Wrestling Announces 2023-24 Schedule

EAST LANSING, Mich. - The dates are set, and we're ready for the first whistle. Michigan State wrestling head coach Roger Chandler announced the program's 2023-24 schedule on Monday after the conference dual schedule was revealed by the Big Ten.

"I'm very much looking forward to the upcoming season," Chandler said. "We have exceptional leadership in our veteran guys like Layne Malczewski, Chase Saldate, Caleb Fish, and Jordan Hamdan. We have a lot of new faces that will have a big impact on the future. The combination of the old, the young, and their drive to do great things is what really gets me excited."

MSU opens its season at the Clarion Open on Sunday, Nov. 5 before hosting its annual Michigan State Open inside historic Jenison Field House on Saturday, Nov. 11. The Spartans will then travel to West Point, N.Y. for the first time, attending the Black Knight Invite hosted by Army on Sunday, Nov. 19.

Dual season gets underway in December, starting with a trio of matches against host school Franklin & Marshall, Bloomsburg and Presbyterian on Sunday, Dec. 3. Michigan State's road-trip continues in Buffalo, N.Y. as the Spartans meet Buffalo on Thursday, Dec. 7 before heading back to Clarion for a dual on Saturday, Dec. 16.

The fall semester concludes with Michigan State competing at the 59th annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships, hosted by Northwestern, in Hoffman Estates, Ill. on Friday, Dec. 29 through Saturday, Dec. 30. The Midlands Championships is widely considered one of the most prestigious non-conference wrestling tournaments in the country each year.

Michigan State welcomes the new year with its first home dual of the season on Friday, Jan. 5, hosting American. It'll be a quick turnaround as Ohio comes to town for a dual the next day on Saturday, Jan. 6.

Conference action gets underway 49 miles down the road in Ann Arbor, Mich. on Sunday, Jan. 14 as the Spartans will face-off against No. 9-ranked Michigan to open B1G competition. Tough tests await MSU throughout the remainder of January as Michigan State is set to host No. 14-ranked Rutgers (Friday, Jan. 19), No. 1-ranked Penn State (Sunday, Jan. 21) and No. 25-ranked Wisconsin (Friday, Jan. 26) within the confines of Jenison Field House.

The Green & White open February with three road conference duals, first heading to No. 18-ranked Illinois on Friday, Feb. 2 before meeting Indiana that same weekend on Sunday, Feb. 4. The Spartans will get an extra recovery day the next week, only facing No. 22-ranked Maryland in College Park on Sunday, Feb. 11.

Michigan State returns to East Lansing for its final two duals of the season, concluding B1G competition against No. 7-ranked Ohio State on Friday, Feb. 16 and taking on intrastate rival Central Michigan on Friday, Feb. 23.

After a two-week break, MSU returns to competition at the Big Ten Championships in College Park, Md. on March 9-10. The season comes to a close as NCAA Championship qualifiers head to Kansas City, Mo. for the 2024 NCAA Wrestling Championships, March 21-23, at the T-Mobile Center.

Players Mentioned

Caleb Fish

Jordan Hamdan

Layne Malczewski

Chase Saldate

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