As the regular season enters its fourth week, MSU women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant said she’s been using the early season to form a sense of her team.
After a standout weekend of play against then-No. 3 Minnesota, Drew Palmisano earned some high praise from the CCHA on Monday.
In the battle for the Mariucci-Bessone Trophy — named after Bessone and legendary Minnesota coach John Mariucci — the No. 20 Spartans turned the tables on No. 3 Minnesota and earned a 4-3 win Friday and a 4-4 tie Saturday at Munn Ice Arena.
The Spartans (21-11 overall, 10-10 Big Ten) will face the Arizona Wildcats at 5:30 p.m. Friday in Austin, Texas. in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament
In the two games following its first weekend sweep of the Big Ten season, the MSU volleyball team was swept in its final weeklong stand, losing to No. 22 Michigan and No. 9 Penn State during the course of four days.
As quickly as she smiled for photos and waved to fans before Sunday’s game against the Oakland Grizzlies, MSU head coach Suzy Merchant was already back to the task at hand.
The MSU men’s basketball team used a huge second half to beat Eastern Michigan 72-40 Sunday in Ypsilanti, Mich.
It might be a little early to crown the No. 20 MSU hockey team among the elite teams in college hockey.
Last season, the fans at Munn Ice Arena waited patiently for the MSU hockey team to turn the corner toward a winning season. Even as it appeared the team had the right pieces, the season came and went and they never found the right fit.
Despite having a trip to the inaugural Big Ten championship game in the bag, the MSU football team hopes to finish the season strong at Northwestern.
ANN ARBOR, MICH. — In its final road game of the regular season, the MSU volleyball team was overmatched by No.
The MSU men’s basketball team beat Milwaukee, 68-55, Wednesday night at Breslin Center. The Spartans (3-2) rode a 9-0 run to start the second half after entering the half with a 34-30 lead.
As the first Big Ten team to be declared a division champion, MSU head football coach Mark Dantonio is not in the sharing kind of mood. Especially after last season’s co-Big Ten championship — which MSU shared with Ohio State and Wisconsin — Dantonio wants the Spartans to remain the out-right Legends Division Champions, vying to be the sole conference champion, and that requires the Spartans to defeat Northwestern on Saturday in Evanston, Ill. “We want to be in charge of this division,” Dantonio said at his weekly press conference Tuesday.
Even as the No. 20 MSU hockey team has started to gather national recognition, head coach Tom Anastos knows his team is far from polished. The weekend split against Northern Michigan illuminated both his team’s triumphs in Friday’s 4-2 win and a lack of mental toughness that led to Saturday’s 2-1 loss on the road. With No.
As most MSU students will be headed home for Thanksgiving Wednesday night, the MSU volleyball team still has one last order of business to take care of before the holiday weekend.
Following a less-than-stellar blowout win against Arkansas-Little Rock, the MSU men’s basketball team hosts Wisconsin-Milwaukee at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Breslin Center.
After the Spartans (2-2) beat Arkansas-Little Rock (2-3), 69-47, on Sunday at Breslin Center, Tom Izzo said there are certain growing pains he can deal with, and the lack of effort he saw from his team is not one of them.
The No. 12 MSU football team dominated Indiana 55-3 in a game that really didn’t necessarily reveal much about the Spartans.
The Spartans were led by sophomore Sara Kroll, who placed 51st overall with a time of 20:37.4. Sophomore teammate Julia Otwell finished right behind her with a time of 20:47.6 to place 69th.
During the MSU volleyball team’s most triumphant weekend of the season, freshman libero Kori Moster also raked in some individual praise.