It all came down to Buckeyes’ first baseman Zach Ratcliff. He stepped up to plate with runners on first and second base, looking to tie the game.
To the dismay of baseball fans who like runs in bunches, the opposite came true at McLane Baseball Stadium Friday afternoon. Three Spartan hurlers combined for a shutout over Big Ten foe Ohio State, as MSU blanked the Buckeyes, 2-0.
The news surrounding MSU star forward Miles Bridges is finalized, as he returns for his sophomore season officially. With Bridges' addition back to the team, the Spartans will have a stacked team with hopes on a national championship.
When freshman forward Miles Bridges announced on Thursday he would be returning to MSU for his sophomore season, it came down to one factor. After getting his first taste of college basketball, Bridges barred any talks of cashing out and declaring for the NBA draft. Instead, Bridges insisted on rejoining his Spartan teammates for another season with the chance to win it all.
Tori Jankoska is headed to Chicago. The former MSU women's basketball star was drafted No. 9 overall in the 2017 WNBA Draft by the Chicago Sky.
MSU men's golf freshman Kaleb Johnson recorded his third top-10 finish of his freshman season leading him to being named the Big Ten Men's Golfer of the Week, the conference announced Wednesday.
It’s official, MSU star forward Miles Bridges will remain on the MSU men’s basketball team for another season.
Amid rumors freshman forward Miles Bridges cancelled meetings with agents regarding the upcoming NBA draft, Bridges sent out a tweet Thursday afternoon calling for a meeting at the Spartan statue in front of Demonstration Hall field.
With reports of MSU star forward Miles Bridges returning for his sophomore season, head coach Tom Izzo still has more talent he can acquire for the 2017-18 season.
The path to find next season’s starting quarterback for the MSU football team has been paved. MSU head coach Mark Dantonio announced in a teleconference Wednesday rising redshirt-junior Brian Lewerke is “clearly” the starter under center as the team prepares for the upcoming season.
First reported by Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical, MSU star Miles Bridges cancelled meetings with agents and was leaning toward returning for a sophomore season. In his latest report, Wojnarowski said barring a late change in heart, Bridges will return for his sophomore season. Bridges scored 473 points this season; one shy of Shawn Respert – to rank second in MSU freshman scoring through his 28 games.
The Spartans lost their third straight midweek matchup on Tuesday after suffering a 2-1 loss at the hands of Notre Dame at Frank Eck Stadium.
On April 5, 33-year-old doctoral student Piotr Pasik was working feverishly with MSU men’s tennis head coach Gene Orlando on a number of drills. It was Pasik’s last chance to work with Orlando to perfect his serve or master his backhand before he left for the Collegiate Nationals hosted by the University of Alabama.
The Danton Cole era of the MSU hockey program has begun. An 18-year coaching veteran and MSU alum has assumed the role of the head coach of the MSU ice hockey team after the former head coach, Tom Anastos, stepped down in March.
When senior second baseman Dan Durkin takes the field, he wears the same Spartan uniform the rest of his teammates don — with one slight exception
Originally from Barcelona, MSU women’s golf’s freshman Paz Marfa Sans is adjusting to life overseas in East Lansing. Junior Sarah Burnham, Marfa Sans’ “big sister” and teammate, said the freshman is a great companion to everyone.
The Spartans have altered their weekend series against Fresno State and will move the games from East Lansing, Mich., to Grand Rapids, Mich. MSU announced Thursday afternoon in a press release that due to wet field conditions and inclement weather, the weekend series will be moved to Fifth Third Ballpark, home of the West Michigan Whitecaps. What was intended to be a three-game series starting on Friday will now be condensed into two days.
MSU football will kick off their 2019 season on Aug. 31, when the Spartans host the University of Tulsa, FBSSchedules.com reported Wednesday. With the Spartans' addition of the Golden Hurricanes, their 2019 schedule is now tentatively completed. According to FBSchedules.com, the Golden Hurricanes will receive a $1.2 million guarantee for their participation in the game in what will be the first-ever meeting between the two schools. The Spartans are also slated to face Western Michigan and Arizona State at home in 2019. In conference play, MSU will host Indiana, Penn State, Illinois and Maryland and will go on the road to play Northwestern, Ohio State, Wisconsin, Michigan and Rutgers. This marks the second scheduling adjustment within the last week as the Spartans' 2017 matchup against Northwestern was moved back from Oct.
Four MSU graduate football players were named to the 2017 National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society.
Almost everything was going smoothly for MSU baseball, at least for the first 20 games of the season. The Spartans came out of the gates 15-5 and were riding a high after sweeping Big Ten foe Illinois. There, the bats exploded to the tune of 41 runs over the three-game series.