It was a rough Saturday afternoon for the Northern Iowa wrestling team.
The 24th-ranked Panthers dropped their first two duals of the 2021-22 season — 25-16 to No. 12 Missouri, then 39-3 to No. 10 Virginia Tech — at Mizzou's Hearnes Center in Columbia, Missouri.
Against Mizzou, Northern Iowa actually led 13-0 after the first three weights. Brody Teske, ranked 11th nationally at 125 pounds, turned a 4-4 tie into a third-period pin over 18th-ranked Noah Surtin. Kyle Biscoglia followed with a 10-0 major decision over Trey Crawford at 133 and Cael Happel won a wild 9-7 match over Allan Hart at 141.