The MSU volleyball team is traveling to the Carolina Classic in Columbia, S.C., this weekend with one goal in mind - move up in the rankings. After a 3-0 start to the season, MSU had failed to move up in the rankings, holding steady at No.
The MSU women's soccer team has become an Internet rumor. The Web site www.BadJocks.com - a site dedicated to criminal sports activity - reported Wednesday that a freshman women's soccer player was initiated to the team through a series of hazing practices.
MSU field hockey coach Michele Madison wants to celebrate her homecoming with a tourney sweep. A native of Philadelphia, Madison spent four years as head coach of the Temple field hockey team before leaving to take over the reigns at MSU in 1992. This weekend, the Spartans travel to Pennsylvania for the Temple Invitational, and Madison returns to the field she last saw in 1999. Depending on how MSU fares in its first game, it has a chance to meet up with Madison's former squad on Sunday, but Madison refuses to look any further than the Spartan's first-round opponent, North Carolina. After a weekend of action against Kent State, Madison said she's had a chance to re-evaluate things to focus on for the Tar Heels. "Kent State was a challenge, but our team started to show good competitive character.
The MSU men's soccer team will be facing Indiana Purdue-Fort Wayne at 4 p.m. this Sunday in Fort Wayne, Ind. "We're creating some quality chances and hopefully we can break out this weekend," MSU head coach Joe Baum said. The MSU team is made up of primarily veterans, while IPFW's team is fairly new to Division I.
A ball is floating in the air - then smashed down with one quick blow. The referee signals the point and junior outside hitter Diana Steplyk screams and congratulates her teammates with high fives.
Junior tight end Eric Knott is listed as questionable for the upcoming Rutgers football game after an MRI revealed Tuesday that he had sprained a knee, MSU assistant athletic director John Lewandowski said.
After week one of the volleyball season, MSU head coach Chuck Erbe feels his team is on course with where he expected it to be - but not without an early test. A 3-0 start is just what Erbe was hoping his team would be able to accomplish heading into the Maryland Invitational.
When Agim Shabaj caught his second pass on Saturday, he had visions of Ronald Stanley.Not on the field, but in his head.As he latched onto the short pass, he looked up and saw no one in front of him.
Former MSU football captain Brian Ottney died from a "seizure-like episode" early Monday in Long Beach, Calif., said Lt.
Two wins and one loss made up a soccer weekend at Old College Field. On Monday afternoon, the men's soccer team (1-1) lost its second game of the MSU/Radisson Fall Classic to Loyola Marymount 3-1, while defeating Xavier 1-0 Sunday.
Friday nights can never compare to Saturday afternoons. With the late August sun beaming down and the smell of hot dogs drifting through the air, my first football game as a Spartan was everything my high school football experiences were not.
The MSU field hockey team extended its regular-season win streak to eight with a 2-0 shutout of Kent State on Saturday.A battle for the match's first strike saw both teams coming up empty-handed, and the first half ended in a 0-0 tie.
The No. 25 MSU volleyball team started its season by winning the Maryland Invitation over the weekend, highlighted by nine players achieving career milestones.Junior outside hitter Kim Schram had a career-high 32 kills in the team's five-game victory over Tennessee on Saturday.
MSU's newest Spartan was in Spartan Stadium on Saturday - but it wasn't to play football.The MSU men's basketball program received their first verbal commitment for the 2005 recruiting class on Saturday in Bay City Central junior Eric Devendorf.
They might have begun as a question mark, but by the time the game was over, they were the heroes.The MSU defensive line shut down Western Michigan's offensive star and abused its quarterback.
His leg might have been broken, but his love for the game was not.Tyrell Dortch, filled with energy and anticipation and nearly two years removed from the last time he saw game action on the Spartan Stadium grass, darted onto the field Saturday afternoon seemingly with new life.
Throwback jerseys are in, so the MSU football team decided to take the fad one step further - with a throwback name.In honor of the school's 1,000th football game, the Spartans will go incognito, removing the logos from their helmets and going by the name Aggies on the scoreboard, Sports Information Director John Lewandowski said.
A Saginaw County District Court jury found former MSU basketball star Jason Richardson guilty of misdemeanor domestic violence on Thursday.Richardson and his former girlfriend, Roshonda Jacqmain, were involved in a domestic dispute last April when Richardson arrived at Jacqmain's home to pick up the couple's daughter.
He was the quarterback and the conductor. After guiding MSU to an emotional win in his return to the Spartan offense, Smoker took his just reward, standing atop the band director's ladder and leading the remaining fans from the 27th consecutive sellout home game in a victorious rendition of the school's fight song. "It's the coolest thing I've ever done outside of Michigan a couple years ago," the senior signal caller said.
The MSU volleyball team is more than ready to open its season at the Maryland Invitational this weekend. This anticipation comes following practice after practice, with the Spartans doing nothing but scrimmaging each other. They're sick of it. "We're just excited to play someone different for a change," senior setter and co-captain Nikki Colson said.