Tickets on Sale for Home Opening Dual, Nov. 22… Wrestling Supports Wrestling, Purchase Tickets Now…
Columbia, Mo. -The fifth-ranked Missouri wrestling team will kick off the home portion of its 2008-09 schedule, Saturday, Nov. 22, with a 2 p.m. (CT) contest against Hofstra in the Hearnes Center. The afternoon dual is Missouri's first-ever "Wrestling Supports Wrestling" event in which every dollar from the Nov. 22 ticket sales will be added to the wrestling student-athlete scholarship endowment. The endowment will provide additional support to Mizzou wrestling for years to come.
"I'm really proud of this event," Head Coach Brian Smith said. "This is an important dual because I convinced my athletic director (Mike Alden) and his staff that the wrestling fans would come out in large numbers to show their support of wrestling. I want to demonstrate to the rest of the sporting community and athletic administrations across the country that wrestling fans can and will support wrestling."
Tickets for Missouri's dual with Hofstra are $20 for floor seats, $10 for A level seats and $7 for B level seats. All tickets can be purchased at the Mizzou Arena Ticket Office, or by calling 1-800-CAT-PAWS.
"If a program consistently draws large crowds, it has a positive economic impact on the athletics department," Smith said. "This Nov. 22 dual with Hofstra is a great way to endow the future of Mizzou wrestling."
Fans unable to attend the event that are still interested in supporting the scholarship endowment can purchase tickets through 1-800-CAT-PAWS and have the tickets held, under Brian Smith's name, as a donation for youth wrestlers.
"Brian came to us and proposed the idea of a dual in which all money from the ticket sales would go directly towards the wrestling scholarship endowment," Missouri Director of Athletics Mike Alden said. "He assured us that the wrestling community would come out in support of the event and we don't doubt him. He's done a lot of great things with our wrestling program over the past 10 years to raise the level of excitement around the team."
Smith and his Tigers enter the season as the fifth-ranked team in the nation marking Missouri's third consecutive top-10 preseason ranking.
Columbia, Mo. -The fifth-ranked Missouri wrestling team will kick off the home portion of its 2008-09 schedule, Saturday, Nov. 22, with a 2 p.m. (CT) contest against Hofstra in the Hearnes Center. The afternoon dual is Missouri's first-ever "Wrestling Supports Wrestling" event in which every dollar from the Nov. 22 ticket sales will be added to the wrestling student-athlete scholarship endowment. The endowment will provide additional support to Mizzou wrestling for years to come.
"I'm really proud of this event," Head Coach Brian Smith said. "This is an important dual because I convinced my athletic director (Mike Alden) and his staff that the wrestling fans would come out in large numbers to show their support of wrestling. I want to demonstrate to the rest of the sporting community and athletic administrations across the country that wrestling fans can and will support wrestling."
Tickets for Missouri's dual with Hofstra are $20 for floor seats, $10 for A level seats and $7 for B level seats. All tickets can be purchased at the Mizzou Arena Ticket Office, or by calling 1-800-CAT-PAWS.
"If a program consistently draws large crowds, it has a positive economic impact on the athletics department," Smith said. "This Nov. 22 dual with Hofstra is a great way to endow the future of Mizzou wrestling."
Fans unable to attend the event that are still interested in supporting the scholarship endowment can purchase tickets through 1-800-CAT-PAWS and have the tickets held, under Brian Smith's name, as a donation for youth wrestlers.
"Brian came to us and proposed the idea of a dual in which all money from the ticket sales would go directly towards the wrestling scholarship endowment," Missouri Director of Athletics Mike Alden said. "He assured us that the wrestling community would come out in support of the event and we don't doubt him. He's done a lot of great things with our wrestling program over the past 10 years to raise the level of excitement around the team."
Smith and his Tigers enter the season as the fifth-ranked team in the nation marking Missouri's third consecutive top-10 preseason ranking.
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