Michigan State kept the dual tight early, splitting the first six matches with the Cowboys. The Cowboys, however, held an 11-9 advantage at the midway point thanks to bonus point victories by Steve Mocco at and Nathan Morgan.
"I liked that we scored bonus points in the matches that we won," head coach John Smith said afterward. "We had some ugly losses, but we can take something from those matches and move forward."
The two anticipated matches with ranked wrestlers at 125 and 141 were both dominated by the Simmons brothers of Michigan State. Fourth-ranked Nick Simmons recorded a takedown and a three-point near fall on his way to a 6-0 decision over No. 5 Coleman Scott.
No. 4 Andy Simmons controlled No. 13 Daniel Frishkorn and came away with a 7-1 decision.
Zack Esposito extended the lead for the Cowboys with a technical fall over Darren Mcknight at 149. After Michigan State's Tony Greathouse upset eighth-ranked Kevin Ward to make the dual 16-12, Hendricks clinched the dual with his tech. fall over Harney.
Michigan State's R.J. Boudro defeated OSU's Brandon Mason in the final match at 174 to make the final score 21-15.
"Overall, it is not what I wanted to see," Smith said. "It is not all negative though because now we know what we need to work on to get better for our next match against Lehigh.
The Cowboys open the home portion of their schedule on Friday, Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. inside Gallagher-Iba Arena.
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