The MSU men’s soccer team will face one of its toughest challenges of the season today when it hosts No. 3 Notre Dame at Old College Field. “They’re very, very good defensively, probably the best defensive team in the nation,” MSU head coach Joe Baum said.
The MSU women’s soccer team had chances from start to finish Sunday afternoon against Indiana, but were unable to capitalize on any of them in a 1-0 loss.
The Spartans are one of five Big Ten teams who currently sit at 0-2 in the conference standings.
With a tough three-game stretch that features powerhouses Indiana, Notre Dame and Michigan in the future, it would’ve been easy for the No. 24 MSU men’s soccer team to overlook their latest opponent — Bowling Green.
Two MSU men’s soccer players picked up Big Ten weekly honors after MSU’s 3-0 win at Wisconsin on Sunday.
As senior goalkeeper Nicole Galas approaches MSU’s career shutout record, she not only gets satisfaction from not the numbers she’s putting up, but how those numbers contribute to her team’s success.
After a 5-2-1 start in the non-conference season, the MSU women’s soccer team heads into the Big Ten schedule comfortable with whatever kind of game it might come across.
The MSU men’s soccer team has been hit with its first dose of bad news this season.
After a successful 5-0-1 nonconference campaign, the MSU men’s soccer team is confident heading into what they expect to be an extremely tough Big Ten slate.
Despite it being a week since it dismantled Detroit Mercy, the MSU women’s soccer team showed no rust Wednesday afternoon. Once again using their depth and offensive firepower to their advantage, the Spartans (4-2-0) knocked off Eastern Michigan, 2-0, at Old College Field.
Today the MSU women’s soccer team begins what head coach Tom Saxton calls “a critical stretch.” The Spartans have three matches in five days beginning at 4 p.m. this afternoon at Old College Field against Eastern Michigan.
After a lethargic first half, MSU men’s soccer coach Joe Baum delivered a halftime speech that propelled his team to two goals in 68 seconds early in the second half, as the Spartans knocked off Western Kentucky, 2-0, on Sunday afternoon at Old College Field.
After finishing the exhibition season with a 1-1 mark, the MSU men’s soccer team is looking to start out the regular season with a bang Friday when it hosts Oregon State in the MSU/Radisson Invitational at Old College Field.
The MSU men’s soccer team split its two exhibition contests last week, knocking off Illinois-Chicago 2-1 at Old College Field on Wednesday before falling to Akron, 2-0, on Friday.
The MSU men's soccer team announced the signing of five new recruits for the fall 2007 season. "Our 2007 recruiting class is the strongest we have had in several years," Baum said in a statement.
After 90 grueling minutes of regulation play, the MSU men's soccer team entered overtime against Northwestern, needing a clutch goal to capture its first Big Ten win of the season. With less than three minutes remaining in double overtime, MSU junior midfielder Ben Pirmann lifted an impressive pass into the box.
With a Big Ten showdown against Northwestern looming on the horizon, the MSU men's soccer team could easily have looked past its Wednesday opponent, Valparaiso. Instead, the Spartans came out and played suffocating defense from the first whistle to the last, crushing the Crusaders, 2-0, at Old College Field. "Today was what we call a Spartan effort," MSU head coach Joe Baum said.
The MSU men's soccer team will play Valparaiso in its second-to-last home game of the season at 4 p.m.
Ann Arbor — It was all guts and no glory for the MSU men's soccer team (6-4-2 overall, 0-2-2 Big Ten) on Sunday, as the Spartans walked away from their game against Michigan with a 1-1 tie. The high stakes of the intrastate rivalry motivated players on both teams through an extra 20 minutes of play, but neither team was able to net the game winner. "I was afraid the minutes were going to haunt us and maybe they'd sneak one with fresher legs," MSU head coach Joe Baum said.
Before heading to Ann Arbor on Sunday for a rivalry game against Michigan, the MSU men's soccer team will travel to Oakland for a 4 p.m.