Ever since he can remember, Ray had a dream of playing college football, but while his dreams were coming true during his senior year of high school in March 2007, everything was put on hold when he was diagnosed with osteosarcoma — a rare bone cancer most often affecting teenage boys. Since then, Ray has been anxiously waiting for his chance to play football for MSU, and today, his dream finally will come true.
Coming off a weekend sweep at the Michigan Invitational in Ann Arbor, the MSU women’s soccer team (3-1-0) kept the momentum rolling in its second home matchup of the year with a 1-0 victory against in-state rival Oakland.
The No. 17 MSU football team has endured 25 straight practices, and senior quarterback Kirk Cousins said the Spartans are growing restless.
At first glance, the MSU football team’s first game appears to be just another season opener against an inferior opponent. That’s not exactly how MSU defensive coordinator Pat Narduzzi sees it, however.
Already off to a strong start in the 2011 season, the MSU volleyball team looks to continue this season’s success at the Spartan Showcase in Jenison Field House this weekend.
As roughly 75,000 green-and-white-clad fans prepare to descend upon Spartan Stadium for the first football game of the 2011 season, local authorities prepare for the increased amounts of traffic, drinking and parties on and around campus.
The Spartans men’s golf team hosts the Fossum Invitational on Sept. 3-4 at Forest Akers West Golf Course. First-year coach Casey Lubahn will make his coaching debut for MSU this weekend and will begin to try to improve his team from last season.
The 2011 season opens up for the MSU cross country team Friday at the Jeff Drenth Memorial, hosted by Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Mich. The men’s 5K begins at 11:20 a.m. and is followed by the women’s 5K at 12:05 p.m.
MSU’s pair of tenacious 6-foot-7 defensive ends — sophomore William Gholston and junior Tyler Hoover — likely will not be beating up on Youngstown State offensive tackles together Friday night. Not at the same time, at least.
Coming off a weekend sweep at the Michigan Invitational in Ann Arbor, the Spartans (2-1-0) open up September with a home matchup against Oakland (0-3-0) at 5 p.m. today at Old College Field at Demartin Stadium.
Following a 1-0 loss against Detroit to start the season, the MSU men’s soccer team travels east for the second consecutive year, opening with a game against a top-10 team.
Even with only three seniors leading the top 22 players of the MSU football team’s defense, head coach Mark Dantonio isn’t worried about how the lack of experience and leadership will affect the team.
The MSU volleyball team started its season off on the right foot, winning all three of its games in Orlando, Fla., and bringing home the UCF Classic title last weekend.
Many teams might become discouraged after starting the season with two losses, but the No. 13 MSU field hockey team saw many positives in its performance in Louisville, Ky., last weekend.
After dropping its first game, the MSU women’s soccer team rebounded in the next two behind the leg of senior forward Laura Heyboer.
Condolences go out to MSU football coach Mark Dantonio and his family as they mourn the death of Justin Dantonio, Mark’s father, who died Sunday at the age of 86.
Since the first day of training camp, Nick Hill has stood out as a redshirt freshman running back and has become a popular topic among the players and coaching staff.
When head coach Mark Dantonio watched the MSU football team’s first jersey scrimmage of preseason camp on August 13, he thought the team’s overall conditioning and energy level needed to improve. When he saw the Spartans scrimmage for the second time Sunday, he saw those improvements on both sides of the field.
With her second-half break-away goal, senior forward Laura Heyboer became MSU’s all-time leading goal scorer and secured her place as one of the elite in the history of the program. Unfortunately for the Spartans, Heyboer’s record-setting goal and a late MSU rally wasn’t enough to overcome an early deficit, as they would fall to UW-Milwaukee, 3-2.
Offensive line coach Mark Staten said Monday that redshirt freshman Travis Jackson has played most of the repetitions as the No. 1 center. Not far behind, however, is junior Blake Treadwell, followed by fellow junior Ethan Ruhland and sophomore Nate Klatt.