NEW YORK - The Missouri wrestling team is tied for fifth after the first day of the NCAA Division I Championships at Madison Square Garden.
Four Tigers remain in the championship bracket.
J'Den Cox picked up five team points, winning by fall (1:18) against Rutgers and by major decision (15-4) against Chattanooga at 197 pounds. Cox wrestles Princeton next in quarterfinals.
Daniel Lewis (165) and Willie Miklus (184) each scored four team points.
Lewis won by fall (5:39) against Edinboro and by decision (5-1) against Stanford. He wrestles Rider with a chance to reach the semifinals. Miklus won by major decision against Oregon State (15-6) and Buffalo (9-1). He wrestles Penn in quarterfinals.
Lavion Mayes (149) added two team points, defeating Oklahoma in a 3-2 decision and Duke in a 5-3 decision. He wrestles Oklahoma State in the quarters. Blaise Butler (174) picked up 1.5 team points, losing a 16-9 decision to Oklahoma before beating Princeton with a 13-2 major decision in the consolation bracket. He faces Lehigh next in wrestlebacks. Barlow McGhee (125) won a 3-2 decision with Wyoming before losing a 3-1 tiebreaker to Northern Iowa. He earned one team point and faces Pittsburgh next.
Zach Synon, Matt Manley and LeRoy Barnes each fell twice. Synon (133) lost a 13-7 decision to Wisconsin and a 9-4 decision to Central Michigan. Manley (141) lost by technical fall to Penn State and by major decision (12-3) to Appalachian State. Barnes (27-10) lost a 7-3 decision to Cornell and a 4-3 tiebreaker to Brown. Their tournaments are over.
Missouri's 17.5 points are tied with Iowa and Virginia Tech for fifth. Penn State leads with 27.5 points, followed by Oklahoma State and Ohio (24) and Nebraska (20).Missouri wrestling
NEW YORK - The Missouri wrestling team is tied for fifth after the first day of the NCAA Division I Championships at Madison Square Garden.
Four Tigers remain in the championship bracket.
J'Den Cox picked up five team points, winning by fall (1:18) against Rutgers and by major decision (15-4) against Chattanooga at 197 pounds. Cox wrestles Princeton next in quarterfinals.
Daniel Lewis (165) and Willie Miklus (184) each scored four team points.
Lewis won by fall (5:39) against Edinboro and by decision (5-1) against Stanford. He wrestles Rider with a chance to reach the semifinals. Miklus won by major decision against Oregon State (15-6) and Buffalo (9-1). He wrestles Penn in quarterfinals.
Lavion Mayes (149) added two team points, defeating Oklahoma in a 3-2 decision and Duke in a 5-3 decision. He wrestles Oklahoma State in the quarters. Blaise Butler (174) picked up 1.5 team points, losing a 16-9 decision to Oklahoma before beating Princeton with a 13-2 major decision in the consolation bracket. He faces Lehigh next in wrestlebacks. Barlow McGhee (125) won a 3-2 decision with Wyoming before losing a 3-1 tiebreaker to Northern Iowa. He earned one team point and faces Pittsburgh next.
Zach Synon, Matt Manley and LeRoy Barnes each fell twice. Synon (133) lost a 13-7 decision to Wisconsin and a 9-4 decision to Central Michigan. Manley (141) lost by technical fall to Penn State and by major decision (12-3) to Appalachian State. Barnes (27-10) lost a 7-3 decision to Cornell and a 4-3 tiebreaker to Brown. Their tournaments are over.
Missouri's 17.5 points are tied with Iowa and Virginia Tech for fifth. Penn State leads with 27.5 points, followed by Oklahoma State and Ohio (24) and Nebraska (20).