"I'm really proud of this event," Head Coach Brian Smith said. "This is an important dual because I convinced my athletic director (Mike Alden) and his staff that the wrestling fans would come out in large numbers to show their support of wrestling. I want to demonstrate to the rest of the sporting community and athletic administrations across the country that wrestling fans can and will support wrestling."
Tickets for Missouri's dual with Hofstra are $20 for floor seats, $10 for A level seats and $7 for B level seats. All tickets can be purchased at the Mizzou Arena Ticket Office, or by calling 1-800-CAT-PAWS.
"If a program consistently draws large crowds, it has a positive economic impact on the athletics department," Smith said. "This Nov. 22 dual with Hofstra is a great way to endow the future of Mizzou wrestling."
Fans unable to attend the event that are still interested in supporting the scholarship endowment can purchase tickets through 1-800-CAT-PAWS and have the tickets held, under Brian Smith's name, as a donation for youth wrestlers.
"Brian came to us and proposed the idea of a dual in which all money from the ticket sales would go directly towards the wrestling scholarship endowment," Missouri Director of Athletics Mike Alden said. "We are confident that the wrestling community will come out in support of the event. Brian has done great things with our wrestling program over the past 10 years to raise the level of excitement around the team."
Smith and his Tigers enter the season as the fifth-ranked team in the nation marking Missouri's third consecutive top-10 preseason ranking.
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