BUFFALO, N.Y. – Michigan State wrestling traveled to western New York for a dual with University at Buffalo on Thursday night, coming away victorious, 26-9. Dubbed the Mayhem at the Mainstage, MSU and Buffalo competed at the Buffalo Center for the Arts.
With a win on Thursday, MSU improves its record to 4-0 for the third-straight year, while Buffalo drops to 6-6.
WORDS FROM ROGER CHANDLER
"The team fought through a lot of adversity in the past week with sickness and injury. My younger guys showed me a lot today and the future is bright. Our guys gave us what we asked, and they wrestled hard for seven minutes."
HOW IT HAPPENED
MSU started the dual with a major decision when 125-pound freshman Caleb Weiand earned a 13-3 victory. At 133-pounds, Niagara Falls native Jaden Crumpler wrestled in front of a hometown crowd but fell in a tight 3-1 decision.
The Green and White got back on the winning track winning their next five bouts. Redshirt senior Jordan Hamdan picked up his sixth win of the season at 141 pounds, with five of them coming via bonus points, as he cruised to a 11-3 major decision victory over Caleb Brooks. Sophomore 149-pounder Braden Stauffenberg battled his way to a 6-4 victory and 157-pound senior Chase Saldate had a second-round escape to leave with a 1-0 decision. Senior 165-pounder Caleb Fish put on another impressive performance with three takedowns in a 12-2 major decision and 174-pound redshirt senior DJ Shannon got the MSU bench fired up, going into three overtime periods to pull out a 3-2 victory to MSU up 21-3.
Buffalo claimed matches at 184 and 197 pounds, but Michigan State would bounce back at heavyweight as sophomore 285-pounder Josh Terrill ended the night in dominating fashion, earning six takedowns en route to his fifth tech fall this season.
MSU will be back in action on Saturday, Dec. 16 as it travels to Clarion, Pa. for the second time this season to face Clarion University for a 7 p.m. dual.
BOUT-BY-BOUT
MSU 26, UAB 9
125 | Caleb Weiand (MSU) major dec. Max Elton (UAB) 13-3
133 | Tommy Maddox (UAB) dec Jaden Crumpler (MSU) 3-1
141 | Jordan Hamdan (MSU) major dec. Caleb Brooks (UAB) 11-3
149 | Braden Stauffenberg (MSU) dec. Nick Stampoulos (UAB) 6-4
157 | No. 17 Chase Saldate (MSU) dec. Ty Raines (UAB) 1-0
165 | No. 10 Caleb Fish (MSU) major dec. Hunter Shaut (UAB) 12-2
174 | DJ Shannon (MSU) dec. Jay Nivison (UAB) SV-3, 3-2
184 | Chase Kranitz (UAB) dec. Jacob Lee (MSU) 13-6
197 | Sam Mitchell (UAB) dec. Kael Wisler (MSU) 8-3
285 | Josh Terril (MSU) tech fall over Robbie Unruh (UAB) 19-4
Release courtesy of MSU Athletics.
