Missouri still has five wrestlers remaining in the championship bracket, who will open tomorrow in the semifinals. No. 3 Alan Waters (125), Nicholas Hucke (141), No. 14 Kyle Bradley (149), Patrick Wright (174) and No. 19 Brent Haynes (197) went undefeated on Sunday and still remain in contention for their respective weight class's championship.
Both Waters and Haynes dominated on Sunday, as each Tiger won all three of their matches with bonus points. Waters opened up with a 14-1 major decision over Minnesota's Corey Hodowanic, and followed that with a pin in 3:45 over Buddy Scarborough of Old Dominion. In the quarterfinals, he shut out NC State's Coltin Frought with a 10-0 major decision. For the season, Waters is now 12-0, with all 12 victories by bonus points. The sophomore's win over Scarborough was the 50th win of his career. Waters will wrestle No. 7 Frank Perrelli (Cornell) tomorrow in the semifinals.
Haynes opened the day with back-to-back falls in his first two matches, pinning Ryan Malo (Virginia) in 2:08 and Colynn Cook (Navy) in 1:00. He then followed with an outstanding performance over No. 4 Matt Powless of Indiana, defeating the Hoosier grappler by a 15-0 technical fall. Haynes now has four pins and four technical falls this season. Haynes will face No. 2 Sonny Yohn of Minnesota tomorrow morning.
Hucke, who entered the tournament unseeded, advanced to the 141 pound semifinals with three straight decisions, including an upset of the No. 14 grappler in the country. He knocked off Seth Lange of Minnesota, 8-2, and then defeated Joseph Stanzione of Cornell by a 3-2 decision. To advance to the semifinals, Hucke defeated North Carolina's Evan Henderson, ranked 14th in the nation, by a 7-5 score. Hucke's opening match tomorrow will be against North Carolina State's Darius Little.
At 149, sophomore Kyle Bradley won all four of his matches to move into tomorrow's semifinals. In the pigtail round, Bradley pinned Cole Dodd (Chattanooga) in 2:39 for his fourth consecutive victory by fall. After a 4-3 decision over Brennan Brumley (Old Dominion), Bradley defeated Lex Ozias of Virginia Tech by a 10-2 major decision. Bradley defeated Duke's Marcus Cain, 5-3, to move into the semifinals, where he'll face No. 11 Dylan Ness of Minnesota.
Senior Patrick Wright is also in the semifinals after winning four straight matches by decision. He started the day with an 8-2 victory against Jake Johnson (Appalachian State), and then knocked off Austin Gabel (Virginia Tech), 2-1. After a 5-2 win over Army's Ryan Tompkins, Wright pulled out another 2-1 win, this time over No. 17 Turtogtokh Luvsandorj of The Citadel. In the semifinals, Wright will take on No. 2 Ed Ruth of Penn State tomorrow.
Six other Missouri wrestlers are still alive in the consolation round, and will open the day with wrestleback matches tomorrow morning. Redshirt freshman Drake Houdashelt (157), sophomores Zach Toal (165) and Jordan Gagliano (165), juniors Clarence Neely (184) and Mike Larson (184) and senior Dorian Henderson (174) will have the opportunity to place as high as third.
Action resumes tomorrow at 8 a.m. CT with the next round of consolation matches, with the championship semifinals and consolation quarterfinals scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. For more information, follow Mizzou Wrestling on Twitter (@MizzouWrestling) and check out the live bracket updates at trackwrestling.com.
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