Wednesday, November 28
East Lansing, Mich.
7 PM ET
Michigan State University
vs
Buffalo
Wrestling Welcomes Buffalo for Home Opener
11/27/2018 3:08:00 PM | Wrestling
EAST LANSING, Mich. --Â Michigan State opens their home dual schedule on Wednesday, Nov. 28 against Buffalo. Last season, the Spartans defeated the Bulls by a final score of 18-17 via tiebreaker. Both teams scored 17 dual match points, but the Spartans earned more total match points, 63-58, for the tie-breaking point.
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EARLY SEASON SUCCESS
Michigan State secured its first team title in four years on 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.
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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.
Sophomore Rayvon Foley and redshirt freshman Cameron Caffey each won titles at their weight classes. To date, Michigan State has placed 22 wrestlers at two open events with four titles, two runner-up's and two third-place finishes.
CAFFEY AND FOLEY TAKE FIRST
Cameron Caffey and Rayvon Foley have each started the season a perfect 8-0 with two championships apiece. Foley and Caffey each won their respective weight classes at the MSU Open and at the Navy Classic.
Foley has taken down a pair of ranked opponents thus far in Michigan's Drew Mattin (17) and Ohio's Shakur Laney (16). Caffey is yet to meet a ranked opponent this season in his eight chances. Neither will meet a ranked opponent in the dual against Buffalo.
SCOUTING THE BULLS
Buffalo enters Wednesday's contest with a dual-meet record of 3-1 on the season with wins over Cleveland State, VMI and Bucknell. The Bull's lone defeat of the season came against Wisconsin on Nov. 1 by a 25-12 tally. In their last appearance, Buffalo took fifth out of eight teams at the Army Invitational.
No. 11 ranked 141# Bryan Lantry is 4-0 on the season with all victories coming in duals. Lantry defeated now No. 14 ranked Tristan Moran of Wisconsin to open the season. No. 18-ranked 285# Jake Gunning is 5-2 on the season and 3-1 in duals. Gunning's lone loss of the season came against Wisconsin's Trent Hillger by decision.
BUFFALO PROJECTED LINEUP (OVERALL, DUALS)
125: Kyle Akins (5-3, 2-2)
133: Derek Spann (4-0, 4-0)
141: No. 11 Bryan Lantry (4-0, 4-0) -OR- John Arceri (0-2, 0-0)
149: Jason Estevez (5-2, 2-2) -OR- Kyle Todrank (0-2, 0-0)
157: Alex Smythe (3-1, 3-1)
165: Noah Grover (4-4, 2-1) -OR- Troy Keller (0-1, 0-1)
174: Jake Lanning (1-5, 1-3)
184: Logan Rill (3-3, 3-1)
197: Sam Schuyler (4-3, 2-0) -OR- Brett Perry (3-3, 1-1)
285: No. 18 Jake Gunning (5-2, 3-1) -OR- Nolan Terrance (2-3, 0-0)
SPARTANS IN THE RANKINGS
• Sophomore Rayvon Foley - 125#
   No. 10 by InterMat
    No. 11 by FloWrestling
    No. 13 by WIN Wrestling Magazine
  No. 14 by TrackWrestling
• Redshirt Freshman Cameron Caffey - 184#
   No. 15 by InterMat
   No. 16 by WIN Wrestling Magazine
    No. 19 by FloWrestling
  No. 19 by TrackWrestling
CHANDLER IN THIRD YEAR AS HEAD COACH
Michigan State head coach Roger Chandler is in his 22nd season on the Spartan wrestling staff, but his third as head coach, taking over the reins of the MSU program from longtime head coach Tom Minkel, who directed the program since 1991, and retired following his 25th season at Michigan State in 2015-16.
In his first season as head coach, Chandler led the Spartans to a 10th-place finish at Big Ten Championships, the team's best finish since 2012. MSU's 38.5 points at the meet was their highest total since 2012, showing the signs of the program's progress in Chandler's first year acting as head coach. The Spartans also qualified three for NCAA Championships for the first time since 2013 in Chandler's first year at the helm of the program.
