Spartans Earn Overall Team Title at 2018 Navy Classic

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- The Michigan State wrestling program secured its first team title in four years on Saturday, November 17 at the Navy Classic in Annapolis, Maryland. Michigan State finished atop the leaderboard with 126 points, followed by 95.5 for second-place Indiana and 92 for third-place Navy.

MSU's last team tournament championship came on December 30, 2013 at the Cradle Gear Invitational hosted by Lock Haven University. The Spartans scored 105 points and had three individual champions that day in Nick Trimble, John Rizqallah and Mike McClure.

In addition to the team title, sophomore Rayvon Foley and redshirt freshman Cameron Caffey each earned the second tournament championships of the season after each won their weight class at the MSU Open on November 3.

125# - No. 10 Rayvon Foley (First Place)
Second Round def. Kilian Cardinale (Old Dominion) - MD 10-2
Quarterfinals def. Tomas Guitierrez (Kent State) – TF 16-1
Semifinals def. Sidney Flores (Air Force) – MD 16-6
Finals def. No. 16 Shakur Laney (Ohio) – Dec 7-4

133# - Anthony Tutolo (Second Place)
First Round def. Mel Ortiz (George Mason) – Dec 7-2
Second Round def. Brett Rezendes (Bucknell) – Dec 7-1
Quarterfinals def. John Twomey (Air Force) – Dec 8-4
Semifinals def. Tim Rooney (Kent State) – Dec 3-2
Finals def. by Casey Cobb (Navy) – Dec 7-5

157# - Jake Tucker (Fourth Place)
First Round def. Christian LaBrie (Brown) – Dec 8-4
Second Round def. Matt Dallara (Campbell) – Dec 5-0
Quarterfinals def. Alex Mossing (Air Force) – SV 4-2
Semifinals def. by Hunter Willits (Oregon State) – Dec 6-2
Consolation Round of Four def. Jake Danishek (Indiana) – Dec 5-0
Third Place Bout def. by Zach Hartman (Bucknell) – Dec 8-4

184# - No. 17 Cameron Caffey (First Place)
First Round def. Jake Walker (Ohio) – Fall 2:54
Second Round def. Jacob Ferreira (Bucknell) – MD 14-5
Quarterfinals def. Anthony Cable (Navy) – MD 14-1
Semifinals def. Tanner Harvey (American) – Dec 7-5
Finals def. by Antonio Agee (Old Dominion) – Dec 12-6

Also placing for the Spartans were Jaden Enriquez (fifth), Nick May (fifth), Chase Beard (fifth), Alex Hrisopoulos (sixth), Drew Hughes (sixth) and Christian Rebottaro (sixth).

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Players Mentioned

Chase Beard

Cameron Caffey

Jaden Enriquez

Rayvon Foley

Alex Hrisopoulos

Drew Hughes

Nick May

Christian Rebottaro

Jake Tucker

Anthony Tutolo