Eric Roof has never played baseball for his father, but he’ll get his first chance in the next couple months. Roof, who played catcher for the Spartans, was the only MSU player taken in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. He’ll be playing for the organization where his father, Gene, has spent more than two decades — the Detroit Tigers.
The Michigan-made man is dying as we know it. As the state’s auto companies file for bankruptcy and merge with foreign manufacturers, the Michigan-made man is disappearing from the nation’s architecture. The car dealers offering low prices and zero money down will become less diverse on TV and radio airwaves during the coming months.
It’s just a little bit of déjà vu for the Detroit Red Wings — in more ways than one. One year after facing off against the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Stanley Cup Final, the two are playing each other again this year.
Although the No. 7-ranked MSU women’s rowing team didn’t win the national championship in the NCAA National Regatta on Sunday in Cherry Hill, N.J., tying the university’s top finish of sixth place with 54 points wasn’t a bad way to spend the weekend.
The regular season didn’t end the way the MSU baseball team wanted it to, as the Spartans were eliminated from the Big Ten Conference Tournament on Thursday. But then again, not a lot of things happened as expected this year for the Spartans, who finished fifth in the conference with a 13-11 conference record and 23-31 overall record.
The saying goes, “When it rains, it pours.” That was the case Wednesday as the No. 4-seed Illinois baseball team smacked No. 5-seed MSU in a 16-5 trouncing in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament at Huntington Park in Columbus, Ohio.
Teams don’t wait five years to go home quickly — at least that’s what members of the MSU baseball team have been telling themselves. The No. 5-seed Spartans (23-29 overall, 13-11 Big Ten) play No. 4-seed Illinois (33-18, 16-8) at 12:05 p.m. today at Huntington Park in Columbus, Ohio, in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament.
The No. 21-ranked MSU women’s golf team shot a plus-19 in the first round of the NCAA Division I Women’s Championship at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Md.
The Big Ten Baseball Tournament w ill be held starting today at Huntington Park in Columbus, Ohio. Here is a preview of each team in the tournament.
The Spartans lost the first of a three game series 6-4 against Indiana on Thursday in Bloomington, Ind., in what is a potential first round Big Ten Tournament matchup. Indiana’s first baseman Jerrud Sabourin hit a two out, two-run walkoff home run in the bottom of the ninth inning for the win. MSU is slated as the No.
MSU committed four errors that led to seven unearned runs in a 9-3 loss for the team’s home finale Monday, one day after a game in which MSU head coach Jake Boss Jr.
The proverbial rally caps were on at McLane Baseball Stadium in East Lansing as the Spartans faced two big, late inning deficits Sunday against Purdue.
Rain delayed the start of a three game set between Purdue and MSU by an hour on Saturday, and both team’s bats had just as slow a start — but just like the rain, the zeros on the scoreboard wouldn’t stick around for long. Senior right-handed pitcher A.J.
Sophomore right-handed pitcher A.J. Achter is getting the run support he had been looking for all season — and he didn’t even need it Saturday. Fresh off a win against Iowa in which he received 10 runs of support, Achter worked eight innings and allowed one unearned run while striking out five to help MSU (20-24 overall, 10-7 Big Ten) beat Penn State (22-21, 5-12) 9-1.
It was 55 degrees accompanied by strong winds Saturday afternoon, and Drayton McLane was fighting to stay warm as the cool breeze swept across Kobs Field at McLane Baseball Stadium.
The only thing that would have made sophomore guard Durrell Summers’ dunk over Connecticut forward Stanley Robinson better is if Summers had been wearing a “Welcome to Detroit” T-shirt instead of a green MSU jersey.
In softball, the pitcher is the heart and soul of the team. “You don’t win unless you have a horse in the circle,” MSU pitching coach Jessica Bograkos said. “You don’t see any teams go the distance without an ace.”
During his 14 years as head coach of the MSU men’s basketball team, Tom Izzo has participated in his share of pressure-inducing activities. He’s coached in three Final Fours, thrown out the first pitch of a Detroit Tigers game and even rapelled from the ceiling of Breslin Center.
The MSU softball team split a doubleheader against Penn State on Wednesday, taking the nightcap 3-2 but losing the first game 6-3. The Spartans took the lead early in the second game with a deep three-run home run to left field by sophomore outfielder Jessica Bracamonte in the bottom of the first inning.
The No. 3 MSU women’s rowing team has grown accustomed to crossing the finish line and seeing its opponents far behind. The Spartans have dominated their opponents by so much this season they are having to re-practice what it feels like to have a close race as the team prepares for this weekend’s Big Ten Championship Regatta at Ohio State.