Ryan Froese wins a thrilling match for the Spartans at 133 pounds.
Feb. 11, 2005
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Despite a tremendous win by red-shirt freshman Ryan Froese at 133 pounds, the No. 11 Michigan State wrestling team (7-3-1 overall, 4-0-1 Big Ten) fell to Purdue, 20-13, Friday night (Feb. 11) at Mackey Arena.
The match got started at 157 lbs., where freshman Justin Mora made his dual meet debut for the Spartans. Mora lost the match by technical fall to Colton Salazar, 23-7.
MSU fell behind 8-0 after the 165-pound match. Despite being tied at the end of regulation, Bryan Harney dropped the decision to John DeCeault, 5-4. The difference proved to be the point DeCeault received for over two minutes of riding time.
No. 15 R.J. Boudro got the Michigan State its first victory of the evening at 174 lbs., defeating Dan Bedoy, 4-1. Boudro outscored Bedoy in each of the final two periods to improve his record to 14-5 on the season.
Battling a knee injury, No. 18 Joe Williams dropped the decision to No. 15 Ben Wissel at 197 lbs., 9-5.
In a hard-fought match at 197 lbs., Jeff Clemens narrowly fell to No. 16 Nathan Moore, 2-0, putting the Boilermakers up 14-3 at the intermission.
Spartan junior Max Lossen fell to Jake O’Brien, 7-6, in the 285-pound bout, to give PU a 14-point lead.
No. 3 Nick Simmons put the Spartans back on the board at 125 lbs., defeating Brandon Tucker by major decision, 10-0. Simmons remained undefeated at 23-0, including a team-best nine major decisions. He has not given up a point in five-straight matches, and has shutout each of his five Big Ten opponents this year. In the 16 matches that Simmons has not recorded a fall over his opponent, he has defeated them by a combined score of 129-11.
The most exciting match of the night came at 133 lbs., where Ryan Froese knocked off Purdue’s Sean Schmaltz by sudden victory, 4-2. With the match tied in the final seconds, it appeared that Schmaltz had taken Froese down, but the referee waved off his initial signal, and the match went to overtime. In overtime, Froese continued his attack throughout, and scored the match-winning takedown in the closing moments.
Froese improved to 11-10, and 3-3 in the Big Ten. The sudden victory was his second of the season, the first coming at the North Carolina Open against Curry Pickard of UNC-Pembroke.
No. 4 Andy Simmons narrowed the PU lead to 17-13 heading into the final match with a victory over Ben Sprunger at 141 lbs., 6-4. Simmons tallied two takedowns in the first period and one in the second to claim his 27th victory of the season. Simmons improved to 8-1 in dual meets this season, and 4-1 in the Big Ten.
No. 15 Darren McKnight lost the final match of the meet by sudden victory to No. 9 Doug Withstandley, 6-4.
The Spartans return to action Saturday, Feb. 12 when they clash with No. 19 Indiana in Bloomington, Ind. Match time is scheduled for 2 p.m. EST.
157- Colton Salazar (PU) def. Justin Mora TF, 23-7 PU, 5-0
165- John DeCeault (PU) def. Bryan Harney 5-4 PU, 8-0
174- R.J. Boudro (MSU) def. Dan Bedoy 4-1 PU, 8-3
184- Ben Wissel (PU) def. Joe Williams 9-5 PU, 11-3
197- Nathan Moore (PU) def. Jeff Clemens 2-0 PU, 14-3
285- Jake O’Brien (PU) def. Max Lossen 7-6 PU, 17-3
125- Nick Simmons (MSU) def. Brandon Tucker MD, 10-0 PU, 17-7
133- Ryan Froese (MSU) def. Sean Schmaltz SV, 4-2 PU, 17-10
141- Andy Simmons (MSU) def. Ben Sprunger 6-4 PU, 17-13
149- Doug Withstandley (PU) def. Darren McKnight SV, 6-4 PU, 20-13
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