No. 23 Michigan State wrestling opened 2023 in style Friday night, as the Spartans came away with their seventh-straight win following a 28-9 dual victory over the Bucknell Bison inside Jenison Field House. MSU honored multiple generations of Spartan Wrestling alumni at the intermission of Friday night’s contest.
No. 23 Michigan State wrestling returns to the friendly confines of Jenison Field House for the first time since November, as the Spartans get set to host their home-opening dual against the Bucknell Bison on Friday, Jan. 6. First whistle is slated for 6 p.m.
Led by a trio of individual champions, No. 24 Michigan State wrestling took home its first tournament title of the 2022-23 season, as the Spartans tallied 161 points to earn the team championship at the Reno Tournament of Champions on Sunday at the Reno Events Center.
No. 24 Michigan State wrestling hits the road for the final time before the holiday break, as the Spartans travel to face a competitive field at the 2022 Reno Tournament of Champions on Sunday, Dec. 18, inside the Reno Events Center. Wrestling matches are slated to begin at 12:30 p.m. (ET) and run throughout the day.
No. 25 Michigan State wrestling opened the evening with a pair of major decisions and never looked back, as the Spartans won their sixth-straight dual by a 38-3 margin over the Brown Bears on Saturday evening inside the Pizzitola Sports Center.
Michigan State wrestling gets set for its final dual meet of the 2022 fall semester, as the Spartans face off against the EIWA challenger Brown Bears in a 7 p.m. start inside the Pizzitola Sports Center on Saturday, Dec. 10.
Michigan State wrestling redshirt senior and 16th-ranked Layne Malczewski published a pair of ranked victories at 184 pounds, and the Green & White defeated two challengers in dual competition on Sunday afternoon at the 2022 Garden State Grapple from Prudential Center.
Michigan State wrestling prepares to take part in one of the premier dual events of the 2022-23 campaign, as the Spartans head to the Garden State Grapple to challenge the Binghamton Bearcats and Princeton Tigers inside Prudential Center on Sunday, Dec. 4.
Following a historic performance the night before, the Michigan State wrestling team completed its dominant weekend in the Carolinas with a 46-3 victory over the Presbyterian Blue Hose on the campus of Summerville High School, logging a win in the main event at the 2022 Lowcountry Brawl.
Michigan State wrestling set multiple program records, including the most team points and largest margin of victory in school history on Friday, as the Spartans registered a 52-0 result over the Davidson Wildcats inside John M. Belk Arena.
Michigan State wrestling opens the 2022-23 dual slate on the road in the Carolinas this weekend, as the Spartans travel to face Davidson and Presbyterian. The Green & White open the season with a 6 p.m. meeting against the Davidson Wildcats from the Baker Sports Complex on Friday, Nov. 11. MSU follows that up with a 3:30 p.m. start against the Presbyterian Blue Hose on Saturday, Nov. 12, from McAlister Field House on the campus of The Citadel.
The Michigan State wrestling team opens its 119th competitive season on Saturday, Nov. 5, as the Spartans welcome a competitive field to Jenison Field House for the MSU Open. First whistle is slated for 9:30 a.m., with wrestling scheduled to run throughout the day.
Michigan State wrestling will appear twice on national television this season, with both duals set for broadcast via Big Ten Network. The Spartans open their road B1G schedule with a trip to No. 11 Minnesota on Sunday, Jan. 15 to take on the Golden Gophers at 8 p.m. (ET) from Maturi Pavilion. Later in the season, the Spartans will take on No. 24 Illinois at 2 p.m. (ET) on Sunday, Feb. 5 from Jenison Field House.
Michigan State redshirt junior wrestler Peyton Omania will represent the United States in the 2022 U23 World Championships in the 67kg Greco-Roman weight class. Omania begins wrestling at Pavillon Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra in Spain on Tuesday, Oct. 18, and would conclude work on Wednesday, Oct. 19, pending advancement.
Michigan State head wrestling coach Roger Chandler announced the Spartans’ 2022-23 schedule on Tuesday, highlighted by one tournament and five dual meets inside Jenison Field House. “I am very much looking forward to the upcoming season,” Chandler said. “Our guys are ready and excited to get back to competition, so we can take another step forward as a program. We have a good mix of veteran and underclassmen leadership, which is a great thing for our team. I believe the experience throughout our lineup will lead to a great year, and we all are ready to get started.”
Michigan State wrestling joins an eight-team field for the 2022 edition of the Garden State Grapple, hosted at the Prudential Center on Saturday, Dec. 4, head coach Roger Chandler and Prudential Center announced Wednesday. This exciting dual meet event will feature Rutgers, Wisconsin, Michigan State, and Indiana from the Big Ten Conference facing off against Binghamton, Drexel, Penn, and Princeton from the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association.
In poker, the old adage is, all you need is a chip and a chair, and you have a chance. Dash Dudley can now confirm that. Dudley, a Michigan State wrestler-turned-poker pro, collected his third career bracelet Thursday night when he rallied from the shortest of chip stacks all the way to the title — and a $301,396 payday — in the 62nd event of the World Series of Poker’s summer circuit in Las Vegas.
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Michigan State wrestlers Cameron Caffey and Peyton Omania will both attempt to get one step closer to making the 2022 U.S. Senior World Team this weekend, as the two Spartans are slated to compete in the U.S. World Team Trials Challenge Tournament on May 21-22 at Xtream Arena in Coralville, Iowa. Caffey, the 2022 U.S. Open champion in the 92kg senior freestyle division, and Omania, the 2021 U.S. World Team member at the 67kg Greco-Roman weight class, are both set to open action on Saturday at 11 a.m. ET (10 a.m. CT).
At the end of his five years at Michigan State University, Chase Saldate will own a Porsche Panamera. At least that’s his goal, the sophomore wrestler said. A goal that one year ago felt far-fetched, but as of July 2021, when NCAA athletes were given the right to profit off their name, image, and likeness (NIL), one that slowly became attainable.
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