After a productive summer, a preseason which saw competition at all six positions and the season opener on Friday, MSU volleyball head coach Chuck Erbe named his starters at a press conference Monday.Senior Nikki Colson will start over sophomore Mickey Davis at the setter position.
The Spartans remained undefeated through two preseason exhibition games with a 1-0-1 record at the 2003 IPFW Soccer Showcase.On Sunday, the MSU men's soccer team downed Kentucky 2-0.
Tyrell Dortch has seen plenty of adversity in the past two seasons, but MSU football head coach John L.
The MSU kicking game took a hit Tuesday when senior punter Jason Daily injured his ankle during practice. Daily, the starter last season, lost his job earlier in fall practice to redshirt freshman Brandon Fields.
Another Welcome Week at MSU has come and gone. If you've done it properly - and since you signed up to come to MSU, why wouldn't you - congratulations and thank you for picking up this newspaper. If you didn't do it properly, or were just perhaps unlucky, be sure to thank the prison guard for supplying you reading material as you await your arraignment. But, this weekend past is just that - the past.
Friday was a character-builder for the MSU women's soccer team. Virginia, ranked No.
The MSU field hockey squad learned during a preseason scrimmage Saturday that a return trip to the Final Four is going to take a lot of work. "I think sharper is a good word," senior back Alexandra Kyser said.
The MSU volleyball team kicked off its 2003 season Saturday night with the annual Green and White exhibition match at Jenison Field House. "Tonight was our time to showcase what we've been working on all summer and all preseason," junior outside hitter Kim Schram said.
The national spotlight will be casting its light on the Spartan Men's Basketball team many times this season. The Big Ten released this year's conference schedule Tuesday, which includes eight nationally televised games for MSU. The 16-game stretch, which is sandwiched between byes at the beginning and the end of the season, will begin Jan.
MSU football head coach John L. Smith isn't worried about naming starters less than a week before the season opener.
For Joe DeLamielleure, being inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame was an honor long overdue. On August 3, almost 18 years after he last donned football gear and stepped onto a professional field, the former MSU offensive lineman was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, an achievement many say was long-awaited and long deserved.
Former MSU basketball star Steve Smith and his wife, Millie, will be lending Sparty a hand in his transition into bronze.The two have been asked to be honorary chairpersons for the $500,000 project, slated to be completed by 2005.
In an effort to increase knowledge about coaching youth sports, MSU is introducing three online courses through the Department of Kinesiology with the first class starting this fall. The courses are part of a new coaching education certificate program at the graduate-school level, but are available to anyone who is a part of the lifelong education program.
What a difference a year makes for the MSU football team.Last August, the team had enormous expectations, alumni and fan anticipation, a Heisman Trophy candidate, an experienced quarterback and a favorable schedule.
Let's play name recognition. In fact, let's make it interesting. If you get this on the first take, I owe you one at the bar. He's from the Midwest.
Fans of MSU or Kentucky basketball without tickets to the schools' Dec. 13 matchup are officially hard-pressed to find a ticket because "The BasketBowl" is sold out.After season-ticket-holders and university donors from both schools claimed the first 50,672 seats, the remaining 19,028 tickets allotted to the general public on July 8 sold out in a span of four days, according to the Ford Field Ticket Office.But there are 5,000, $14-tickets being held for MSU student season-ticket holders, said John Lewandowski, MSU assistant athletic director for media relations. Of that total, 4,000 will be seated next to the court on field level, said Matt Larson, MSU assistant sports information director.Those tickets will be sold in late August, Larson said.
For the MSU volleyball team, the time is now. "If there was any team that is ready to have a breakout year, it's this one," head coach Chuck Erbe said. The Spartans are expected to place in the national top 20 in preseason polls, and were predicted to place third in the Big Ten this season.
In 2002, freshmen led an eight-person MSU women's basketball team to the NCAA Tournament. This season, they're ready to disprove a sophomore slump. Guard Lindsay Bowen and forward Liz Shimek will return for their sophomore campaign as seasoned athletes.
A core of veterans on the MSU men's soccer team say they are determined to make their last year as Spartans count.Nine seniors will grace the men's soccer lineup come fall, something senior goalkeeper Mike Robinson says will give the Spartans an edge."I'm definitely looking forward to this season," he said.
MSU will look like a very different team on offense this season. Gone are offensive stars, including All-American receiver Charles Rogers and the top two running backs Dawan Moss and David Richard.