Thirty-four total wins, an 11-2 record against in-state rivals and a place in the top-three in the conference in 13 different offensive categories is an impressive résumé for most college baseball teams. But for MSU baseball head coach Jake Boss Jr., achieving those feats wasn’t quite enough to complete an entirely successful season.
When Saturday’s series finale rolled around, the scenario was clear. Win and move on to the Big Ten Tournament. Lose and pack it up until next season. Unfortunately for the Spartans, the latter became reality as they lost to the Wildcats, 8-6, on Saturday on a walk-off three-run home run at Rocky Miller Park in Evanston, Ill.
MSU senior golfer Jack Newman tied for 11th last weekend at the NCAA Notre Dame Regional in South Bend, Ind., barely missing out on a chance to play at the NCAA Championship.
Junior Kyron Foster of the men’s team and sophomore Becca Buchholtz for the women earned spots on the All-Big Ten first-team list, while juniors Charelise Davis and Emily MacLeod, both from the women’s team, made the second team.
In an effort to increase funds and also reward loyal and generous Spartan fans, the MSU athletic department is conducting a seat adjustment in Breslin Center for men’s basketball games effective in the 2010-11 season.
In spite of accomplishing so much and playing in numerous important tournaments, senior golfer Jack Newman said competing in the 2010 NCAA Notre Dame Regional, which starts Thursday in South Bend, Ind., and goes through Saturday, is right on par with everything else he has done.
With one more weekend left in the Big Ten season, and first and last place separated by just five games, all 10 teams in the conference have a chance to finish in the top six and qualify for the Big Ten tournament. But only Minnesota has clinched a spot. More significantly, every team other than Illinois and Penn State has a chance to be at least co-champions for the regular season.
Never leading by less than four runs after the second inning, the MSU baseball team defeated Central Michigan, 16-9, in a mid-week slugfest Tuesday at Theunissen Stadium in Mt. Pleasant Mich.
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
The Spartans (32-17 overall, 10-11 Big Ten) have a chance to finish the season having taken at least three of four in-state series when they take on Central Michigan (30-19, 17-7 Mid-American Conference) at 3:05 p.m. Tuesday at Theunissen Stadium in Mt. Pleasant, Mich.
After taking the first two games in a vital three-game conference series against Indiana, the MSU baseball team had its four-game winning streak snapped Sunday at McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field, losing to the Hoosiers, 10-7.
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.
The MSU men’s basketball and men’s swimming teams received Public Recognition Awards from the NCAA on May 12 for garnering some of the best Academic Progress Rates in the country.
Closing out one of the best seasons in school history, the MSU women’s golf team finished in 10th place at the NCAA Regional, which was played May 6-8 at Otter Creek Golf Course in Columbus, Ind.
The MSU rowing team finished third overall this weekend at the 2010 South/Central Sprints in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
For a brief moment in March, the MSU men’s basketball team made a quiet movement that spoke volumes and embodied so many of those latter components of a game: Enduring adversity and pain, resolving conflict and demonstrating incredible camaraderie and emotion.
After a somewhat shaky start, Tony Wieber (3-0) and Andrew Waszak (4-1) haven’t been pitching like underclassmen for the MSU baseball team.
On Wednesday, Lilly’s wish was granted when Athletics Director Mark Hollis announced that Van Pelt and former MSU halfback John Pingel will have their names added to Spartan Stadium’s Ring of Fame before MSU’s night game against Notre Dame on Sept. 18.
No game was more exciting and meaningful than the Midwest Regional Championship game between the MSU men’s basketball team and Tennessee in St. Louis on March 28.
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.