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Softball swept in Iowa
The MSU softball team fell to Iowa twice on the road this weekend — first 5-3 on Saturday and 9-8 on Sunday.
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MSU taking season slow after rough start
Jacquie Joseph is throwing out previous Big Ten matchups, tough losses and even solid victories. The MSU softball head coach doesn’t care what her team has done in the past — regardless of how well or how poorly it played — and is focusing on the present and winning one game at a time.
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Spartans split series with Nittany Lions
For the fourth consecutive season, the MSU softabll team split its series with Penn State at Secchia Stadium Wednesday, losing the first game, 8-6, but pulling out the second, 7-6.
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Spartans lose first game of double header, 8-5
The MSU softball team opened the first game of its double header against Penn State Wednesday with an 8-5 loss at Secchia Stadium.
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Spartans look to get back on track hosting Nittany Lions
Opening the Big Ten season at 1-3, the MSU softball team said it is working to find unity on and off the field to get on the winning track for conference games.
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MSU blanks Badgers in stadium opener
The MSU softball team opened the brand new Secchia Stadium with an 8-0 win Saturday.
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Spartans open new Stadium with 8-0 win
The MSU softball team hopes Saturday’s game at the new Secchia Stadium is a beginning of things to come.
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MSU opens up home season, stadium against Wisconsin Saturday
After opening the Big Ten season with two losses to Illinois last weekend, the MSU softball team is looking to “get back on track” this weekend when it hosts Wisconsin at 1 p.m.
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Softball wins four in Indiana
The MSU softball team sweeps the weekend at the Hoosier Classic.
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Spartans open season with 3 wins
The MSU softball team kicked off its season in winning fashion, going 3-2 in its first five games this weekend at the Lead-off Classic in Deland, Fla.
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Construction begins on softball stadium, set to finish in December
With 16 experienced players returning from last season’s roster, the MSU softball team has a chance to make some noise in the Big Ten next spring. Add in the fact they’ll be playing in a newly renovated, $2 million stadium, and the Spartans have a lot to look forward to in 2011. The renovations to the softball stadium, which include 120 chair back seats, a new press box, backstops and handicap-accessible seating, are expected to be finished in December, making it ready for next season.
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MSU softball team reflects on season, looks forward
After a season filled with a multitude of extreme highs and lows, MSU head coach Jacquie Joseph used one word more than any other to describe the 2010 campaign: Inconsistent. The Spartans finished the season with a 21-31 overall record and 5-15 in the Big Ten
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MSU softball splits final series with Badgers
The MSU softball team split its final series of the season, losing 6-1 on Friday but winning 11-3 on Saturday, the final game for senior pitcher Kelly Confer.
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MSU, Purdue softball teams 'mirror' images of each other
After a week where her team was outscored 36-4 and couldn’t seem to get back up after being constantly knocked down, softball head coach Jacquie Joseph let her players take this past weekend off and get away from softball.
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Northwestern outscores MSU 24-0 in doubleheader sweep
There is no better way to describe the MSU softball team’s doubleheader sweep at the hands of Northwestern than by looking at the stat line.
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Hansen transforms from 'hidden gem' to bonafide star
Lindsey Hansen came to MSU from Valparaiso, Fla., intending to play third base, but with the departure of the starting shortstop, Hansen, then a sophomore, stepped in and didn’t miss a beat.
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Buckeyes sweep 2-game weekend series
After getting pounded 12-3 Saturday and losing 7-3 Sunday, the Spartans (18-21 overall, 4-6 Big Ten) know they have a lot to improve upon to become a conference contender.
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With 1 senior, youthful Spartans learning on fly
Looking at the MSU softball team’s roster, there’s one thing that sticks out: There only is one senior on the 17-member team.
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Far from finished
Early last week, Jacquie Joseph sat in Jenison Field House looking out her office window. Joseph, 47 years old and now in her 17th year as MSU’s softball coach, has won more than 500 games at MSU and, presumably, can stay at the helm for as long as she wants.
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Spartans rebound with Sunday win, split weekend
The MSU softball team was able to rebound from a frustrating Big Ten road opener by defeating Indiana 5-2 in Bloomington, Ind., on Sunday.