Friday night’s game was exactly what MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio and his No. 17 Spartans needed. After an offseason of hype surrounding Spartans, they were knocked back down to earth a little bit by Youngstown State
After hearing the preseason hype, MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio said playing a close game to start the season might be the best thing for his Spartans.
It wasn’t pretty, but after a long fourth quarter, the No. 17 MSU football team was able to defeat Youngstown State, 28-6.
Coming off a weekend sweep at the Michigan Invitational in Ann Arbor, the MSU women’s soccer team (3-1-0) kept the momentum rolling in its second home matchup of the year with a 1-0 victory against in-state rival Oakland.
The No. 17 MSU football team has endured 25 straight practices, and senior quarterback Kirk Cousins said the Spartans are growing restless.
At first glance, the MSU football team’s first game appears to be just another season opener against an inferior opponent. That’s not exactly how MSU defensive coordinator Pat Narduzzi sees it, however.
Already off to a strong start in the 2011 season, the MSU volleyball team looks to continue this season’s success at the Spartan Showcase in Jenison Field House this weekend.
The Spartans men’s golf team hosts the Fossum Invitational on Sept. 3-4 at Forest Akers West Golf Course. First-year coach Casey Lubahn will make his coaching debut for MSU this weekend and will begin to try to improve his team from last season.
The 2011 season opens up for the MSU cross country team Friday at the Jeff Drenth Memorial, hosted by Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Mich. The men’s 5K begins at 11:20 a.m. and is followed by the women’s 5K at 12:05 p.m.
MSU’s pair of tenacious 6-foot-7 defensive ends — sophomore William Gholston and junior Tyler Hoover — likely will not be beating up on Youngstown State offensive tackles together Friday night. Not at the same time, at least.
Coming off a weekend sweep at the Michigan Invitational in Ann Arbor, the Spartans (2-1-0) open up September with a home matchup against Oakland (0-3-0) at 5 p.m. today at Old College Field at Demartin Stadium.
Following a 1-0 loss against Detroit to start the season, the MSU men’s soccer team travels east for the second consecutive year, opening with a game against a top-10 team.
Even with only three seniors leading the top 22 players of the MSU football team’s defense, head coach Mark Dantonio isn’t worried about how the lack of experience and leadership will affect the team.
The MSU volleyball team started its season off on the right foot, winning all three of its games in Orlando, Fla., and bringing home the UCF Classic title last weekend.
Many teams might become discouraged after starting the season with two losses, but the No. 13 MSU field hockey team saw many positives in its performance in Louisville, Ky., last weekend.
After dropping its first game, the MSU women’s soccer team rebounded in the next two behind the leg of senior forward Laura Heyboer.
Condolences go out to MSU football coach Mark Dantonio and his family as they mourn the death of Justin Dantonio, Mark’s father, who died Sunday at the age of 86.
Since the first day of training camp, Nick Hill has stood out as a redshirt freshman running back and has become a popular topic among the players and coaching staff.
When head coach Mark Dantonio watched the MSU football team’s first jersey scrimmage of preseason camp on August 13, he thought the team’s overall conditioning and energy level needed to improve. When he saw the Spartans scrimmage for the second time Sunday, he saw those improvements on both sides of the field.
With her second-half break-away goal, senior forward Laura Heyboer became MSU’s all-time leading goal scorer and secured her place as one of the elite in the history of the program. Unfortunately for the Spartans, Heyboer’s record-setting goal and a late MSU rally wasn’t enough to overcome an early deficit, as they would fall to UW-Milwaukee, 3-2.