Patience has been a huge virtue for center fielder Chris McCuiston this season.In this, his senior season, McCuiston has finally settled down in the batters box and become a serious hitting machine.
Before the MSU softball team returns to Big Ten play this weekend, the Spartans play Loyola today in nonconference action.MSU (21-26 overall, 3-7 Big Ten) will travel to Chicago for a 5 p.m.
The MSU baseball team broke an 18-year-old record Tuesday with five home runs in its 22-6 beating of Wayne State.The Spartans (23-8 overall, 6-5 Big Ten) entered the nonconference game with 57 home runs, two shy of the 1984 record of 59.
With freshmen rackets leading the way, the MSU women’s tennis team is having one of its best seasons in recent years.After two years of rebuilding, third-year head coach Tim Bauer has started to implement his style of players.
More than 150 fans, many donning caps with the Old English “D,” had the opportunity to ask a legend for one last “Long Gone.”Ernie Harwell, the voice of the Detroit Tigers was on campus Monday signing copies of his new book, “Ernie Harwell: My 60 Years in Baseball.”Harwell, who has broadcast Tiger baseball for more than 42 years, met and took photos with his fans from the Lansing area in the Castle Board Room at MSU-Detroit College of Law Building.Communication junior Nick Kovacic said he called his father, Mike, to tell him that Harwell was coming to campus.
The MSU softball team looks to break its losing streak with a rematch against Oakland. The Spartans (20-25 overall, 3-7 Big Ten) defeated the Grizzlies 2-1 at Old College Field on April 3.
After splitting a series with Indiana during the weekend, the MSU baseball team is turning its attention to Wayne State today. The Spartans (22-8 overall, 6-5 Big Ten) host the Warriors (11-13, 7-3 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletics Conference) at 3 p.m.
The Spartan hurlers pitched well enough to win, but their batters couldn’t get it done. The MSU softball team (20-25 overall, 3-7 Big Ten) dropped both games of a Sunday doubleheader at Old College Field to Minnesota by a combined score of 5-0.
Okemos - Campus athletes, MSU alumnus Dr. Graham Kelly wants you to wear tighter socks. Not a smaller-sized sock, but a pair of the Lansing physician’s new G Fit Oxysox.
The MSU football team concluded spring practice Saturday with its Green and White spring game at the Duffy Daugherty Football Building. “This has been a very positive spring practice for us,” MSU head coach Bobby Williams said.
The men’s tennis team upset No. 57 Iowa 4-3 Saturday at the Indoor Tennis Facility. The Spartans (14-9 overall, 2-6 Big Ten) won the doubles point to start the match after juniors Adam Hourani and Jimmy McGuire took the No.
The women’s tennis team lost 6-1 to Iowa on Saturday in Iowa City, Iowa. MSU (11-9 overall, 3-5 Big Ten) scored its lone point in the No.
The crew team picked up wins in eight of the 12 races at the Buckeye Invitational this weekend in Columbus, Ohio. The No.
Ernie Harwell just began his 55th season of broadcasting major league baseball, and today the hall-of-famer will share some of his memories at a book signing on campus. Harwell will make an appearance at MSU-Detroit College of Law from 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Lansing - During the first three games in their series with Dayton, to say the Lugnuts’ bats were asleep would be an understatement.
With a win Sunday, the MSU baseball team salvaged a split in its four-game series with Big Ten leader Indiana at Kobs Field.The Spartans (22-8 overall, 6-5 Big Ten) started slow Sunday, but outlasted the Hoosiers (26-8, 8-4) 10-6.
Leading up to the playing of the Masters, the attempt at “Tiger-proofing” Augusta National generated a lot of buzz. Clearly, if Tiger-proofing really meant giving Woods a better chance at winning, then the proofing was a success. Honestly, can you imagine the meeting of Augusta directors deciding to make the course tougher by lengthening it?
Two distance runners will represent MSU at the 2002 NCAA Championships in Baton Rouge, La. Sophomores Jamie Krzyminski and Michelle Carson will compete in the 10,000-meter race at the championships May 29-June 1. The two qualified for the championships at the Stanford Invitational on March 29.
After a successful road trip, the MSU softball team brings its season-best nine-game winning streak back to East Lansing. With momentum under their belts, the Spartans (20-21 overall, 3-3 Big Ten) host Wisconsin (21-13, 4-4) at 4 p.m.
Senior right wing Adam Hall pocketed three awards and junior goaltender Ryan Miller claimed two at the hockey team’s annual awards banquet Thursday night at the Holiday Inn South, 6820 S.