Cornell @ Missouri

Cornell Men's Wrestling beat Missouri Men's Wrestling 26-12 at the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO on January 3, 2025. The final score reflected a match in which bonus points made the difference, with Cornell turning several high-impact victories into a comfortable margin.

Missouri earned a big result when Gage Walker pinned Marcello Milani at 125 pounds, a six-team-point swing that kept the Tigers in the hunt. Cornell answered with multiple bonus-point wins of its own. Josh Saunders posted a 12-4 major decision over Josh Edmond at 141 for four team points. Meyer Shapiro’s 17-2 technical fall at 157 provided five team points and was a particularly dominant performance. Simon Ruiz added another major decision at 174, winning 17-3 and tacking on four more team points.

That collection of majors and the technical fall proved to be the turning point. Missouri’s fall was significant, but Cornell’s bonus-point production at several weight classes created the scoring runs needed to separate the teams. Those decisive wins forced Missouri to chase the dual late, and Cornell’s offense left too large a gap to close.

Ultimately the 14-point margin underlined how the bonus victories determined the outcome: Missouri’s pin mattered, but Cornell’s string of majors and the tech fall secured the 26-12 road victory at Mizzou.