MSU goalkeeper breaks NCAA record
A shutout, a goose egg, a clean sheet — MSU junior goalkeeper Avery Steinlage has heard every term for not allowing a goal during a game.
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A shutout, a goose egg, a clean sheet — MSU junior goalkeeper Avery Steinlage has heard every term for not allowing a goal during a game.
The No. 20 MSU men’s soccer team was looking for revenge when they traveled to No. 10 Illinois-Chicago on Sunday.
The Central Michigan defense was able to tame the MSU women’s soccer team’s top two scorers in the first half Sunday, but the forward duo of sophomore Laura Heyboer and senior Lauren Hill did what they do best in the second.
Scoring goals was the biggest concern for the MSU men’s soccer team entering the 2009 campaign.
The State News caught up with MSU women’s soccer forward Cara Freeman on her small break from the workout room this week. Last year, the zoology junior started every game and was ranked third on the team in points and goals. This year, she has one goal and one assist in the team’s first two games. The Illinois native exudes confidence in all her mannerisms, saying, “I just love to live each day. That’s me; I’m just happy all the time.”
In Saturday’s exhibition game against IPFW, the MSU men’s soccer team faced an unfamiliar situation.
Tom Saxton knows opposing coaches don’t have to be rocket scientists to prepare for the MSU women’s soccer team.
The MSU women’s soccer team has landed six recruits for the 2009 season as Desiree Aber, Kelsey Kassab, Jordan Mueller, Chelsea Peterson, Olivia Stander and Melissa Timko have signed letters of intent.
MSU women’s soccer freshman forward Laura Heyboer was named Freshman of the Year by SoccerBuzz.com, the Web site announced last week.
Senior forward Doug DeMartin and senior defender David Hertel are in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., competing in the 2009 adidas Major League Soccer Player Combine.
After two successful 2008 soccer seasons for MSU, it’s only right to give credit where credit is due.
It came down to one last shot.
Illinois-Chicago was the 5 a.m. alarm clock that awoke the fourth-seeded MSU men’s soccer team from the most vivid of dreams.
The MSU men’s soccer team hasn’t given up a goal in 11 hours and 51 minutes of game time.
If you don’t allow goals, you can’t lose. That’s the motto the MSU men’s soccer team has been living by this season. And it’s working perfectly for the Spartans, as they have racked up seven straight shutouts. With an established scorer in Doug DeMartin up top, head coach Joe Baum has been able to focus his attention on molding the defensive unit into a back line that has been impenetrable of late. “You can’t really ask for much more than what they’ve done this year,” Baum said. Here is a look at what Baum, sophomore goalkeeper Avery Steinlage and State News men’s soccer reporter Alex DiFilippo have to say about what the four defenders bring to the table.
For the first time in the history of the men’s soccer program, a Spartan has been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American First Team.
If it were basketball, the MSU men’s soccer team would be a No. 1 seed going into the NCAA Tournament.
South Bend, Ind. — Blistering cold winds whipped through Notre Dame’s Alumni Field as the MSU women’s soccer team waited for someone to start heating up. But the only source of warmth that smashed through the ice cold tundra was Notre Dame’s Rose Augustin, who scored the contest’s game winning — and only — goal of the afternoon en route to a 1-0 victory Sunday, knocking the Spartans out of the NCAA Tournament in the second round.
South Bend, Ind. — The MSU women’s soccer defense held No. 1 ranked and undefeated Notre Dame off the board until the 72nd minute.
It’s official. The MSU men’s soccer team is the class of the Big Ten.