In year two, Michigan State improved their record in dual meets to 6-11 and brought 12 freshman into the program. MSU continues to rebuild with 16 freshman on the roster in 2018-19.
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| Opponent | Â Â Date/Time | Location | Live Video |
| Buffalo | Wednesday, November 28 / 7 PM ET | East Lansing, Michigan | BTN2Go |
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EARLY SEASON SUCCESS
Michigan State secured its first team title in four years on 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.
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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.
Sophomore Rayvon Foley and redshirt freshman Cameron Caffey each won titles at their weight classes. To date, Michigan State has placed 22 wrestlers at two open events with four titles, two runner-up's and two third-place finishes.
CAFFEY AND FOLEY TAKE FIRST
Cameron Caffey and Rayvon Foley have each started the season a perfect 8-0 with two championships apiece. Foley and Caffey each won their respective weight classes at the MSU Open and at the Navy Classic.
Foley has taken down a pair of ranked opponents thus far in Michigan's Drew Mattin (17) and Ohio's Shakur Laney (16). Caffey is yet to meet a ranked opponent this season in his eight chances. Neither will meet a ranked opponent in the dual against Buffalo.
SCOUTING THE BULLS
Buffalo enters Wednesday's contest with a dual-meet record of 3-1 on the season with wins over Cleveland State, VMI and Bucknell. The Bull's lone defeat of the season came against Wisconsin on Nov. 1 by a 25-12 tally. In their last appearance, Buffalo took fifth out of eight teams at the Army Invitational.
No. 11 ranked 141# Bryan Lantry is 4-0 on the season with all victories coming in duals. Lantry defeated now No. 14 ranked Tristan Moran of Wisconsin to open the season. No. 18-ranked 285# Jake Gunning is 5-2 on the season and 3-1 in duals. Gunning's lone loss of the season came against Wisconsin's Trent Hillger by decision.
BUFFALO PROJECTED LINEUP (OVERALL, DUALS)
125: Kyle Akins (5-3, 2-2)
133: Derek Spann (4-0, 4-0)
141: No. 11 Bryan Lantry (4-0, 4-0) -OR- John Arceri (0-2, 0-0)
149: Jason Estevez (5-2, 2-2) -OR- Kyle Todrank (0-2, 0-0)
157: Alex Smythe (3-1, 3-1)
165: Noah Grover (4-4, 2-1) -OR- Troy Keller (0-1, 0-1)
174: Jake Lanning (1-5, 1-3)
184: Logan Rill (3-3, 3-1)
197: Sam Schuyler (4-3, 2-0) -OR- Brett Perry (3-3, 1-1)
285: No. 18 Jake Gunning (5-2, 3-1) -OR- Nolan Terrance (2-3, 0-0)
SPARTANS IN THE RANKINGS
• Sophomore Rayvon Foley - 125#
   No. 10 by InterMat
    No. 11 by FloWrestling
    No. 13 by WIN Wrestling Magazine
  No. 14 by TrackWrestling
• Redshirt Freshman Cameron Caffey - 184#
   No. 15 by InterMat
   No. 16 by WIN Wrestling Magazine
    No. 19 by FloWrestling
  No. 19 by TrackWrestling
CHANDLER IN THIRD YEAR AS HEAD COACH
Michigan State head coach Roger Chandler is in his 22nd season on the Spartan wrestling staff, but his third as head coach, taking over the reins of the MSU program from longtime head coach Tom Minkel, who directed the program since 1991, and retired following his 25th season at Michigan State in 2015-16.
In his first season as head coach, Chandler led the Spartans to a 10th-place finish at Big Ten Championships, the team's best finish since 2012. MSU's 38.5 points at the meet was their highest total since 2012, showing the signs of the program's progress in Chandler's first year acting as head coach. The Spartans also qualified three for NCAA Championships for the first time since 2013 in Chandler's first year at the helm of the program.
In year two, Michigan State improved their record in dual meets to 6-11 and brought 12 freshman into the program. MSU continues to rebuild with 16 freshman on the roster in 2018-19.
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