SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Drury competed in the first wrestling competition in program history on Sunday in the Dan Harris Open at Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas.
 
The first participant ever to represent Drury on the mat was Cory Pych, a junior from Bartlett, Illinois. Pych, competing in the 157-pound class, pinned his opponent in his opening round match.
 
John Oss, a sophomore from Ozark, won the 184-pound division as he went 4-0, winning each by fall. Lawyer Morgan-Beckum finished 2^nd in 141 and Ben Melton had a third place finish in the heavyweight class.
 
Drury competes again on Saturday at the Kaufman-Brand Open hosted by Maryville University next Saturday in St. Louis, Missouri.
 
 
Drury's complete results:
Open 133 -
Champ. Round 1 - Zach McCullough (Drury University) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Zach McCullough (Drury University) won in overtime over Case Pemberton (Baker University) (OT 4-2)
Quarterfinal - Cody Liles (Barton CC) won by decision over Zach McCullough (Drury University) (Dec 7-5)
Cons. Round 4 - Zach McCullough (Drury University) won by decision over Greg Bentley (Barton CC) (Dec 4-2)
Cons. Round 5 - Ty Kolterman (Bethany College) won by injury default over Zach McCullough (Drury University) (Inj. 3:34)
 
Open 141 –
Champ. Round 1 - Lawyer Morgan-Beckum (Drury University) won by fall over Peyton Smith (Labette Community College) (Fall 0:17)
Quarterfinal - Lawyer Morgan-Beckum (Drury University) won by major decision over Paul Cole (Neosho CC) (Maj 19-7)
Semifinal - Lawyer Morgan-Beckum (Drury University) won by decision over Juan Rivera (Baker University) (Dec 10-4)
1st Place Match - Alejandro Romo (Unattached) won by fall over Lawyer Morgan-Beckum (Drury University) (Fall 1:27)
 
Open 157 –
Champ. Round 1 - Cory Pych (Drury University) won by fall over Laron Jackson (Unattached) (Fall 0:51)
Champ. Round 2 - Owen Tuckfield (Baker University) won in sudden victory - 1 over Cory Pych (Drury University) (SV-1 9-7)
Cons. Round 2 - Lucas McMichael (Barton CC) won by decision over Cory Pych (Drury University) (Dec 7-2)
 
Open 174 -
Champ. Round 1 - Jacob Walker (Unattached) won by major decision over Quintin Bisbey (Drury University) (Maj 16-6)
Cons. Round 1 - James Ellis (Pratt) won by decision over Quintin Bisbey (Drury University) (Dec 7-5)
 
Open 184 - John Oss's place is 1st and has scored 18.00 team points.
Round 1 - John Oss (Drury University) won by fall over Jacob Smith (Baker University) (Fall 1:58)
Round 2 - John Oss (Drury University) won by fall over Conner Watanabe (Baker University) (Fall 1:31)
Round 3 - John Oss (Drury University) won by fall over Jajuan Butts (Neosho CC) (Fall 0:47)
Round 5 - John Oss (Drury University) won by fall over Carlos Martinez (Bethany College) (Fall 0:46)
 
Open 285 -
Champ. Round 1 - Ben Melton (Drury University) won by decision over Nick Carson (Neosho CC) (Dec 3-2)
Quarterfinal - Ben Melton (Drury University) won by decision over Alex Cantu (Labette Community College) (Dec 6-2)
Semifinal - Forrest Lalaguna (Barton CC) won by decision over Ben Melton (Drury University) (Dec 3-2)
Cons. Semi - Ben Melton (Drury University) won by decision over Cody Curnutt (Unattached) (Dec 2-1)
3rd Place Match - Ben Melton (Drury University) won by decision over Marquise Jacoby-Davis (Unattached) (Dec 3-2)
 
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