Oklahoma City - The MSU men's basketball team started the 2003 calendar year the same way it ended the 2002 year - with a heartbreaking loss.After suffering a shell-shocking loss to Toledo Monday, the No.
Sault Ste. Marie - Rarely is a win over Lake Superior State a cause for celebration. But on Saturday night, it was exactly what MSU needed.The Lakers (4-15-1 overall, 1-13-0 CCHA) are pretty much an afterthought in the CCHA.
Just a month after MSU saw a slash in state funding, former Gov. John Engler vetoed spending on a new university animal diagnostic laboratory Monday.The mission of the Animal Health Diagnostic Laboratory, a $58 million state-funded center, is to diagnose diseases that threaten animal and human health, said lab Director Willie Reed.Engler's veto means a loss of $700,000 - money intended for the lab's opening in January.
New Year's celebrations for the MSU women's basketball team didn't last long, as they lost 52-46 to Northwestern Thursday.The Spartans (6-5 overall, 0-1 Big Ten), who wrapped up the final game of 2002 with a 91-39 drubbing of Oklahoma State (3-7), shot just 16 for 57 in the loss for a chilly 28.1 percent from the floor their lowest point total of the season."We didn't handle the success from our last game so well," junior forward Julie Pagel said.
Despite the cold, windy weather, a record crowd filled the Capitol lawn to support Jennifer Granholm as she took her oath of office as Michigan's first female governor Wednesday.
The MSU men's basketball team received a huge reality check Monday night from Toledo in a 81-76 loss. The No.
Detroit - Playing in its first Great Lakes Invitational consolation game in six years, the MSU hockey team salvaged some pride with a 6-2 win over Michigan Tech on Sunday afternoon at Joe Louis Arena.The Spartans didn't score a single 5-on-5 goal, but they scored twice 4-on-4, and also notched three power-play goals and a short-handed marker in defeating the Huskies.Freshman goaltender Justin Tobe made 29 saves for the Spartans (8-8-1 overall, 4-5-0 CCHA) on Sunday.
Detroit - In its first action since two defensemen left the team to further their careers in Canada, the MSU hockey team was rocked by Boston University in a Great Lakes Invitational semifinal Saturday afternoon.The 13th-ranked Terriers blitzed the Spartans with four goals in the first period and then coasted to an easy 6-1 win at Joe Louis Arena.MSU (7-8-1 overall, 4-5-0 CCHA) plays Michigan Tech in the consolation game at 1:35 p.m.
If a technical foul, a six-game win streak and the return of junior forward Adam Wolfe were on men's basketball head coach Tom Izzo's Christmas list this year, he got everything he asked for.The No.
Despite shooting just 38 percent from the field, the MSU men's basketball team defeated South Florida 65-56 on Saturday, Dec.
Louisville's John L. Smith was named MSU's 23rd football head coach during a Thursday night press conference at the Clara Bell Smith Student-Athlete Academic Center.He replaces Bobby Williams, who was fired midseason on Nov.
MSU is expected to announce Louisville football head coach John L. Smith to lead the Spartans at a 6:30 p.m.
The MSU and Loyola basketball game was supposed to be a no contest for the Spartans.Instead, the No.
The MSU men's basketball team scored a road victory Saturday afternoon, edging No. 12 Kentucky, 71-67, in a game noted by strong contributions from both teams' benches.Off the Spartan bench, MSU freshman forward Paul Davis scored 13 points and grabbed five rebounds and freshman guard Maurice Ager added five points in his first regular season appearance since being hampered by injury for the No.
A day after a determined, focused MSU hockey team pummeled No. 9 Ferris State in Big Rapids, the Spartans lost 5-3 to the Bulldogs at Munn Ice Arena onSaturday.The teams started the third period tied at 3-3, but Ferris scored a pair of goals midway through the frame - and the sluggish Spartans didn't mount much of an offensive attack afterward.Fatigue was a major factor in MSU's offensive incapability, as the Spartans were playing with only 10 forwards by the end of the game.
South Bend, Ind. - The MSU volleyball team didn't think it would be this easy, but it's heading to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 1996.The Spartans (21-11) dominated the Fighting Irish (24-8) in the Joyce Center Sunday afternoon, winning in three games 30-28, 30-20 and 30-23.
Freshman forward Erazem Lorbek scored 16 points and senior forward Adam Ballinger added 14 Sunday as the No.
A day after a determined, focused MSU hockey team pummeled No. 9 Ferris State in Big Rapids, the Spartans lost 5-3 to the Bulldogs at Munn Ice Arena on Saturday.The teams started the third period tied at 3-3, but Ferris scored a pair of goals midway through the frame - and the sluggish Spartans didn't mount much of an offensive attack afterward.Fatigue was a major factor in MSU's offensive incapability, as the Spartans were playing with only 10 forwards by the end of the game.
South Bend, Ind. - The MSU volleyball team didn't think it would be this easy, but it is heading to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 1996.The Spartans (21-11) dominated the Fighting Irish (24-8) in the Joyce Center on Sunday afternoon, winning in three games 30-28, 30-20 and 30-23.
South Bend, Ind. - The first round of the NCAA tournament was all about fun for the MSU volleyball team.And after Saturday's 30-28, 30-13, 30-21 sweep of George Mason University, the smiles were plastered on every Spartan's face."We're just so happy because we've been given a new beginning and a fresh start," junior setter Nikki Colson said.