When the MSU wrestling team takes on No. 10 Central Michigan on Friday night, the feeling will be different than anything the team has experienced this season.
Every time the MSU wrestling team hits the mat, the work they’ve put in all season is on display, but they’re not the only people watching their hard work pay off.
After a disappointing 30-10 loss to Iowa State on Friday night, the MSU wrestling team had an extra long meeting in the locker room to discuss what went wrong.
After finishing the Big Ten season without a win, the MSU wrestling team hopes to get back on their feet when they take on Iowa Stateat 7 p.m. at Jenison Field House.
The team trains together in the same program during the week, but some weekends, wrestlers not in the starting lineup are limited to competing as individuals in open tournaments.
The International Olympic Committee, or IOC, announced Tuesday that wrestling would not be a part of the Olympics beginning in 2020, drawing harsh criticism from the MSU wrestling community.
Taylor Massa and Jordan Wohlfert have been on the same wrestling team since they were four years old — until Sunday, that is.
The MSU wrestling team finished off the Big Ten regular season with a 24-15 loss to arch rival Michigan on Sunday afternoon.
Stepping out of the training room, ice pack strapped to his shoulder, the 157-pound senior struggled to keep his composure as he reminisced about his time in green and white.
Joe Flacco is going to Disney World. After leading the Baltimore Ravens to a Super Bowl victory Sunday night, it’s a season of winning for the talented man under center.
The MSU wrestling team came out of their most difficult weekend of the year with a pair of losses to No. 13 Nebraska and No. 4 Minnesota.
The MSU wrestling team faces their toughest weekend yet as they go on the road to take on No. 12 Nebraska on Friday and No. 4 Minnesota on Sunday. MSU is winless in the Big Ten and has lost six straight, including a disappointing loss to Ohio last Sunday.
They call him Batman. Redshirt freshman 149-pounder Roger Wildmo has been in the starting lineup for the MSU wrestling team the past two meets, and has taken advantage of it.
At 285 pounds, No.7 junior heavyweight Mike McClure is a big man, so big, that some teams think twice about facing him in competition. He won his matches against Iowa and Northwestern by forfeit after No. 5 Bobby Telford and No. 9 Mike McMullan didn’t compete.
The MSU wrestling team had a case of cat scratch fever this weekend as they lost to No. 16 Northwestern Wildcats, 18-15, on Friday, and the Ohio Bobcats, 22-16, on Sunday.
The road ahead for the MSU wrestling team doesn’t get any easier as they take on No. 16 Northwestern at 6 p.m. Friday in Jenison Field House. The Spartans (4-7 overall, 0-4 Big Ten) have lost four straight matches, including their last two in the Big Ten to No. 1 Penn State and No. 3 Iowa.
As frigid temperatures infuriate students that walk to and from class, Spartan athletes must deal with the weather in a totally different way.
For John and Joe Rizqallah, wrestling has never brought them closer. Both picked up the sport in middle school before coming to MSU and wrestling on the same team a year ago.
Tempers flared and fists flew as the MSU wrestling team fell 27-12 to No. 3 Iowa on an emotion-filled Sunday afternoon. Twice during the meet, both teams received an unsportsmanlike point for fighting, forcing the referee to separate the wrestlers.
Every day this week there has been a sign hanging on the MSU wrestling training room door to motivate the team to focus on the little things and be persistent, because the team is counting on them.