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Columbia, Mo. - Five Tiger wrestlers earned Championship titles at the 10th annual Missouri Open held in the Hearnes Fieldhouse, while a program-high 18 collected top-six finishes. The all-day tournament drew nearly 400 wrestlers from across the Midwest and featured several of the nation's top-25 ranked grapplers. Competitors wrestled in either the Open or Freshman/Sophomore bracket.
True freshman Bradley Wisdom (Farmington, Mo.) improved to 7-0 on the season and claimed the 125 pound Freshman/Sophomore title topping Indianapolis' Alex Johns, 16-3, in his final match of the day. Wisdom recorded two falls in the tournament, an opening round stick in 49 seconds, followed by a quarterfinal win in 2:07 over Casey Kenney of Indianapolis.
Junior Todd Schavrien (Poway, Calif.) won his second tournament title of the year, claiming an 8-3 victory over Oklahoma's Kendrick Maple in the championship bout of the 141 pound Open bracket. The two were scoreless through the first period and Schavrien chose down to start the second. Missouri's 2009 NCAA qualifier at 133 pounds chose down to start the second period, escaped and notched a quick takedown to jump to a three point lead. Maple was held to three escapes in the final four minutes of action, while Schavrien went on to record two additional takedowns and 1:04 of riding time.
Competing at 165 pounds, senior All-American and seventh-ranked Nicholas Marable (Collierville, Tenn.) earned his second career Missouri Open crown pinning Tiger teammate Zach Toal (Sidney, Ohio) in 4:15 for the win. Toal wrestled unattached and was one of three Tiger grapplers to finish second on the day. Marable extended his win streak to 13 straight, a mark that dates back to his final win at the 2009 NCAA Championships, and opened tournament action with a win by technical fall (20-4) followed by a win by major decision (13-5). To date, Marable has managed six of his 13 wins by eight or more points. The most bonus point victories Marable has secured in a single season is seven, set in 2007-08.
For Toal, his runner-up finish marks the third straight tournament in which he has finished among the top four of his weight class.
Missouri's redshirt freshman, Brent Haynes (Kansas City, Mo.) won the 197 pound Open bracket by shutting out No. 1 seeded Logan Brown of Purdue, 2-0. The two competitors met Nov. 20 in Missouri's second dual of the day, and Brown walked away with the 7-5 win in sudden victory. Haynes outscored his tournament opponents, 31-4.
Now 9-2 on the season, sophomore Dominique Bradley (Blue Springs, Mo.) improved on his third place showing from 2008 by earning the final win of the night and title at heavyweight. Bradley defeated Cal Poly's Jim Powers for the second time in three days, securing a 2-0 win by decision. Bradley and Powers were scoreless through the first three minutes of competition and Bradley chose down, escaping for the one point advantage, in the second period. Missouri's heavyweight rode out the Mustang grappler for 1:51 and the win
Next up for Missouri, the Tigers will travel to State College, Pa., and participate in the Nittany Lion Open, Sunday, Dec. 6.
