Heading into the weekend series against Indiana at Secchia Stadium, junior catcher Brett Williams knew the MSU softball team had its work cut out, having to battle Hoosiers pitcher Morgan Melloh.
The MSU women’s golf team held off Purdue and claimed first place at the Big Ten Championships in Glencoe, Ill., Sunday to win their third conference championship since 2001.
Midweek games against nonconference opponents might not show up in the Big Ten standings, but for the MSU baseball team, that does not mean those games don’t play a small part in what happens every weekend in conference action.
Lynn Chandnois, one of MSU’s all-time great two-way football players, died Thursday at the age of 86.
Detroit — Sophomore pitcher Andrew Waszak had been to Comerica Park before. But never like this. In the first-ever college baseball game at the stadium in Detroit, Waszak gave up one run in seven innings en route to MSU’s 3-1 win against Central Michigan on Wednesday night. “I’ve been to a game here, and I’m looking down at the players,” said Waszak, who is from nearby Rochester Hills.
Detroit — Temperatures were in the mid-30s, clouds hung in the sky all night and the wind made the flags in the outfield stand up the entire game. Not exactly ideal baseball weather for Wednesday’s Clash at Comerica between the MSU and Central Michigan baseball teams, but for Matt Chapman, Richard Taylor and the other 2,169 fans at Comerica Park in Detroit, not even barely-above freezing temperatures could keep them away from watching the Spartans (23-10, 6-3 Big Ten) and Chippewas (18-19) square off in Wednesday’s historic game. “That’s nothing,” said Taylor, who graduated from MSU in 2006 with a degree in biochemistry and molecular biology.
The Detroit Red Wings have battered through the Phoenix Coyotes in the first round of this season’s NHL Playoffs, displaying the poise that it takes to make another deep playoff run as they had two seasons ago and three seasons ago.
After a nine-day break, Jacquie Joseph is excited for the MSU softball team’s weekend series against Indiana at Secchia Stadium.
Michigan State offensive lineman Arthur Ray Jr. is back on the practice field this spring for the first time since being diagnosed in 2007 with osteosarcoma – a rare type of bone cancer.
The MSU softball team’s doubleheader scheduled for today against conference foe Purdue has been postponed due to inclement weather forecasted in for the East Lansing area. The MSU baseball team also had its Tuesday matchup against Western Michigan postponed due to weather.
For the third week in a row, MSU lays claim to Boat of the Week honors in Big Ten women’s rowing, as the Spartans’ second varsity eight was given the award this week. The MSU varsity eight earned Boat of the Week in the previous two weeks.
After losing to Central Michigan earlier this season, the MSU baseball team will look to redeem itself today in the first college baseball game ever played at Comerica Park in Detroit.
The MSU football team lost about a dozen or so starters from last season’s Big Ten championship team, but the good news is that its potential replacements are having a solid spring.
Although the MSU softball team always is known for having a decent hitting team, senior shortstop Lindsey Hansen and junior catcher Brett Williams are going above and beyond.
Every time the MSU baseball team prepares to face an in-state rival, head coach Jake Boss Jr. talks about the team’s goal of winning the state.
Graduating five seniors this season, the MSU men’s soccer team was a relatively new group playing together in the exhibition spring season.
Ask MSU baseball head coach Jake Boss Jr. about the new aluminum bats used in college baseball this season, and prepare to watch his eyes roll and his head shake while he mutters a series of barely audible words spoken under his breath.
Coming into the MSU baseball team’s weekend series against Ohio State, the team wanted complete focus — something that was lacking earlier in the week.
Lining up next to MSU offensive linemen, receiving instruction from MSU coaches and getting an inside glimpse of the football program comprised some of the activities that women were able to participate in at the Spartan Football Women’s Clinic on Saturday.
The MSU men’s tennis team hosted its final home matches of the season this past weekend, beating Iowa 4-3 on Saturday and losing to Illinois 5-2 on Sunday.