Mizzou's 150.0 team points was good enough for second place, only trailing No. 4 Penn State's tournament winning 165.0 points. The impressive two-day effort by the Tigers outgained national powers such as No. 8 Oklahoma State (135.5 points), No. 12 Nebraska (116.0), No. 15 Michigan (88.5), No. 3 Cornell (79.5), No. 11 Lehigh (79.0), No. 9 Pittsburgh (72.0), No. 21 Wyoming (57.6), No. 16 Virginia (51.5), and No. 14 Iowa State (49.5).
The second greatest attendance number in Chattanooga Southern Scuffle history made their way to McKenzie Arena Friday, as 3,320 total attendees made their way through the turnstiles.
The second day of the Scuffle began with the quarterfinals rounds and two rounds of consolation matches. Waters once again began the day strong for Mizzou, by picking up a technical fall win over Sean Boyle (Chattanooga) and advancing to the semifinals.
Redshirt sophomore Zach Synon later advanced to the blood round, defeating two opponents in a row, both by decision. Mayes followed suit, winning in tie-breaker period one over Dean Heil (Oklahoma State) to advance to the 141 pound semifinals.
In the 149 pound semifinal, redshirt senior Drake Houdashelt had a back-and-forth match against No. 15 Mike Racciato (Pittsburgh), winning 11-7 to move to the title match. Redshirt senior Johnny Eblen later defeated No. 7 Tanner Weatherman (Iowa State) to advance in the 174 pound bracket.
Redshirt freshman Willie Miklus and Cox both advanced to their respective semifinals by way of major decisions, leaving the Tigers with seven wrestlers still in the running for an event championship.
Afternoon matchups brought ranked wins in the field of eight for Waters, Mayes, Houdashelt, and Cox, moving them into the finals and locking in the team's second place standing for the tournament. Also making it into placement matches were Eblen, Miklus and redshirt senior Devin Mellon.
Waters recorded the first title of the evening for Mizzou with a 3-1 decision win over No. 2 Nahshon Garrett (Cornell). Up next in the 141 pound title matchup was Mayes against No. 17 Geordan Martinez (Boise State). A close 6-4 decision in Mayes' favor gave Tiger Style their second event winner of the tournament.
Houdashelt suffered his first loss of the season in his 149 pound championship match to No. 2 Josh Kindig (Oklahoma State) via 5-3 decision. Cox responded nicely for the Tigers and got the team back in the winner's circle, as he defeated No. 5 Conner Hartmann by a 6-1 decision.
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