1-9)

165 ? No. 8 Zach Toal, Sr. (17-3) vs. Connor McMahon, So. (4-5)

174 ? No. 19 Mikey England, Jr. (12-6) vs. Jake Residori, So. (10-8)

184 ? No. 12 Johnny Eblen, Jr. (16-6) vs. Deshoun White, Sr. (6-8)

197 ? No. 7 J'den Cox, Fr. (20-2) vs. Chris Johnson, RSSo. (3-9)

HWT ? Devin Mellon, Jr. (14-7) vs. David Devine, Sr. (8-8)


GAME NOTES

The Tigers are 20-4 all-time versus the Cougars. This will be the fourth year in the row that the two teams have met up, with Mizzou taking the previous three years by a combined score of 133-3.


Redshirt freshman Matthew Lemanowicz is tabbed to get the first dual start of his collegiate career. Lemanowicz, a Lee Summit, Mo.-native, boasts a 13-8 career record for the Tigers.


Mizzou hasn't lost to SIUE since the 1987-88 season, when the Tigers fell 21-12.


SIUE's head coach Jeremy Spates wrestled at Mizzou from 1999-2004. Spates posted a106-38 career record for the Tigers and became an All-American at 149 pounds with a fifth place finish at the 2004 NCAAs in St. Louis. Spates is the first wrestler coached by Brian Smith to become a collegiate head coach.


Senior Kyle Bradley has been suspended indefinitely from the team for violating Mizzou athletic department policy. Bradley was 14-4 for the Tigers in his senior season, and had recently finished in eighth place at 157 pounds at the Southern Scuffle. He was a two-time NCAA qualifier for the Tigers in 2012 and 2013.


WHAT'S NEXT

Following the showdown with SIUE Cougars, the Tigers will hit the road again for three straight conference duals versus Central Michigan, Northern Iowa, and Northern Illinois, before closing out January in Oklahoma with two top-ten matchups versus No. 4 Oklahoma and No. 5 Oklahoma State.

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Close Matches Highlight SIUE's Meeting With Missouri





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EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. ? Patrick Myers nearly set the tone for the SIUE wrestling team early in the team's 40-0 defeat against seventh-ranked Missouri.

Leach and Myers both lost by a single points at 125 pounds and 133 pounds, respectively.

Missouri's Barlow McGhee recorded a first-period takedown of Leach and won 3-2. Matt Manley, of Missouri, won by the same score against Myers, this time due to a point for riding time.

"It was tough with those two," said SIUE Head Coach Jeremy Spates. "They were both losing at the end. They took a few shots, but if you are losing you have to go after it and find a way to score."

Three more matches were decided by two points or less. Missouri's Mike England defeated David Devine dropped a 3-2 decision to Missouri's David Mellon.

Missouri captured bonus points in four matches, including three falls. J'Den Cox turned in the top performance for the Tigers with a 2 minute, 33 second pin over Chris Johnson.

Spates said he was pleased with several of his wrestlers, and this opportunity to face a nationally-ranked team at home will pay dividends as the Southern Conference home season begins next Sunday with a 2 p.m. match against Chattanooga.

"Wrestling the best teams helps you see where you are at as a team," said Spates.

It also was the first coaching meeting as head coaches between Missouri Head Coach Brian Smith and his former All-American and now SIUE Head Coach Jeremy Spates. While the meeting went Smith's way, Spates said he hopes to make this an annual event.

"I'm trying to take a lot of we did in college and bring it here," said Spates. "Hopefully this will turn into a rivalry here soon since we're two hours apart."

COMPLETE RESULTS

125 Barlow McGhee (Missouri) def. Dakota Leach (SIUE) 3-2

133 Matt Manley (Missouri) def. Patrick Myers (SIUE) 3-2

141 Lavion Mayes (Missouri) def. Drew Vrbenec (SIUE) 12-3

149 Blake Pepper (Missouri) pinned Karsten Van Velsor (SIUE) 4:01

157 Matt Lemanowicz (Missouri) pinned Logun Taylor (SIUE) 6:09

165 Zach Toal (Missouri) def. Connor McMahon (SIUE) 7-2

174 Mike England (Missouri) def. Jake Residori (SIUE) 6-4

184 John Eblen (Missouri) def. Deshoun White (SIUE) 4-2

197 J`Den Cox (Missouri) pinned Chris Johnson (SIUE) 2:33

285 Devin Mellon (Missouri) def. David Devine (SIUE) 3-2

 

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Tigers Shutout Cougars to Extend 15-Year Winning Streak
Redshirt freshmen Blake Pepper and Matthew Lemanowicz pin counterparts in dual collegiate debuts as Mizzou rolls Cougars, 40-0.

Jan. 11, 2014

RESULTS: Mizzou 40, SIUE 0

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - The seventh-ranked Mizzou Tigers (3-0) extended their winning streak to 13 dual wins over a 15-year period with a 40-0 victory over the SIU-Edwardsville Cougars (3-9) Saturday night. Redshirt freshmen Blake Pepper and Matthew Lemanowicz both won their collegiate debuts, posting back-to-back pins at 149 and 157 pounds, respectively.

Pepper met up with SIUE's Karsten Van Velsor, who he defeated in the finals at the Joe Parisi Open earlier this season, 9-7. The two traded a flurry of points throughout the first period, as Pepper took Van Velsor down first before being reversed eight seconds later. Pepper regained the lead quickly though with a reversal of his own, and added a takedown halfway through the frame to take a 6-3 advantage after three minutes. The Mizzou redshirt freshman started on bottom in the second, and escaped before scoring another two-point takedown. Pepper held Van Velsor down, and finally turned him onto his back for a pin at 4:02.

Immediately after at 157 pounds, redshirt freshman Matthew Lemanowicz followed suit with a pin of his own in what was his dual collegiate debut as well. Lemanowicz carried a 4-1 lead into the third period over Logun Taylor before reversing and adding two more on a takedown versus his SIUE counterpart. With under a minute to go, Lemanowicz rolled Taylor into danger, and at the 6:10 mark, the official smacked the mat and awarded the fall. The two pins increased the Tigers lead to 22-0 before a quick intermission.

True freshman J'den Cox also added a pin at 197 pounds with a cradle over Chris Johnson with less than 30 seconds to go in the first period.

Saturday's victory is the Tigers' third shutout in the past two seasons, as the Tigers blanked Old Dominion and Baker in 2012-13. The win also increases Mizzou's all-time record versus SIUE to 21-4, and marks the 13th straight victory over the Cougars over a 15-year span. The two squads have faced off the past four seasons, with the Tigers outscoring SIUE, 173-3.

Following this non-conference victory, the Tigers are now slated for three conference battles, beginning on the road at Central Michigan on January 19. The Chippewas are 2-1 in Mid-American Conference action following a 24-15 loss to Northern Iowa on Saturday night.

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