Former MSU hockey player Torey Krug has so far had a storybook start to his NHL career. After being called up from the AHL’s Providence Bruins into the thick of Stanley Cup playoff hockey on May 16, the 22-year-old rookie has outplayed many of the veterans.
The Spartan offensive line has potentially lost a key player. Reports from 247sports.com indicate that junior right tackle Skyler Burkland will forego his 2013-14 season due to injuries.
The MSU baseball team not only failed to receive an at-large bid to the 2013 NCAA Baseball Tournament yesterday, it was the final team left out of the field. Head coach Jake Boss Jr.
The MSU track and field team advanced 12 Spartans to the NCAA Championships at the NCAA East Preliminary Championships last week.
The MSU women’s golf team made history tying for ninth in the NCAA Women’s Golf Championships.
MSU freshman rower Katie Cromie has been named the Co-Big Ten Freshman of the Year. Cromie shares the honor with Catherine Shields of Big Ten champion Ohio State.
Former MSU hockey player Torey Krug has made an immediate impact for the Boston Bruins amidst the ongoing battle for Lord Stanley.
MSU’s women basketball recruit Tori Jankoska of Freeland High was named to the 2013 PARADE High School All-American team.
On Tuesday morning, the Big Ten announced the winners of the all-conference awards this past 2013 baseball season.
The MSU baseball team’s season came to a disappointing end despite winning its final Big Ten series against Penn State this weekend.
Outside linebacker Chris Frey of Upper Arlington, Ohio, committed to MSU yesterday afternoon. Frey, along with Deon Drake and Byron Bullough, make up the 2013-2014 linebacker class for the Spartans.
Coming into the Big Ten series finale, the MSU baseball team is trying to remain poised in the face of elimination.
As a junior defenseman in 2012, Torey Krug lead the Spartans to their first NCAA Tournament berth since 2008.
MSU won both games of the doubleheader against Central Michigan Tuesday at Theunissen Stadium in Mount Pleasant. The Spartans held on in the first of two against Central to win the postponed Clash at Comerica, 5-4. MSU hopes to maintain its momentum from the doubleheader sweep into the Big Ten finale against Penn State this weekend. Sophomore right fielder Jimmy Pickens had a big Tuesday, Pickens went 3-7 with 5 RBIs in the two wins against Central.
Following a dramatic come-from-behind victory over Illinois on Senior Day, MSU maintained control of the No. 6 spot in the Big Ten standings. However, MSU fell out of sixth place into seventh after winning only one out of three against Iowa this past weekend.
MSU currently has plans for a $20 million renovation to the north entrance of Spartan Stadium. The renovation not only will benefit the football program, but the other 25 MSU sports, fans, media, recruitment and officials, and is slated to be completed by summer 2014. The renovations will look to improve on operations that have been neglected since the 1960s, according to MSU athletics director Mark Hollis.
MSU salvaged a win in the final game of a disappointing three-game series against Iowa, 4-2, on Sunday afternoon. MSU fell out of contention for the Big Ten Tournament this weekend after dropping the first two games of the series, falling to seventh in Big Ten standings.
Junior pitcher David Garner struck out nine batters, but the MSU baseball team was unable to defeat Iowa, suffering a (2-1) loss Saturday afternoon.
The MSU Women’s Golf team broke a tie for ninth-place Saturday at the NCAA Central Regional.
In the second-to-last Big Ten series of the 2013 season, the MSU baseball team dropped the first of a three-game series against Iowa, 2-6, Friday night in Iowa City.