No. 10 Wrestling Upsets No. 3 Iowa State on Senior Night, 23-12

COLUMBIA, Mo. – The No. 10-ranked University of Missouri wrestling team picked up a Senior Night victory against No. 3 Iowa State, 23-12, Wednesday, Feb. 15. In front of a Hearnes Center wrestling record 4,819 fans, Mizzou built an insurmountable lead late in the dual to pick up its seventh victory in the last eight meetings against the Cyclones. 

Redshirt junior Peyton Mocco (174) started things off for the Tigers with a 7-5 decision, followed by a hard fought bout at 184 that saw sophomore Colton Hawks fall just short against Marcus Coleman, the nation’s No. 4 wrestler. At 197, sophomore Rocky Elam controlled the contest against No. 8 Yonger Bastida wire-to-wire, earning a 4-0 decision in a top-10 matchup. His older brother, redshirt junior Zach Elam (285) had another tightly contested top-10 bout, but ultimately fell in a 5-3 decision.

With things knotted up at six points apiece following four-straight decisions to start the dual, redshirt sophomore Noah Surtin (125) dominated his match and pinned his opponent in 2:54, creating a six-point cushion for Mizzou entering the halfway point.

Following the break, the two squads split a pair of decisions yet again, with redshirt senior Allan Hart (141) taking a 7-1 win in his final home clash to maintain a 15-9 lead with three matchups remaining. At 149, redshirt junior Brock Mauller toughed his way through the night’s third top-10 clash against No. 9 Paniro Johnson, maintaining a 1-1 score heading into sudden victory. The Columbia native pinned his opponent after 8:45 of grappling, extending the Tiger lead to 11.

Senior Jarrett Jacques (157) parlayed the momentum into a 2-0 decision in his final match at the Hearnes Center, securing the Tiger victory on Senior Night. The final match of the night featured a top-two clash at 165. Mizzou’s defending national champion, Keegan O’Toole, fell to the 2021 157-pound National Champion David Carr in a 7-2 decision.

Mizzou looks on to the postseason boasting a 8-3 dual record, 7-1 in conference, and a perfect 5-0 standing inside the Hearnes Center.

MATCH NOTES

• Missouri advances to 11-45 all-time against Iowa State, winning seven of the last eight in the series dating back to 2011.
• 4,819 fans packed the Hearnes Center Wednesday night, setting a new wrestling attendance record in the facility. The dual’s attendance jumped the Feb. 16, 2019 matchup against Oklahoma State in which 4,721 Tiger fans were in attendance.
• Wednesday’s dual was Mizzou’s sixth-ranked matchup of the year, picking up wins against No. 3 Iowa State, No. 13 Northern Iowa, and No. 15 North Dakota State, while dropping road duals to No. 11 Oklahoma State, No. 9 Virginia Tech and No. 5 Arizona State.
• Mocco notched his team-leading 17th victory on the campaign, while improving his season win percentage to .850. The redshirt junior moved to 2-0 against Iowa State’s Julien Broderson all-time.
• In their fifth-ever meeting, R. Elam handed Bastida his fourth loss in 18 matches on the season, and first time he’s been held scoreless this year. Elam is now 3-2 against Bastida.
• Surtin claimed his 13th victory of the season, 11 of which have come via bonus point victories after pinning Iowa State’s Ethan Perryman in 2:54.
• Mauller picked up his first pin of the year on his 13th win of the season.
• Jacques picked up a 2-0 dual-clinching decision in his final match inside the Hearnes Center. The senior has won 97 bouts during his illustrious career.

UP NEXT

Mizzou heads to the BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla. to compete in the Big 12 Championships. The Tigers look to earn their 12th consecutive conference championship in the two-day event on March 4-5.

FULL RESULTS

No. 10 Missouri 23 | No. 3 Iowa State 12

174 | (6) Peyton Mocco over Julien Broderson by dec. 7-5

184 | (4) Marcus Coleman over (HM) Colton Hawks by dec. 4-2

197 | (4) Rocky Elam over (8) Yonger Bastida by dec. 4-0

285 | (8) Sam Schuyler over (7) Zach Elam by dec. 5-3

125 | (12) Noah Surtin over Ethan Perryman by fall (2:54)

133 | (24) Zach Redding over (HM) Connor Brown by dec. 9-7

141 | (16) Allan Hart over (HM) Casey Swiderski by dec. 7-1

149 | (6) Brock Mauller over (9) Paniro Johnson by fall (8:45)

157 | (14) Jarrett Jacques vs. (HM) Jason Kraisser by dec. 2-0

165 | (2) David Carr over (1) Keegan O’Toole by dec 7-2

*Rankings according to FloWrestling