EAST LANSING— Michigan State wrestling tallied a sixth conference loss to Rutgers at Jenison Field House, 29-12 on Friday afternoon at Jenison Fieldhouse.
The Scarlet Knights took the lead early, with No. 24 Ayden Smith winning by decision over Nick Corday at 125 pounds. A coach’s misconduct against Rutgers head coach Scott Goodale resulted in a one-point penalty on the team’s score.
Recovering quickly, Rutgers’ Dylan Shawver earned 3 team points with a win by decision 8-3 over Caleb Weiand.
The Spartans bounced back with a win by decision of their own by Andy Hampton at 141 pounds. Hampton took on Mason Gibson, one weight class higher than where he has previously wrestled this season.
With a team score of 5-3 heading into 149 pounds, the Scarlet Knights were quick to retaliate. No. 29 Andrew Clark took the weight class with a fall against Clayton Jones at 3:46.
Following the victory, No. 26 Anthony White beat out Darius Marines 8-4, awarding Rutgers 3 team points by decision. The Green and White come out of 157 pounds, down 14-3.
Rutgers take the following three matches with No. 19 Andrew Barbosa winning 165 pounds over Jack Conley by a technical fall 18-4, No. 17 Lenny Pinto taking down Connor O’Neill at 174 pounds,10-2 by major decision, and No. 20 Shane Cartagena-Walsh beating Ryan Boucher by decision 10-4 at 184 pounds.
The most antipacted match of the night lied at 197 pounds. with Michigan States No. 23 Kael Wisler taking on Rutgers No. 16 Remy Cotton, who transferred from East Lansing this season. Wisler was coming off a win via forfeit on Sunday and couldn’t translate the victory to today’s showdown. Cotton took the win by decision 8-1, improving the team score to 29-3.
The Spartans were able to strike back in the heavyweight match with MSU’s Josh Terrill taking the victory over Brandon Toranzo for 6 team points after Toranzo was disqualified for five stalling violations. The final team score was 29 Rutgers to 9 Michigan State.
The dual concluded with an exhibition at 157 pounds. featuring the Spartan’s Braeden Stauffenberg and the Scarlet Knight’s Dagen Condomitti. Stauffenberg took the win by decision, 4-2.
Michigan State will take on the No. 9 Minnesota Golden Gophers at Jenison Field House on Sunday at 2 p.m. to look to end their two-dual losing streak.
