Welcome to Tiger Style Explored, a weekly Mizzou Wrestling interview series that will take you inside the program in the coming months from the regular season to the NCAA Championships and beyond. For my first installment, I interviewed Noah Surtin, the starter at 125lbs and 3rd-ranked wrestler in his weight class who is coming off a 12-3 major decision over #7 Nico Provo of Stanford.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
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Let’s start by talking about your last match, beating Nico Provo in a 12-3 major decision. Coming off a really close loss to Cooper Flynn in the Virginia Tech dual, was there any extra motivation heading into the match, and how did you feel afterwards?