The week that was in Mizzou sports: Nov. 3-9
With football taking so much attention, it’s easy to miss some of the other stuff going on in Mizzou sports. So here’s a review of what we didn’t cover the past week.
With fall sports winding down, there was a little less going on that we weren’t able to cover.
Volleyball
The Tigers took on No. 2 Kentucky looking to continue climbing the SEC standings with a late-season surge. But Kentucky claimed a 25-19, 18-25, 25-23, 25-20 win at the Hearnes Center on Thursday.
The second set was Kentucky’s first dropped set since Oct. 24, but the Tigers still fell to 7-6 in SEC play.
Senior Caylen Alexander led Mizzou with 22 kills, while senior Janet deMarrais and redshirt senior Tyrah Ariail celebrated senior night with 13 and 10 kills, respectively.
Senior Maya Sands recorded 18 digs, while freshman Zoey Matias-Lopez had eight. Sands added three aces, four assists and a kill.
Marina Crownover neared a double-double with 42 assists and nine digs, while senior Regan Haith had two blocks and seven kills.
Mizzou (16-9, 7-6) will finish the regular season with a road trip to Mississippi State for a 6 p.m. matchup Friday and a 2 p.m. matchup at Alabama on Sunday.
The Tigers are currently ninth in the SEC standings, but two wins could raise them as far as fourth depending on other results.
The SEC Tournament will begin Nov. 21 in Savannah, Ga.
Wrestling
The Tigers hosted the Tiger Style Invite Sunday at the Hearnes Center, instead of hosting it in Kansas City as they have in previous years.
The Tigers took first with 146.5 points as a team, with four wrestlers claiming the top spot in their weights.
- Zeke Seltzer beat two national qualifiers in Oklahoma’s Tyler Wells and Purdue’s Greyson Clark on the way to winning at 141 pounds.
Seltzer opened with a 13-6 decision against Tyson Peach of South Dakota State, then beat Wells by 6-5 sudden victory. In the championship bout, he beat Clark by a 4-1 decision.
- Josh Edmond eased his way to a title at 149 pounds.
Edmond opened with a 10-3 decision against Kyle Lew of Little Rock, then won by the same margin against Purdue’s Wyatt Krejsa. He beat Oklahoma’s Layton Schneider by 13-5 major decision, then beat Purdue’s Cole Solomey by 12-3 major decision.
In the championship match, he beat Purdue’s Solomey again, this time by 2-1 decision.
- Max Mayfield took gold at 165 pounds in his first Tiger Style Invite.
Mayfield beat Oklahoma’s Owen Eck by 8-2 decision, then beat his teammate Dominic Bambinelli by the same margin.
In the championship, he defeated South Dakota State’s Marcus Espinoza-Owens.
- Aeoden Sinclair dominated with two pins and a technical fall on the way to winning at 184.
Sinclair won by 21-6 technical fall against Purdue’s Quinn Herbert, then pinned Jake Stacey of Little Rock in 2:56. He then won by fall against South Dakota State’s Burk Blasius in 2:51, before winning the championship match by medical forfeit.
The Tigers had two grapplers take 2nd place:
- Mack Mauger at 125
- Jarrett Stoner at 285
Mizzou had three wrestlers take third:
- Kade Moore at 133
- Danny Heiser at 165
- Evan Bates at 197
Three Tigers finished fourth:
- Easton Hilton at 141
- Cam Steed at 174
- Logan Cole at 184
Three Mizzou grapplers took fifth:
- J Conway at 157
- Joel Mylin at 165
- Peyton Westpfahl at 174
Three more Tigers took sixth:
- Nate Pulliam at 149
- Dominic Bambinelli at 165
- Jake Stoffel at 174
Four Tigers did not place:
- Hank Benter at 125
- Boogie Harris at 133
- Owen Uhls at 141
- David Gleason at 157
It was the fourth consecutive team title for Mizzou in the Tiger Style Invite, clearing second-place Oklahoma (122.5).
Mizzou will return to dual action Saturday when it faces No. 3 Iowa in the National Duals in Tulsa.
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