The No. 4 MSU field hockey team (8-1) will hit the road and head to Ohio (2-6) to open its Big Ten season at Northwestern (5-3). It will be the first action the team has seen since its 3-2 overtime loss against defending NCAA champions Wake Forest. "We have to start all over again and come back after a big loss," head coach Michele Madison said.
The MSU women's soccer team (7-2, 1-1 Big Ten) competes 8 p.m. today at Iowa as the Spartans continue the conference season.
For head coach Chuck Erbe, the start of the Big Ten season could not come soon enough for the MSU volleyball team (5-3). Heading into this weekend's games at No.
Old College Field will be the site of a Big Ten men's soccer showdown Sunday when soccer powerhouse and defending national champion Indiana (5-2) takes an MSU squad (5-1) that's surging. "We need to attack," MSU head coach Joe Baum said.
The opportunity to run up and down Old College Field sporting the Green and White has been a long time coming for Lauren Zacharski. In between transferring schools after her sophomore year and a serious knee injury, the women's soccer senior forward had to put her college soccer career aside. Zacharski originally played for Georgia during her first and second years of college.
Student tickets for MSU hockey are now on sale. The price is $72 for the eight-game package and the order deadline is Friday. There are two nine-game packages, and students will have the option of Ticket Plan A or B at the time of pick up.
MSU freshman Danette Doetzel was named co-Big Ten women's cross country runner of the Week along with Indiana's Jessica Gall. At the 2004 Nike/Playmakers Spartan Invitational on Friday, Doetzel won the women's 6K race by a 21-second margin. The Spartans are ranked No.
The quarterbacks keep switching, the running backs rotate in and out and the wide receivers change almost every play, but the one constant on MSU's offense has been the line. The Spartan offensive line consists of senior guard William Whitticker, senior tackle Sean Poole, junior tackle Stefon Wheeler, sophomore guard Kyle Cook and junior center Chris Morris. MSU's "big uglies," as lineman are often called, are slowly coming together as a unit and gave their best performance of the season against Notre Dame last week, Whitticker said. "This offensive line has gelled each game this year," Whitticker said.
Wanted: An all-around MSU volleyball player to fill opposite side hitter duties which include providing a strong left side attack and consistent back court play. Must be good at passing, defense and serving. The MSU volleyball team (5-3) is searching its ranks for the left side attacker, or the "L2", and have yet to find a player to make the position their own as the Spartans head into the first week of conference play. "That is something this team has struggled with for the last few years is having a real consistent L2 player," head coach Chuck Erbe said.
Veerle Goudswaard is no quitter. Just two years ago this fall the senior forward and Netherlands native was competing in field hockey, but not for MSU.
Sherita Williams was named a finalist for the 2004 NCAA Woman of the Year award. This prestigious honor is given to only 10 women.
Judging from the way he played in MSU's loss to Notre Dame, sophomore Drew Stanton appeared to be the more comfortable and more productive of MSU's quarterbacks. But head coach John L.
It was au revoir to his MSU lifestyle and bonjour to a new experience in Europe for MSU basketball sophomore forward Delco Rowley.
The MSU volleyball team went 0-2 this weekend, losing to Notre Dame and South Carolina in the Gamecock Invitational in Columbia, S.C. "That's just what happens," head coach Chuck Erbe said.
It was end-to-end combat on the soccer field for the MSU women's soccer team Friday against the Big Ten defending champions, Illinois.
Over the weekend I received a dozen or so e-mails about the column I wrote in the latest Sidelines section "GameDay made mistake coming to East Lansing." The common trend was pure shock, that I, an MSU student, would bash the university.
Yvette Lanier The State News The crowd was screaming and ESPN was reporting live, but it was Friday night with kickoff still a day away.
The MSU offense turned the ball over six times, the wide receivers dropped passes and an offensive touchdown wasn't scored until the last minute of the game. "I told the team that we are all going to come in tomorrow morning to look at film from this game, and we are going to be very ill," MSU head coach John L.
The MSU women's soccer team's offensive fire was extinguished last weekend with a 2-1 double overtime loss to Rutgers.
The No. 1 ranked MSU women's field hockey team has a showdown with defending NCAA champions Wake Forest on Sunday, but the Spartans know they must get past Kent State first. "You get to the top by beating people under you," head coach Michele Madison said.