NCAA Tournament matches up MSU with No. 3 Virginia
The No. 11 MSU field hockey team earned a bid to its fourth consecutive NCAA Tournament. The Spartans will play No. 3 Virginia, which knocked the Spartans out of the tournament last season.
The No. 11 MSU field hockey team earned a bid to its fourth consecutive NCAA Tournament. The Spartans will play No. 3 Virginia, which knocked the Spartans out of the tournament last season.
After being swept on its first road trip, the No. 16 MSU hockey team is happy to be home this weekend. MSU returns to Munn Ice Arena to play Ohio State after two losses at Western Michigan last weekend.
The MSU volleyball team is shooting to get its first conference road victory since beating Ohio State on Nov. 15, 2008.
MSU (11-7-1) fell to Michigan, 2-1, in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday in State College, Pa. The loss moves the team’s record to 0-4-1 in the last five games.
On Wednesday afternoon, men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo announced that all four of MSU’s class of 2011 recruits have signed their National Letters of Intent and officially will be joining the Spartans next season.
After losing to their in-state rival for the first time in eight years, the MSU men’s soccer team will have a chance at redemption. With a bid to the NCAA Tournament possibly at stake, MSU (11-6-1 overall, 2-4-0 Big Ten) will play Michigan in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament at 10 a.m. Thursday in State College, Pa.
Women’s soccer junior forward Laura Heyboer and junior goalkeeper Jill Flietstra were awarded First Team All-Big Ten Conference honors for their performances on the pitch this season, the conference office announced Wednesday.
MSU women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant announced Wednesday that three players — Jasmine Hines, Becca Mills and Akyah Taylor — signed National Letters of Intent to play for MSU, beginning in fall 2011.
MSU baseball head coach Jake Boss announced Wednesday that eight recruits will join the roster for the 2012 season. Six of the recruits are from Michigan.
The No. 11 MSU field hockey team will open its NCAA Tournament playing No. 3 Virginia at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday in Charlottesville, Va.
Coming into the season, MSU hockey head coach Rick Comley knew scoring would be a challenge for the team, but he didn’t expect scoring problems from so many of his forwards, only six of whom have scored this season.
With his No. 10 MSU football team off this week for the first time since the season began, head coach Mark Dantonio said he still will be watching football Saturday.
Former MSU kicker Dave Rayner was signed by the NFL’s Detroit Lions on Tuesday. Rayner will assume the kicking duties for the Lions while longtime kicker Jason Hanson is out with an injury.
In its final tune-up game before the regular season tips off Friday, the No. 2 MSU men’s basketball team defeated Nebraska-Omaha, 102-72, Monday in an exhibition game at Breslin Center.
For the first time since early September, the No. 10 MSU football team won’t be taking the field for a game this Saturday.
After extending its losing streak to six matches in its 3-1 loss to No. 9 Penn State on Saturday, the MSU volleyball team said it wants to improve on consistently serving tough.
With the passing of week nine, the initial shock of how the NFL season has shaped out thus far has started to subside and little comes as a surprise anymore.
On Saturday, No. 10 MSU’s 31-8 victory against Minnesota at Spartan Stadium was far from being decided by a single play. However, the Spartans’ execution on fourth down alone was a major determining factor in MSU’s 23-point victory against the Golden Gophers.
The MSU Board of Trustees unanimously approved contract extensions for men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo, women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant and hockey head coach Rick Comley on Friday.
Despite winning its first set against Penn State since Oct. 16, 2004, the MSU volleyball team was unable to come up with a match win against the No. 9 Nittany Lions on Saturday at Jenison Field House.