The MSU wrestling team had a tough weekend as they lost to North Carolina and Clarion on Saturday and No. 1 Penn State on Sunday.
The MSU wrestling team has another busy weekend on the road as they begin the toughest part of their schedule. The Spartans (4-3, 0-2 Big Ten) travel to Clarion, Pa., to take on Clarion and North Carolina beginning at noon Saturday before heading to State College, Pa., for a tilt against No. 1, and two-time defending national champion, Penn State at 2 p.m. Sunday.
When Dan Wirnsberger graduated from MSU in 1995, he was one of the most decorated and celebrated Spartan wrestlers in the program’s history, and helped turn a struggling program into a national power. Now, as the head coach at Bucknell, Wirnsberger returned to MSU to take on his former coach and alma mater on Sunday afternoon.
The MSU wrestling team (4-3, 0-2 Big Ten) came away with a pair of wins as they beat Bucknell 28-11 and Lindsey Wilson 28-12 on Sunday afternoon. After a disappointing loss to Purdue on Friday night , the Spartans lost the first three matches to Bucknell to fall down 11-0 , but won the last seven to come away with a 28-11 win.
Fresh off a break from school and competition, the MSU wrestling team (2-3, 0-2 Big Ten) got back on the mat and lost to No. 21 Purdue, 26-10, Friday night.
The MSU wrestling team (2-2) hoped to come out of the weekend with two wins, but left with one win and one loss as they fell to Wisconsin on Friday, and defeated Northern Illinois on Saturday.
With duels against Wisconsin and Northern Illinois this weekend, the MSU wrestling team (1-1) is emotionally and physically ready to start the Big Ten season, but there still is one key component the players must improve on.
The MSU wrestling team might have lost 22-12 on Friday night, but the young Spartans gave No. 17 Edinboro more than it expected.
When the MSU wrestling team (1-0) takes on No. 17 Edinboro at 7 p.m. Friday at Jenison Field House, both mind and body must be in peak condition if the Spartans want to take down the Fighting Scots.
After winning the heavyweight division at the Michigan State Open last Sunday, junior Michael McClure earned Big Ten Wrestler of the Week for the first time in his career.
The MSU wrestling team hosted the annual MSU Open Sunday at Jenison Field House. Of the 28 Spartans who participated in the event, MSU had a total of 10 wrestlers place in the top six in both the freshman/sophomore and open divisions.
As the season gets under way, the MSU wrestling team aims to find an identity with a young roster as it hosts the Michigan State Open this Sunday at Jenison Field House.
The MSU athletics department announced the hockey, wrestling and volleyball schedules for the upcoming 2012-13 seasons this week.
MSU wrestling junior heavyweight Steve Andrus’ bid to compete in the 2012 London Olympics ended Saturday night when he dropped the championship match in the 120 kilogram Greco-Roman wrestling Olympic trials to Dremiel Byers of the U.S. Army.
MSU junior heavyweight wrestler Steve Andrus received an invitation to compete in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in the 120-kilogram/264.5-pound weight class in the Greco-Roman division as one of two wildcard selections, USA Wrestling recently announced.
Curran Jacobs was 60 seconds away from his first All-American honors. Competing for a top-eight spot in the NCAA Tournament this weekend — where the top eight finishers are named All-Americans — the senior 174-pounder was the remaining Spartan participating.
Before six members of the MSU wrestling team left for St. Louis to participate in the NCAA Tournament beginning on Thursday, competing junior heavyweight Steve Andrus said he felt there was no reason all six wrestlers couldn’t come back with All-American status. However, by Friday night, each of the Spartan wrestlers had been eliminated from the tournament with senior 174-pounder Curran Jacobs coming within an overtime 3-1 decision of his first All-American honors.
With session one of the NCAA Tournament in the books, three of the six Spartans that made the trip to St. Louis have kept their championship dreams alive.
With only the NCAA Tournament remaining — starting Thursday and continuing through the weekend in St. Louis — six members of the MSU wrestling team will have one final opportunity to end their seasons on a high note.
Following the trend of the season, the MSU wrestling team saw some impressive individual performances at the Big Ten Tournament last weekend, but finished near the bottom as a team.