Mizzou has been crowned the MAC Champion every year since joining in 2012-13. The Tigers will look to win their ninth straight MAC Tournament title and tenth straight conference title. The two-day championship will be streamed on ESPN+. 5 Mizzou Wrestling heads to the 2021 MAC Wrestling Championships this Friday and Saturday (Feb. It makes me want to do better than I did this year and work harder and do everything I can to win (next season).COLUMBIA, Mo. – No.
"It's a good experience," said Roberts, a junior. He was pinned in the opening round by Scotch Plains-Fanwood's Alex Mirabella and then lost to Wall's Joseph McKenzie in wrestlebacks, 7-0. ■ Mainland's Kolin Roberts lost both of his state bouts at 195. 10 seed at regions and he comes out with gold (and reaches the state tournament). "He's a great example to the rest of the kids on the team. "I'm so proud of him," coach Mike Caiazza said. He'd then fall to Hasbrouck Height's Mauro Altamura, who'd go on to take eighth. ■ Egg Harbor Township sophomore 195-pounder Connor Agostino reached the second round of wrestlebacks before being eliminated from the tournament.Īfter opening the event with a 16-6 loss to eventual runner-up Matt Correnti of Holy Cross, he defeated Woodstown's Tom Brady 6-2. I couldn't be happier for him, for his family, for everybody, for Holy Spirit. We stayed on top the entire period, that's why we got the back points."ĭ'Arcy took a 3-1 lead into the second 30-second tiebreaker and escaped, securing a 4-1 victory.ĭ'Arcy closed his career 156-13, the second most wins in South Jersey history, behind only former Camden Catholic great T.J. When we come back up, we're still on top. "When he tried to hit that roll and we rolled though, when he spun on his back, he's counting back points. "You can't get back points from the bottom," said coach Ralph Paolone, who threw his arms up in disbelief when the official first indicated points for Cefolo. The official originally signaled two points for Cefolo, but because D'Arcy never lost control they were his points, and he eventually signaled two in D'Arcy's direction. D'Arcy maintained control, and rolled through the move. While D'Arcy was on his back, Cefolo was too.
I learned how to defend it a little bit, and the situation came up and I just stayed calm." I'm like, 'Hey dude, what was that?' Some freshman coming in and tilting, he's like it's an Oliver Twist, so I kind of got used to the move. "… Puts me on my back, I give up five (points). "It's funny, my workout partner, Timmy Fitzpatrick, first day of practice, I was wrestling with him and he hits me with that same move," D'Arcy said. Soon into the 30-second period, Cefolo tried an "Oliver Twist," made famous by two-time national collegiate champion Jordan Oliver of Oklahoma State, and tried to put D'Arcy on his back. The two were tied 1-1 heading into the first tiebreaker, with D'Arcy on top. You always want to go out on top."ĭ'Arcy did that in dramatic fashion against Cefolo. "You feel the season didn't end up the way you wanted it. "Any time you end the season on a loss or you end the season not on the top step of the podium … it adds motivation, it adds fuel to the fire," said D'Arcy, who was South Jersey's only champion this year.
The bittersweet feeling only pushed him harder. He wrestled back to third after falling to eventual champ Nick Suriano of Bergen Catholic at 106 pounds as a sophomore, and the next year he lost to Suriano again, that time in the 113-pound final, to finish second.Īt the conclusion of each tournament, he stood on the podium next to Suriano. "I've been waiting my whole career (for it)."ĭ'Arcy was close the previous two seasons. "It was so special," D'Arcy said of standing on top of the podium. "I wanted that feeling."ĭ'Arcy bested two-time state champion Anthony Cefolo of Hanover Park 4-1 in overtime for the 126-pound title at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City on March 8. Instead, the now-Holy Spirit High School senior had to watch from home on his laptop as Mac Mancuso captured the program's first-ever championship. ATLANTIC CITY – Pat D'Arcy couldn't get tickets to the 2007 individual state wrestling tournament.