A rough loss Friday translated into the sweetest of victories on Saturday for the MSU men’s hockey team (4-5-1 overall, 3-3-0 CCHA), as the Spartans split their third consecutive weekend.
Starting yet another season in an unfamiliar locale, the MSU men’s basketball team suffered a gut-wrenching result to kick off its 2012-13 campaign. After being defeated in the first outdoor college basketball game on an aircraft carrier a season ago, the No. 14 Spartans didn’t have much better luck on Friday, falling to Connecticut, or UConn, 66-62 in the Sears Armed Forces Classic at the U.S. Air Force Base in Ramstein, Germany.
History was made on the hardwood on Friday, as the MSU volleyball team beat No. 10 Minnesota to earn back-to-back wins over top 10 teams since 1995.
Every team needs a good leader, and in the case of the MSU women’s basketball team, the players still are trying to find who that person will be for them. In MSU’s season-opening 83-39 trouncing of UT Arlington on Sunday afternoon, two players stood out as potential candidates to fill the leadership void. Junior guard Klarissa Bell led the team in points (19), rebounds (8) and assists (6), and junior forward Annalise Pickrel also had a strong game, recording 18 points along with hitting four of her seven 3-pointers.
The MSU women’s basketball team started its season on the right foot, as it used slick shooting from the field to drub UT Arlington, 83-39.
A stroll down Michigan Avenue at 7 p.m. on Saturday night would have provided the usual suspects: bus stop passengers, bar crawls and businessmen sitting down for a late dinner.
With the seconds ticking by on the clock, teams of kids worked frantically to complete their robots in time for the scheduled competitions.
As students and East Lansing residents drive west on Grand River Avenue toward Lansing, they might notice a new sign hung on an abandoned building. The sign reads: “East Lansing City of the Arts,” branding the city as a cultural haven.
The Republican Party needs to drop its social conservatism, or risk dying out. Why did Mitt Romney lose the election? I’m sure political pundits will be giving their answers for months, but in the endless squabble, I hope one key fact isn’t lost: The GOP platform is severely detached from what the average American actually believes. And unless the party wakes up and realizes this, it will inevitably wither away.
For MSU English professor Marcia Aldrich, writing is like thinking. “Because I’m a writer, what I do, if there’s time and opportunity, is write,” Aldrich said.
Five Spartans scored in double figures as the MSU women’s basketball rolled over UT Arlington 83-39 in their first regular season game of the season.
The MSU Volleyball team continues to ride their wave of momentum, sweeping Wisconsin 3-0 and extending its winning streak to four at Jenison Field House Saturday night.
After falling 5-1 to U-M Friday night, Kevin Walrod said the loss was going to provide motivation for the Spartans the following night. Turns out, it provided motivation and then some, as MSU hockey (4-5-1 overall, 3-3-0 CCHA) dominated its cross state rival by a score of 7-2.
The MSU volleyball team came into Friday’s match against No. 10 Minnesota riding on a wave of momentum after defeating No. 4 Nebraska last weekend. That wave only has picked up speed, as the Spartans (20-7 overall, 8-7 Big Ten) downed the Golden Gophers (20-6, 11-4) in four sets (25-20, 17-25, 25-21, 25-20).
The MSU men’s soccer team’s (10-9-1 overall, 3-3-0 Big Ten) run to a Big Ten championship continues as it readies for the Big Ten Tournament championship game on Sunday.
The first half of a home-and-home rivalry series against U-M found the Spartans playing at a deficit for the majority of the game, losing 6-1, with three of U-M’s goals coming in the final period of play.
A season after playing the first outdoor college basketball game on an aircraft carrier, the No. 14 MSU men’s basketball team kicked off its 2012-13 campaign inside Hanger 5 at Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany.
As a tough week for the MSU women’s basketball team comes to an end, the team looks forward to getting some continuity as they head into the first game of the season against UT-Arlington at 2 p.m. on Sunday at Breslin Center.
As he lay on the floor in pain, Branden Dawson thought he was done. A former McDonald’s All-American, five-star recruit and member of the Big Ten All-Freshman Team, MSU men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo often has referenced Dawson’s NBA potential, but when he fell to the ground in last year’s regular-season finale March 4 against Ohio State, the star guard instantly wondered if he’d ever play again.
After about five years, the moment East Lansing has been waiting for finally is here: The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum will open its doors for the first time to the public Sunday. To celebrate the occasion, a museum dedication will be held at 10 a.m.