On the strength of an explosive offense and stingy backline, the Spartans (6-1-0) extended their winning streak to six games with a 2-0 victory Friday against Bowling Green and a 4-1 romp Sunday over UC-Santa Barbara.
Head coach Damon Rensing said the Spartans’ pair of weekend losses taught his team an early lesson in not taking things for granted.
The Spartans (1-2) lost last season at Georgetown (2-1), 4-0, two days after an overtime victory against then-No. 6 Maryland on a season-opening East Coast road trip. Friday, MSU looks for revenge.
After four consecutive shutouts and strong performances up and down the lineup, the Spartans (4-1-0), building on the momentum of early season success, open up a weekend home series against Bowling Green and UC Santa Barbara. Following Sunday’s 5-0 breakout win against Akron, the Spartans will look to continue their pace against two strong nonconference opponents.
Despite breaking several of the biggest records in MSU women’s soccer history, seniors Laura Heyboer and Jill Flietstra remain humble as pie.
With her fourth consecutive shutout of the season and the 23rd in her career, in Sunday’s 5-0 win against Akron senior goalkeeper Jill Flietstra became MSU’s all-time shutout leader. The shutout allows Flietstra to etch her name into MSU’s record books while passing her current assistant coach Stacy Heller (2000-03).
The MSU men’s soccer team split its weekend road trip to the East Coast with games against No. 5 UConn and New Hampshire.
Coming off a weekend sweep at the Michigan Invitational in Ann Arbor, the MSU women’s soccer team (3-1-0) kept the momentum rolling in its second home matchup of the year with a 1-0 victory against in-state rival Oakland.
Coming off a weekend sweep at the Michigan Invitational in Ann Arbor, the Spartans (2-1-0) open up September with a home matchup against Oakland (0-3-0) at 5 p.m. today at Old College Field at Demartin Stadium.
Following a 1-0 loss against Detroit to start the season, the MSU men’s soccer team travels east for the second consecutive year, opening with a game against a top-10 team.
After dropping its first game, the MSU women’s soccer team rebounded in the next two behind the leg of senior forward Laura Heyboer.
After six decades as a vital part of the MSU soccer program, Joe Baum has announced he will retire at the end of June.
Graduating five seniors this season, the MSU men’s soccer team was a relatively new group playing together in the exhibition spring season.
In its first home exhibition match of the season, the MSU women’s soccer team tied Toledo 1-1, on Saturday at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field.
The MSU women’s soccer team has signed seven players to National Letters of Intent for the 2011 season.
Ian Givens was looking out for his two boys — Colin and Stewart — when he decided to apply for British citizenship.
In a season full of extreme highs and lows, the MSU men’s soccer team was able to overcome tons of adversity and make the Sweet Sixteen for the first time in more than 40 years.
The MSU men’s soccer team was a mere nine seconds away from advancing to the Elite Eight before giving up an equalizer to North Carolina forward Enzo Martinez and losing 5-4 in penalty kicks.
For the first time since 1968, the MSU men’s soccer team will play in the Sweet 16. The Spartans (13-7-1) will take on No. 4 seed North Carolina at 3 p.m. Sunday in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Senior midfielder Jeff Ricondo scored in the 84th minute to propel the MSU men’s soccer team past previously-unbeaten Butler in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.