MSU's best soccer goalkeeper didn't even want to play goalie after her first time in net."When I was 5, I got put in goal and I hated it," senior goalie Stacy Keller said.
The No. 19 women's soccer team heads to Eastern Michigan for a 4 p.m. game in Ypsilanti. Both teams have a 1-1 record. MSU shut out Eastern last season, 3-0. "We want to build on the success (from last season) and get another bid in the NCAA and try to get further into it," head coach Tom Saxton said.
The MSU men's soccer team will be facing Indiana Purdue-Fort Wayne at 4 p.m. this Sunday in Fort Wayne, Ind. "We're creating some quality chances and hopefully we can break out this weekend," MSU head coach Joe Baum said. The MSU team is made up of primarily veterans, while IPFW's team is fairly new to Division I.
Two wins and one loss made up a soccer weekend at Old College Field. On Monday afternoon, the men's soccer team (1-1) lost its second game of the MSU/Radisson Fall Classic to Loyola Marymount 3-1, while defeating Xavier 1-0 Sunday.
Old College Field will be busy this weekend as both the men's and women's soccer teams host opponents on the banks of the Red Cedar for their first contests of the regular season. Last week, the teams played in exhibition games with the men's squad tying Rutgers 1-1 and defeating Kentucky 2-0 in the IPFW Soccer Showcase in Fort Wayne, Ind.
The Spartans remained undefeated through two preseason exhibition games with a 1-0-1 record at the 2003 IPFW Soccer Showcase.On Sunday, the MSU men's soccer team downed Kentucky 2-0.
Friday was a character-builder for the MSU women's soccer team. Virginia, ranked No.
The men's soccer team replenished its roster by signing six recruits, head coach Joe Baum announced Wednesday.Baum inked two goalkeepers, a midfielder, a defender and two athletes who can play midfield or defense next year.
After being nominated to its first NCAA Tournament in the 17-year history of its program, the MSU women's soccer team was eliminated, dropping a 2-1 decision to Miami (Ohio) on Friday. Both teams came out strong in the first half, battling for control.
MSU's sixth-seeded men's soccer team eked out a 3-2 victory over third-seeded Ohio State (11-7-1, 3-3) in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament. Sophomore midfielder Jordan Gruber kept MSU's tourney hopes alive Thursday, netting the game-winning goal with just more than three minutes left in regulation to allow the Spartans (12-6 overall, 3-3 Big Ten) to advance to the Big Ten Tournament semifinals. The Spartans enjoyed a 1-0 lead less than five minutes into the match after a Buckeye defender headed the ball into his own net. Neither team scored until the 40th minute when an MSU defender deflected a cross past senior goalkeeper Tyler Robinson for an own goal to deadlock the score at one going into the break. MSU senior forward Brett Konley had the first real score of the game, chipping a shot over Ohio State goalkeeper Chad Brown at 56:32 to break the tie.
After nine years of playing away in the Big Ten Tournament, the MSU women's soccer team finally has the opportunity to play at home. "We're all very excited," head coach Tom Saxton said.
Sophomore Kellen Kalso connected on an overtime penalty kick to lift the Spartans to a 1-0 win over Bowling Green (4-11) Friday. Senior Tyler Robinson had four saves between the posts for the Spartans to gain his sixth shutout of the year. MSU improved to (11-6 overall, 3-3 Big Ten) with the victory, its last regular game of the season. The Spartans next will travel to Penn State for the Big Ten Tournament Nov.
As six men’s soccer seniors stepped off of Old College Field after a tough 2-1 loss to Wisconsin on Sunday there were no regrets. “To me it was kind of an honor to go out with everybody playing as hard as they could for the seniors,” senior goalkeeper Tyler Robinson said.
The men’s soccer team (10-5 overall, 3-2 Big Ten) rose to .500 on its month-long road trip with a 4-1 defeat of Western Michigan on Wednesday. Junior midfielder Nick DeGraw scored the Spartan’s first two goals just 1:31 apart for the only offense in the first half. In the second half, senior defender Scott Babinski found net for the first time this season to provide MSU with an insurance goal at 60:35. The Broncos aided the Spartans’ cause in the 77th minute, scoring on themselves to stretch the lead to four. Western managed to avoid a shutout thanks to forward Chad Wiseman, who booted one past senior goalkeeper Tyler Robinson at 80:44. The Spartans went 3-3 on the road for the month of October. MSU returns for its home finale at 1 p.m.
The women’s soccer team came out of the gate slowly, but the Spartans scored three goals in the second half to post a 4-0 victory over Detroit (4-7-4) on Sunday. “The biggest concern we had was that with this game being played in the middle of the Big Ten season, we didn’t come out flat,” MSU head coach Tom Saxton said.
The road has not been kind to the men’s soccer team. After compiling a 7-2 overall record, MSU has dropped three out of four games on its month-long road trip, the most recent a 2-0 loss at No.
MSU defeated Big Ten rival Michigan 2-1 Sunday in Ann Arbor. With the victory, the Spartans jumped to 8-4 overall and 2-2 in the Big Ten, while the Wolverines fell to 4-6-1, 0-3. After an equal first half where each team registered six shots on goal, senior forward Brett Konley broke the tie, floating one past Michigan goalkeeper Joe Zawacki at the 66:36 mark. Two minutes later MSU struck again, this time on a header from junior midfielder Jeff Krass to put the Spartans up by two. MSU faces Notre Dame in its next matchup at 8 p.m.
After experiencing a setback Sunday against Ohio State, the men’s soccer team welcomes a break from its rigorous Big Ten schedule when it takes on Oakland today in Rochester.The Spartans (7-3 overall, 1-2 Big Ten) have struggled against intraconference opponents this season, gaining their only conference victory in a 1-0 win over Northwestern.“I think we need to get back on a good note,” MSU head coach Joe Baum said.
For women’s soccer the goal to go undefeated at home is lost for the season as the Spartans fell 3-0 to No.
Gearing up for a month-long road trip, the men’s soccer team made sure fans won’t forget them while they’re gone.The Spartans (7-2 overall, 1-1 Big Ten) finished their next-to-last home game this year with a convincing 4-0 win over Loyola-Chicago (3-8).“I thought we came out mentally ready to play today,” head coach Joe Baum said.