Two Spartans - senior heavyweight Mike McClure and junior 184-pounder John Rizqallah - qualified for the NCAA Championships after placing in the Big Ten Tournament.
Sixth-ranked senior heavyweight Mike McClure qualified for the NCAA Championships this past weekend with a strong performance at the Big Ten Championships - however, it's not yet known what place McClure earned at the Big Ten meet as of press time.
It was the MSU wrestling team’s third straight win and the last dual match of the season before the Big Ten Championships.
The Spartan wrestling team came out victorious for the third match in a row, beating No. 25 Central Michigan on Saturday.
Being introduced for the last time at Jenison Field House. Hearing the opening music one last time. Even Sparty was there.
Coming off an 18-16 win against Indiana, the four seniors on the wrestling team are starting to realize that their season is coming to an end as the Big Ten championship is approaching next month.
Four matches away from the Big Ten championships, the wrestling team will take on two of them on the road for a dual weekend.
No. 1 Penn State gave the wrestling team trouble on Friday, winning 42-3, but the Spartans came out victorious in the heavyweight category with a win by senior Mike McClure.
Another tough weekend is ahead for the Spartan wrestling team as it takes on No. 1 Penn State on Friday at Jenison Field House.
The wrestling team is practicing to reach its goals and fix its mistakes, but still fell to “rival No.
After two recent losses to top-ranked Big Ten teams, the wrestling team will have to focus on having control when facing Michigan this Friday, a rival who ranks No.
The MSU wrestling team fell to the No. 2 Minnesota Golden Gophers Friday night at Jenison Field House, 35-3.
The wrestling team lost its first match of 2014 earlier this month to Iowa, 41-0, and will face No. 2 Minnesota today, two of the top teams in the country — and MSU will have to stop focusing on rankings in order to come out victorious. No.
The Big Ten woes continue for the MSU wrestling team.
As the fall semester draws to a close, the wrestling team’s season is just starting to heat up. The Spartans (5-3 overall) will partake in their first Big Ten matchup of the season against No. 16 Wisconsin at 2 p.m. Sunday at Jenison Field House.
Most MSU students will home preparing, eating or working off a Thanksgiving feast over break, but the Spartans will be on the field, court, ice and mat working hard to give MSU some victories. Check out what will be happening in the Green and White world of sports over the holiday week.
Champions have been crowned, nets have been cut to shreds and the final buzzer has sounded for MSU winter athletics, bringing despair to some Spartans whose seasons ended too soon and sweet relief to others whose seasons couldn’t end soon enough.
There are two schools of thought when it comes to wrestling.
According to ancient lore — and a not-so-ancient film — when the 300 Spartans defended Thermopylae from the Persians, they used past experiences and rough times to give them the strength to push forward.
Four Spartans will make their way to Des Moines, Iowa, next weekend after strong performances at the Big Ten Championships in Champaign, Ill.