Brenan Lyon of the 125-pound weight class, 165-pounder Bobby Nash, 174-pounder Nick Kaczanowski and heavyweight Mike McClure walked out of Jenison victorious for the one final time as Spartans.

“It never fails to catch me by surprise calling their names for the last time,” head coach Tom Minkel said. “You build a great relationship with the kids and it’s great knowing you had an effect on their lives and college experiences.”

Despite the win on Friday, the program has struggled this season, dealing with big losses against Big Ten opponents often ranked among the nation’s best squads.

The four seniors were honored before the meet, and Minkel said being a part of the team will make them better men in their future.

Aside from winning all the individual matches, McClure and Kaczanowski won their final home matches by pinning their opponents — junior Ryan Steverson for McClure and junior Nick Allen for Kaczanowski.

“I was a little bit nervous, but it was good having my parents here on the stands on my final hurrah,” Kaczanowski said. “I just have to not try taking it for granted.”

With only one more match before the Big Ten Championships, Kaczanowski said he will put in some extra time and workouts.

“I’ve been doing this since I was 6 years old and it’s all coming to an end,” he said. “I’ll put in the extra effort to be satisfied with what I do.”

McClure said it hasn’t set in that it was his last time wrestling in his home gym, but that he will miss the crowd and the atmosphere. He won the match with a pin 27 seconds into it.

Although the day was very emotional for not only the seniors, but the whole team, McClure said there was fun involved when he and associate head coach Roger Chandler made a bet that if McClure didn’t pin Steverson, he would have to get rid of his mullet.

“He was bugging me about shaving the mullet and said ‘The guy is a little intimidated by you, so no pin, the mullet’s going,’” he said.

But the mullet is here to stay.

“The mullet wrestled that meet,” McClure said, laughing.

With his mullet intact, McClure also said it would be nice to keep winning and get three wins in a row this week against Central Michigan.

Minkel said that by wrestling the best teams in the nation throughout the year, they have gotten better as the season progressed and learned from those experiences.

“We’ll focus on the match itself and how they’re wrestling, rather than think it’s the last match before the Big Tens,” he said.

The Spartans’ last match of the season will be against Central Michigan on the road.