For Dr. Dianne Ulibarri, teaching has never been limited to the classroom. From her years coaching softball to decades in anatomy and biomechanics, she’s built a career on guiding others to find their strength.
The MSU softball team returned home to Secchia Stadium on Tuesday to host Notre Dame in the final non-conference series of the season. Though a back-and-forth battle to start, a strong fourth inning pushed the Fighting Irish to victory.
The Michigan State University softball team returned home after a tough trip to Ann Arbor to host Detroit Mercy in a doubleheader. The Spartans swept the evening, outscoring the Titans 22-1 through both games.
The MSU softball team kicked off their first homestand of 2025 against the Oakland Golden Grizzlies on Tuesday. It was a back-and-forth battle from start to finish, but the Spartans were able to come away with the 7-5 victory.
The Michigan State softball team got swept in its three-game series against the Indiana Hoosiers this past weekend, losing 6-2, 12-4 and 7-2. With the three losses, the Spartans dropped to 13-22 on the season and 1-8 in conference play, winning only one of its last 10 games.
Michigan State softball has had a rough season so far — the Spartans are 13-19 overall and 1-5 in Big Ten play. On April 5th, however, the Michigan State softball team looks to bounce back from a 1-2 series loss against Iowa as the Spartans will take on Indiana at home in a three-game series over the weekend, the first games they will play at home this season so far.
The Spartans dropped their first game against Minnesota 5-0 but came back for a walk-off 3-2 win in game two.
After scoring the first two runs of the game, Michigan State softball gave up five consecutive runs to their in-state rivals, the Michigan Wolverines, to lose the matchup by a score of 5-3. The Spartans are now 11-22 on the season.
Michigan State softball dropped its fourth-straight game against Notre Dame on Tuesday, losing 8-0. The Spartans have been struggling to get the offense going as of late and will look to rebound tomorrow as they host rival Michigan at 5 p.m.
Michigan State Softball earned a much-needed win against Oakland on Tuesday night 4-3. The Golden Grizzlies almost came back from being down 4-1, but the Spartans ultimately prevailed to push their record to 11-17 overall on the season.
The Spartans finish the series 1-2 after they split wins with the Badgers on Friday, falling 5-3 in the first game before rallying back to an 8-3 victory in the second.
After losing their first game of the day by a score of 5-3, Michigan State softball put up eight runs in their second match of the day to earn an 8-3 win and split their conference-opening series doubleheader against the Wisconsin Badgers.
Michigan State softball defeated Central Michigan 3-0 in its home opener to earn their second straight victory and improve to 9-12 overall on the year.
One of McDonald-Kelley’s first tasks on her to-do list was to shake up the culture. It started with her determining a theme for the first season: "Unleash."
While sports outside of football and basketball are often overlooked, there’s been a significant revamp in these four programs to try and jumpstart some success.
McDonald-Kelley will be tasked with getting the softball program back on track after they finished with a 24-28 record last season including going 4-16 in conference play.
Softball Head Coach Jacquie Joseph's retirement adds another to the list of Michigan State Athletics' head coaching search.
MSU goes 1-2 in their weekend series against UMD.
They'll begin this last stretch of the season when they head to West Lafayette, Indiana on Friday to take on the Boilermakers.
Michigan State softball's pitching shines as they take down Western Michigan 6-4.