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The No. 9 Missouri wrestling team opened their season with an impressive 21-15 win over the Purdue Boilermakers on Sunday afternoon.

 The Tigers overcame a forfeit at 125 to open the match by winning six of the nine remaining contests on their way to win No. 1 on the year.

No. 9 Mizzou 21, Purdue 15

Wt. Result MU PU
125 Camden Eppert (PU) wins by forfeit 0 6
133 No. 15 Nathan McCormick (MU) dec. Matt Fields (PU), 14-12 (SV) 3 6
141 Brandon Wiest (MU) dec. Jake Fleckenstein (PU), 3-2 6 6
149 No. 9 Ivan Lopouchanski (PU) dec. No. 13 Kyle Bradley (MU), 5-3 6 9
157 Drake Houdashelt (MU) dec. Tommy Churchard (PU), 11-4 9 9
165 No. 13 Zach Toal (MU) dec. Kyle Mosier (PU), 7-4 12 9
174 No. 6 Dorian Henderson (MU) fall Drake Stein (PU), 0:18 18 9
184 Mike Larson (MU) dec. Braden Atwood (PU), 6-1 21 9
197 No. 13 A.J. Kissel (PU) dec. No. 11 Brent Haynes (MU), 7-2 21 12
HWT Roger Vukobratovich (PU) dec Devin Mellon (MU), 6-4 21 15

The Tigers jump right into conference action next week when they head to the state of Oklahoma to take on both the Sooners and the Oklahoma State Cowboys. Mizzou and OU battle on Friday, Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. CT while the Tigers and Cowboys will face off at 6 p.m. CT on Sunday, Nov. 20.

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