Junior forward Jantine Steinmetz connected with senior midfielder Floor Rijpma for the go-ahead goal against Michigan on Oct. 25 that lifted the No. 8 MSU field hockey team to its first ever regular season outright Big Ten championship.
Six practices, two games. At 5-5, that’s all the MSU football team and its seniors have left if they don’t win at least one of their final two games to become bowl eligible for the third straight season.
A lot is at stake for the MSU women’s basketball team this season.
Two years ago, the MSU football team was in this exact same position. MSU was 5-5 and bowl hopes were slim with looming games at Purdue and home against Penn State.
The Spartans won the first set Friday against Northwestern, but lost the next three.
Through the exhibition season, the MSU women’s basketball team appears to be as good as advertised.
Ashton Leggett had seven career carries entering Saturday’s game against Western Michigan, only one of those coming this season.
In a 15-minute goal-scoring frenzy Sunday, the MSU field hockey team demonstrated its offensive explosiveness to become Big Ten Tournament champions.
Purdue 38, Michigan 36 — For the first time in 43 years, Purdue walked out of Michigan Stadium with a victory. The Boilermakers (4-6, 3-3) defeated U-M 38-36 after stopping a U-M two-point conversion attempt with just more than two minutes left.
It took two seasons and two heartbreaking losses in the conference semifinals to clinch the Big Ten tournament championship.
In freshman wrestler Dan Osterman’s first collegiate meet, he took first place in the freshman/sophomore division Saturday during the Eastern Michigan Open.
The defending Big Ten Tournament champion MSU men’s soccer team will attempt to defend its tournament title starting Thursday.
Sophomore quarterback Kirk Cousins took the phrase “follow the leader” to another level this week.
MSU women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant has a wealth of depth at her disposal, but after two exhibition wins, it’s still up in the air how she’s going to use it.
The No. 17 MSU hockey team was the best team in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) on Thursday night.
The No. 10 MSU women’s basketball team used stellar first half defense and balanced scoring to defeat Grand Valley State 88-53 on Sunday at Breslin Center.
Coming into Saturday, the Spartans running back postion was in shambles. Players were either injured or were no longer an active part of the team. Running backs coach Dan Enos said Thursday that he didn’t know who his starter would be.
Players on the MSU hockey team didn’t hang their heads when they exited the locker room on Friday night.
A lot was on the line Friday at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field.
The No. 8 MSU field hockey team proved once again Friday it can equal any challenge presented to it in the Big Ten.