The MSU women’s soccer team will travel to Ann Arbor on Friday with hopes of winning its last game of the season against Michigan.
MSU (7-10-1 overall, 1-8-0 Big Ten) is feeling additional pressure to beat U-M (3-9-5 overall, 1-5-3 Big Ten) this season.
“It’s always a huge game, but there is added significance because the two football teams are playing each other, too,” MSU head coach Tom Saxton said.
“This is such a classic intrastate rivalry.”
Like Saxton, senior goalkeeper Nicole Galas has her sights set on a Spartan victory.
“(Beating U-M) is always important, but this year it’s more important because our year hasn’t gone how we wanted it to,” Galas said.
Although MSU is 1-8 in the Big Ten, they have won seven games overall. That’s four more than U-M.
“We have had one of our best non-league seasons ever,” Saxton said. “You never know what’s going to happen in Big Ten soccer.”
Though the team has had a run for its money in the Big Ten Conference, the Spartans are prepared to take on the Wolverines.
“We need to focus on the good things,” Galas said. “Losing is disappointing
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