No. 3 Wrestling Prepped For Conference Dual With Wyoming, Dec. 8

COLUMBIA, Mo. – No. 3 Missouri wrestling welcomes Wyoming to Hearnes Center in Columbia on Friday, Dec. 8. The matchup begins at 7 p.m. CT and can be streamed on FloWrestling. 

LAST TIME OUT

• Missouri defeated No. 18 Oklahoma on Dec. 1, 30-12, marking Mizzou’s sixth win out of the last seven duals against the Sooners.
• The Tigers totaled two technical falls, two major decisions, and a fall in the win, highlighted by redshirt junior Logan Gioffre picking up his first ranked win of the reason in an SV-1 decision. 
• Junior Keegan O’Toole earned his third pin of the season against No. 13 Cael Carlson, extending his record to 6-0, with all six wins coming via bonus points. 

COUGAR CLASHIN’

• Mizzou finished second at the Cougar Clash with 143.5 total team points on Dec. 2 and earned three individual weight titles at the tournament hosted by SIUE.
• Redshirt sophomore Josh Edmond (141), junior Rocky Elam (197), and redshirt senior Zach Elam (285) all claimed the top spots in their brackets, respectively.
• Four Tigers claimed second place with 12 total wrestlers placing in the tournament, including redshirt sophomore Colton Hawks (184). Hawks upset No. 7-ranked Isaiah Salazar of Minnesota in the semifinals by an 11-5 decision.
• Additionally, redshirt sophomore Joel Mylin upset No. 31 Drew Roberts (Minnesota) by an 8-5 decision.

ALL-TIME VS. WYOMING 

• The matchup between the Tigers and Cowboys will be the 11th between the two programs, with Mizzou leading the series with an 8-2-0 record. 
• Missouri has won seven consecutive duals against the Cowboys since the 1999-2000 season. 

LAST TIME VS. THE COWBOYS

• Mizzou won the road dual against Wyoming last season, Jan. 14, 2023, 28-10. 
• Connor Brown put Mizzou on the board first with a 16-2 major decision at 133 pounds. 
• Both Brock Mauller (6-1) and redshirt senior Jarrett Jacques (10-8) earned decisions at 149 and 157 pounds, respectively. 
• Keegan O’Toole earned the first-period pin at 165 pounds as the Tigers began to pull away from the Cowboys.
• Both Peyton Mocco and Rocky Elam grabbed bonus-point victories to seal the dual, with Mocco getting a 15-5 major decision at 174 and Elam securing an 18-2 technical fall at 197. 

MOST WINS (ACTIVE, 50+)

• Brock Mauller (107), Zach Elam (87), Peyton Mocco (85), Keegan O’Toole (69), Rocky Elam (60) and Noah Surtin (53). 

BROCK O’CLOCK

• Redshirt senior Brock Mauller has taken the three-point takedown rule change and ran with it, totaling three technical falls and a major decision in his first five matches of the 2023-24 season. 
• During his freshman season (2018-19), Mauller earned 11 wins via bonus points over his 33 matches (.33). The redshirt senior holds a .800 bonus-point rate this season. 
• Additionally, Mauller picked up his 107th win against John Wiley of Oklahoma on Dec. 1, moving him up the all-time wins list to 18th.

UPSET SEASON

• Redshirt junior Logan Gioffre (149) showed out for everyone at Hearnes Center, beating No. 22-ranked Willie McDougald 4-1 in a sudden-victory decision. 
• The victory marks the first ranked win for Gioffre this season, in his first year starting for Mizzou. 
• Willie McDougald finished second at the Big 12 Championship in 2021-22 and was an NCAA qualifier who went 2-2. 

ZACH ATTACK

• Last season, Zach Elam totaled four falls, one tech fall, and two major decisions, while this season, he is off to a 10-0 start and has eight bonus-point wins, six of which are pins. 
• Elam’s double-digit win total and .600 fall rate leads the team in 2023-24, and his .800 bonus rate is tied for first on the team. 
• Furthermore, the Kansas City native is one of eight Big 12 wrestlers to have totaled six-or-more pins. 

UP NEXT

• Mizzou will return to action against the Air Force in Columbia, Mo., at the Hearnes Center on Sunday, Dec. 17, at 1 p.m. CT.