SPRINGFIELD, Mo.– Drury rallied in the second half of their dual against Baker but fell short 26-18 to the Wildcats on Wednesday at Weiser Gym in Springfield.
 
Baker won the first four matches before the Panthers got on the board with a with a win at 157 pounds by Ben Stahlman. The sophomore from House Springs, Missouri pinned Danny Neeley in 3:38.
 
Grant Taylor won the next match-up at 165 pounds with a 6-0 win over Tyler Price.
 
Drury also got win from 184-pounder John Oss, and heavyweight Ben Melton ended the dual with a win by fall in just 89 seconds over Lahmad Evans.
 
Baker raised their record to 5-5 while the Panthers dropped to 1-9.
 
Drury returns to action on Saturday with Great Lakes Valley Conference duals in Kirksville, Missouri. The Panthers take on 3rd ranked Wisconsin-Parkside at 1 p.m., then face host Truman State at 3 p.m. 
 
Baker 26 Drury 18
125: Dylan Pelland (BAK) over Max Newbury (DU) (MD 9-0)
133: Zane Baugh (BAK) over Zach McCullough (DU) (Fall 0:36)
141: Tyler Dickman (BAK) over Seth Otis (DU) (MD 8-0)
149: Colby Johnson (BAK) over Jordan Jones (DU) (Dec 5-1)
157: Ben Stahlman (DU) over Danny Neeley (BAK) (Fall 3:38)
165: Grant Taylor (DU) over Tyler Price (BAK) (Dec 6-0)
174: Lucas Lovvorn (BAK) over Jacob Brune (DU) (Dec 1-0)
184: John Oss (DU) over Jacob Smith (BAK) (Dec 6-4)
197: David Dow (BAK) over Dylan Ballew (DU) (Fall 4:22)
285: Ben Melton (DU) over Lahmad Evans (BAK) (Fall 1:29)
 
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