In his third season, MSU junior forward Mike Lalonde finally pulled the rabbit from his hat. Lalonde was awarded the game's No.
As the game clock wound down at Spartan Stadium on Saturday, MSU players added the final chapter to what has become a storybook season.
Once again, the CCHA was outplayed by the CHA.The No. 14 MSU hockey team (7-5-1 overall, 6-3-1 CCHA) lost to Findlay earlier this year, 4-3.
It's a big weekend for the MSU volleyball team - in more ways than one.The Spartans (18-8 overall, 10-6 Big Ten) not only play Minnesota and Iowa this weekend, but have parents' night and the honoring of former Spartan Erin Hartley on Friday and senior night on Saturday.
MSU junior bandit Robert Flagg pleaded not guilty to a charge of use of marijuana at his arraignment on Tuesday at 54-B District Court in East Lansing. Flagg was released on $100 bond and is scheduled for a pretrial hearing on Dec.
The Great North continues to be kind to the MSU football team.Tom Kaczmarek, a 6-foot-5-inch, 250-pound defensive lineman from London, Ontario's Catholic Central High School, gave an oral commitment to the Spartans' football program last weekend.
The No. 14 MSU hockey team is tired.That's not a knock, but an expectation from a roster full of student-athletes.
Junior place-kicker Dave Rayner is enjoying a career season. His point total for kicks is top in the Big Ten, and his foot has put the Spartans' special teams on the national stage.Too soon to think about a replacement?
Welcome to the home stretch. It's week 12 - time to make the final push to reach the playoffs.
The MSU women's basketball team announced that game times are pushed back for Saturday's Dean Trailways of Michigan Spartan Classic due to the home football game's noon start.The season opener against Davidson will start at 4:30 p.m.
As MSU's season moves downhill with three consecutive losses, injuries continue to plague the team.One of the downfalls of the past week occurred on Thursday, when sophomore safety Eric Smith came down wrong, twisting his knee when defending a pass thrown to senior wide receiver Ziehl Kavanaght.On Saturday, head coach John L.
It'll be the question of the season for the Spartans.Well, maybe second to "Can they win a national championship?"Will the point-guard-by-committee approach suffice for the men's basketball team's postseason powerhouse dreams?Juniors Alan Anderson and Chris Hill, senior Rashi Johnson and freshman Brandon Cotton are members of the quarterback committee."We really have three or four guys that can run the point," sophomore center Paul Davis said.
One minute and 33 seconds. That's the time that separated MSU freshman goaltender Dominic Vicari from his second career shutout Saturday night in Oxford, Ohio.
The MSU men's tennis team's fall season closed Monday at the Big Ten Singles Indoor Championships.
The MSU men's soccer team did not receive a phone call from the NCAA championship committee Monday for an invite to the NCAA championship.The Spartans (11-5-2) lost to Penn State during the first round of the Big Ten tournament last Thursday, 2-1.Indiana defeated Penn State to win the Big Ten Tournament Sunday in Bloomington, Ind.
MSU field hockey team members received individual postseason honors Monday after the team won two championships in 2003.
The men's and women's swimming and diving teams return victorious from Muncie, Ind., where they faced Ball State on Sunday.
Three MSU wrestlers earned wins during the Spartans' 29-12 loss to No. 1 Oklahoma State at Jenison Field House on Sunday. Nate Mesyn garnered the Spartans' first victory in the 184-pound weight class.
At the NCAA Great Lakes Regionals hosted by Indiana State on Saturday, the MSU women's cross country team finished third out of 30 teams, and the men finished 11th out of 32. Senior Michelle Carson finished second overall in the women's 6K race at 20:26.
Under the pouring rain at the MSU Field Hockey Complex, tears were raining down from the faces of the No.