COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Oklahoma State wrestlers Jordan Oliver, Quinten Fuentes and Alex Meade all won their brackets at the Missouri Open at the University of Missouri Sunday. Fellow Cowboys Neil Erisman, Chris McNeil, Drew Partain and Tyson Yoder all placed third in their respective brackets.
Fuentes continued his open tournament dominance by recording pins in three of his four bouts at the Missouri Open. Through two open tournaments this year, the 149-pounder from Johnstown, Colo., has pinned eight of his 11 opponents. Oliver was also dominant at 125 pounds, winning three of his four bouts by fall. He has pinned five of his nine opponents this year.
Competing in the Freshman/Sophomore bracket, 165-pound Cowboy Alex Meade won his first match by technical fall and followed that up with a pair of major decision victories before gritting out a 3-2 semifinal win over Meramac's Donald Woods to set up his 14-4 major decision win over Central Oklahoma's Derrick Atkins in the title bout.