Wrestling Crowns Two at MSU Open

Final Open Bracket || Final Fresh/Soph Bracket

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Michigan State started it's 115th wrestling season off with a bang on Saturday, November 3, with two wrestlers finishing first in their respective weight classes at the Michigan State Open at Jenison Field House. Sophomore Rayvon Foley won at 125 a season after taking second in the freshman/sophomore bracket and redshirt freshman Cameron Caffey took first at 184 after winning the freshman/sophomore bracket a year ago. Final brackets from the event are linked above.

The Spartans earned four top three finishes in the open bracket and had another three in the freshman/sophomore bracket. Freshman Peyton Omania and Layne Malczewski took second in their respective weight classes in the freshman/sophomore bracket.

Top Results
Rayvon Foley - 125#
First Round def. Carmen Ferrante (PENN) - MD 16-7
Quarterfinal def. Arick Shankles (BORO) - TF 17-2
Semifinal def. Drew Hildebrandt (CMU) - Dec 9-4
Final def. Drew Mattin (MICH) - MD 12-3

Foley earned victory over a ranked opponent in his final bout of the day, taking down Michigan's Drew Mattin.

Cameron Caffey - 184#
First Round def. Ruston Duke (OKLA) - Fall 2:34
Quarterfinal def. Andrew Scott (NIU) - TF 17-2
Semifinal def. Jordan Atienza (CMU) - MFF
Final def. Kayne MacCallum (OKLA) - Dec 9-5

Backed up his freshman/sophomore bracket championship from last season with an open bracket championship in 2018-19.

Anthony Tutolo - 133#
First Round def. Kyle Luigs (IND) - Dec 9-5
Quarterfinal def. Kelan McKenna (NDC) - Dec 5-4
Semifinal def. Alijah Jeffery (NIU) - Dec 3-2
Final def. by Mario Guillen (OHIO) - Dec 9-7

Tutolo tied Guillen late in the third period of the championship bout, 7-7, but Guillen scored an escape and had riding time.

Jake Tucker - 157#
First Round def. Jared Schieber (OKLA) - Fall 4:21
Quarterfinal def. Logan Parks (CMU) - Fall 4:06
Semifinal def. by Will Lewan (MICH) - SV-1 5-3
Third-Place Bout def. Elijiah Cleary (OSU) - Dec 2-1

Lone defeat came against eventual 157-champion, Will Lewan of Michigan.

Drew Hughes - 174#
First Round def. Joseph Terry (OHIO) - Dec 5-0
Quarterfinal def. Jake Lowell (CMU) - MD 9-0
Semifinal def. by Britt Wilson (NIU) - Dec 4-2
Wrestleback def. Jairod James (MUC) - Fall 4:04
Third-Place Bout def. Anthony Mantanona (OKLA) - Fall 5:40

Was down to Mantanona 10-2 in the third period, but bounced back to earn the fall. Mantanona was teammates with Caffey at the Pan-American Games in Fortaleza, Brazil over the summer.

Peyton Omania - 149# (Fresh/Soph)
First Round def. Houston Hemingsen (DAVE) - TF 16-0
Quarterfinal def. Anthony Gibson (NIU) - Dec 4-1
Semifinal def. Max Ward (NIU) - TF 16-0
Finals def. by Sammy Sasso (OSU) - Dec 10-3

After a pair of impressive tech falls, Omania fell in the finals to the top ranked 149# in the class of 2022.

Layne Malczewski - 174# (Fresh/Soph)
First Round def. DJ Bell (MAN) - Fall 1:05
Quarterfinal def. Jason Montgomery (PENN) - TF 18-2
Semifinal def. Cornell Beachem (NDC) - TF 17-2
Finals def. by Jacob Oliver (BORO) - MD 11-4

Austen Malczewski - 197# (Fresh/Soph)
Quarterfinal def. Keigna Yuhas (FIND) - MD 11-3
Semifinal def. by David Eli (PUR) - SV-1 9-7
def. Dennis Whitehead (NDC) - Fall 3:56
Third-Place Bout def. Mason Kroening (OHIO) - Dec 2-1

Others who placed include redshirt sophomore's Nick May (4th) and Christian Rebottaro (5th), redshirt freshman Brad Wilton (6th) and freshman Stone Moscovic (6th).

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Players Mentioned

Cameron Caffey

Rayvon Foley

Drew Hughes

Austen Malczewski

Layne Malczewski

Nick May

Stone Moscovic

Peyton Omania

Christian Rebottaro

Jake Tucker

Anthony Tutolo

Brad Wilton