After a season opener that went mostly according to plan, the MSU football team is preparing for a much tougher opponent in Central Michigan this week. The Chippewas, coming off a 19-6 loss at Arizona, are expected to be plenty motivated against an in-state rival.
A shutout, a goose egg, a clean sheet — MSU junior goalkeeper Avery Steinlage has heard every term for not allowing a goal during a game.
The MSU men’s golf team will take part in what head coach Sam Puryear called a “life-altering experience” beginning Tuesday, when they begin competition in the 27th annual Topy Cup in Tokyo.
The No. 20 MSU men’s soccer team was looking for revenge when they traveled to No. 10 Illinois-Chicago on Sunday.
In Saturday’s season-opening game against Montana State, 68 of 100 dressed players saw the field for the MSU football team.
All of the talk in the offseason was how the Big Ten would respond to a 1-6 bowl record last season and an increasingly poor national reputation.
Just two weeks into their respective seasons, the MSU volleyball and field hockey teams have collected a combined nine wins and each are off to strong starts in their young seasons.
The Central Michigan defense was able to tame the MSU women’s soccer team’s top two scorers in the first half Sunday, but the forward duo of sophomore Laura Heyboer and senior Lauren Hill did what they do best in the second.
Through one game, MSU’s “quarterback controversy” is just as muddled as it was in January. And April. And August.
Caulton Ray had never taken a handoff in a college game before, so he was understandably nervous. “The adrenaline was pumping but as soon as I got on the sidelines and the Star Spangled banner came on, I felt good,” he said. “I was a little nervous but after I got the ball a few times I felt very good.”
Senior forward Lauren Hill scored late in the second half, but Santa Barbara’s Erin Ortega answered minutes later as the MSU women’s soccer team tied Santa Clara, 1-1, Thursday night at Santa Clara.
Scoring goals was the biggest concern for the MSU men’s soccer team entering the 2009 campaign. But that might not be as big of an issue as expected.
Mark Dantonio’s highly regarded 2009 recruiting class potentially could pay immediate dividends when the Spartans open the 2009 season against Montana State tomorrow at Spartan Stadium.
After splitting last weekend’s two-game road series against Delaware and Duke, the MSU field hockey team will travel to Athens, Ohio this weekend for games against American and Ohio, continuing the team’s swing of road games to start the season.
Preseason depth charts for Montana State and Michigan State football.
Welcome to another season of MSU football. Instead of a challenging game against California, the Spartans open the 2009 campaign with … Montana State.
MSU has a history of producing great pass-catchers. Route-runners including Plaxico Burress, Devin Thomas and Charles Rogers had illustrious careers in Spartan green before moving into the professional ranks.
All Spartans remember where they were when they found out Michigan lost to Appalachian State in 2007. Only a handful of Football Championship Subdivision teams have ever beaten a Football Bowl Subdivision team, let alone on their home turf.
The MSU women’s basketball team will face 15 teams that qualified for the 2009 postseason, and possibly 10 that played in the NCAA Tournament, in the upcoming 2009-10 basketball season.