FOOTBALL
Defense dominates to lead Spartans to 'signature' win
MSU holds Ohio State to 178 yards of offense on the way to beating the Buckeyes for the first time since 1999.
FOOTBALL
Defense carries MSU to 10-7 win over Ohio State
COLUMBUS, OHIO – The defense carried the MSU football team to the finish line Saturday, as the Spartans broke their streak of seven consecutive losses to Ohio State and beat the Buckeyes 10-7 in Columbus, Ohio for the first time since 1998. The defenders racked up nine sacks, three more than their total for the first four weeks of the season, setting a new team record. The first touchdown of the game happened in the first quarter when senior quarterback Kirk Cousins rolled right and found senior wide receiver B.J.
VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball loses to Nebraska in 5 sets
In front of the largest Jenison Field House crowd the Spartans have seen all season, the MSU Volleyball team (12-3 overall, 1-2 Big Ten) fell to the No.
BASKETBALL
Delvon Roe resigns due to traumatic leg injuries
After three years of suffering through the pain of multiple injuries and surgeries, Delvon Roe’s basketball career at MSU has come to an end.
BASKETBALL
Gone from team, Roe a Spartan for life
Since Tom Izzo took over as MSU men’s basketball coach in 1995, his program has been defined by toughness. Tough coaching, tough practices, tough schedules, tough love and most of all, tough players.
FOOTBALL
Football looks to beat Ohio State for 1st time under Dantonio
MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio has brought the Spartans a Big Ten Championship, three straight wins against Michigan and four consecutive bowl game appearances since he arrived in 2007.
SPORTS
Field hockey loses in rainstorm, 3-0
Battling heavy rainfall and a 15-minute delay due to inclement weather, the MSU field hockey team fell to the visiting No.
VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball set to meet national power Nebraska
The MSU volleyball team will open its Big Ten home season at 7 p.m.
SOCCER
Women's soccer traveling to Iowa, Nebraska for weekend tilts
As the Big Ten standings continue to set up, the MSU women’s soccer team is eager to stay in the hunt. With a pair of conference matchups on the road against Nebraska and Iowa, the Spartans (9-2-0, 2-1-0 Big Ten) will look to improve their season record against two of the top teams in the Big Ten. For women’s soccer head coach Tom Saxton, the weekend could be a telling one for his team, as it continues to make a run for postseason play and an NCAA Tournament bid. “These two teams, after two weekends of Big Ten play, are up on the top end of the table with us,” Saxton said.
SOCCER
Men's soccer welcomes Ohio State for conference matchup
Last season, the MSU men’s soccer team played three of its toughest Big Ten games on the road. The Spartans lost at Ohio State, Penn State and Michigan on their way to a sixth-place finish in the seven-team Big Ten soccer conference. This year, MSU (2-5-2 overall, 0-0-1 Big Ten) hosts the three teams this season, beginning with Ohio State (5-4-1, 1-0-0) on Sunday.
FOOTBALL
First season of new Big Ten era set to begin
In June 2010, when Nebraska became the newest member of the Big Ten Conference, the layout for college football changed forever. The addition of the Cornhuskers from the Big 12 gave the conference an even number of teams, and from that came divisions and a Big Ten Conference Championship game. MSU sits in the Legends Division along with No.
FOOTBALL
Defense hopes to maintain dominant start
With seven first-year starters on defense to begin the season, MSU head coach Mark Dantonio and his coaching staff knew they had talent, but without experience it was hard to say how good the defense could be.
SPORTS
Field hockey freshmen growing up as Big Ten play begins
After a dramatic 2-1 overtime victory at home against Kent State on Sunday, the MSU field hockey team has its Big Ten home opener at 3 p.m.
ICE HOCKEY
Team, program develops as season approaches
With the season fast approaching for the MSU hockey team, Tom Anastos and his staff have been hard at work to get the team ready to take the ice.
ICE HOCKEY
Column: Anastos’ success not easy to predict
It was a match made in hockey heaven. When Rick Comley took over the storied MSU hockey program in 2002, he already was one of the great coaches in the history of the game.
ICE HOCKEY
MSU hockey ready for fresh start, new season
Following a disappointing season in 2010-11, new head coach Tom Anastos and several players met with members of the local and regional media Tuesday to discuss the aspirations of a new era in Spartan hockey.
FOOTBALL
Lippett to continue to play both sides of the ball
The MSU football team has many options as far as wide receivers go, but that won’t always be the case as many of them are seniors.
SOCCER
Men's soccer comes from behind to beat Illinois-Chicago, 2-1
In the 51st minute of the MSU men’s soccer team’s game against Illinois-Chicago, it looked like the bounces would continue to go against the Spartans.
SPORTS
Men's golf places 5th at shortened Inverness Intercollegiate
The tournament was shortened to 18 holes instead of the usual 36 and postponed from the original Monday date to Tuesday because of inclement weather in the area.
FOOTBALL
MSU football's true identity to be seen in Big Ten play
The MSU football team’s “preseason” is over, and now it’s time for the real action to start. On Saturday, when the Spartans play Ohio State, we finally will see if their goals are achievable.