Coming off a weekend in which it played tough against No. 7 Michigan, the MSU hockey team is out to prove one thing this weekend: Show its lackluster third period in Saturday’s 4-0 loss was a fluke and that Friday’s victorious showing is what fans should expect the rest of the season.
Would any Spartan fan believe me if I told them not to panic just yet?
Going into Saturday’s game at Penn State, it appeared the MSU men’s basketball team finally was back on the fast track to a third-straight conference championship after a difficult start to the season. The Spartans were 2-0 in conference play, and other than the final two minutes of their win against Northwestern last Monday, they were playing some of their best basketball of the season. Then, after what head coach Tom Izzo described as the best week of practice he could remember in the last 10 years, a completely different MSU team showed up Saturday at the Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, Pa., and lost, 66-62, to Penn State. At his weekly press conference Monday, Izzo couldn’t explain why his team was unable to translate its good practice habits into a game. But Izzo said 7 p.m.
Listening to her Monday press conference, you wouldn’t know that MSU head coach Suzy Merchant was leading a No. 11-ranked women’s basketball team to its best start in program history (15-1 overall, 3-0 Big Ten).
Usually, MSU versus Michigan is a heated rivalry where many could debate for days about which team is going to come out with a win.
The dust finally has cleared, and the New Year’s Day disaster area that was the Citrus Bowl Stadium in Orlando, Fla., has been cleaned up.
The storyline couldn’t have been much more different in the MSU hockey team’s two weekend games against rival No. 8 Michigan
National championship or bust. That was the message players on the MSU basketball team shared at the Big Ten media day prior to the season.
Despite a rough week after the injury of senior Kathryn Mahoney, the MSU gymnastics team came together for its season opener to compete for a greater purpose: to honor its injured teammate.
For the second year in a row, the MSU wrestling team hosted the Spartan Duals on Saturday, inviting four nonconference foes into the confines of Jenison Field House.
Ann Arbor, Mich. — Untimely penalties and third period miscues prevented the MSU hockey team from winning two straight games against rival No. 8 Michigan as it fell 4-0 Saturday at Yost Ice Arena.
Thanks to a strong showing from his supporting cast, Talor Battle and the Nittany Lions nip the Spartans.
In a game that contained several huge plays and moments, none was bigger than junior forward Daultan Leveille’s overtime tap-in that lifted the MSU hockey team to a much-needed 4-3 overtime win against rival No.
MSU will look to freshman guard Keith Appling to defend Penn State’s Talor Battle, the Big Ten’s leading scorer.
For the first 14 minutes of Thursday’s game, the No. 11 MSU women’s basketball team was outplayed by feisty Wisconsin and appeared headed for a fifth straight loss to the Badgers.
Coming off back-to-back high-scoring performances in the Great Lakes Invitational, the MSU hockey team begins 2011 seeking a continued offensive output and a string of victories to jumpstart a strong second half.
The MSU men’s basketball team won its first Big Ten road challenge of the year, 65-62, at Northwestern.
The No. 12 MSU women’s basketball team is off to its best start in school history thanks to a 70-57 win against Illinois on Sunday.
After being bowled over by No. 15 Alabama on Saturday, 49-7, in the Capital One Bowl, the Spartans can look to several offensive and defensive returners to look forward to a potentially exciting 2011.
In a game in which six different Alabama players had catches or runs of 20 yards or more, the Spartans’ secondary could do little to contain the Crimson Tide’s attack and watched Alabama break several big plays in Saturday’s 49-7 loss.