The No. 1 objective for the Spartan defense this weekend will be to contain the most talented guy wearing red and white — Nebraska senior running back Ameer Abdullah.“Ameer is a guy who can make guys miss, can prolong runs, understands where his blocks are, understands seeing the field (and) has great field vision,” senior safety Kurtis Drummond said.
After three road games over the past two weekends, women’s soccer will return to the friendly confines of DeMartin Stadium for a Thursday-Sunday set against two challenging teams.Iowa (8-3 overall, 3-2 Big Ten) will visit MSU (6-4-1 overall, 0-4-1 Big Ten) on Thursday afternoon at 4:30 p.m.
Even with the disappointment of two losses last weekend, there were still a few highlights that No. 20 MSU field hockey took away from it. And while the Spartans primary focus is their play, they took some time to enjoy themselves off the field this weekend.
With the hockey season right around the corner, MSU made a splash on Wednesday announcing a renovation project of Munn Ice Arena that will include new theatrical lighting, high-definition video boards, LED ribbon boards and more.
After splashing in the pool next to former Spartans, the women's swimming and diving team will head to South Bend, Ind. to compete against Notre Dame this weekend.
MSU (8-6 overall, 1-2 Big Ten) fell short in it’s attempt to win on the road against in-state rival Michigan (6-7 overall, 1-2 Big Ten), losing in four sets (20-25, 25-22, 24-26, 23-25).It was a sloppy effort for both teams, who combined for 55 errors. MSU had 29 of those errors, 11 of which were service errors.
The women’s soccer team has been a broken record for the past few weeks, and after a defeat to Michigan, the team is in a very deep hole.MSU (6-4-1 overall, 0-4-1 Big Ten) started out the season with six impressive wins, but since entering conference play three weekends ago, the Spartans have lost four of five games.
After two bye weeks following the Spartan Invitational, MSU cross country ran in Minneapolis, Minn. at the Roy Griak Invitational on Saturday. The No. 3 women’s team finished with a total of 66 points, putting them in first place, while the men had a total of 153 points, placing them at fourth.
With a top-10 recruiting class comes big expectations and the craving for immediate production. MSU volleyball compiled the No. 6-rated recruiting class last spring according to PrepVolleyball.com.The talented class has paid dividends for head coach Cathy George, whose team has caught a case of the injury bug early on this season.
Head coach Mark Dantonio was back at the podium Tuesday to address Nebraska, redshirts and concussion protocol in light of the recent situation at Michigan.
After splitting two games over the weekend to open up Big Ten season, MSU (8-5 overall, 1-1 Big Ten) will make the short trip to Ann Arbor to face Michigan (5-7 overall, 0-2 Big Ten) on Tuesday. Both the Spartans and Wolverines played Indiana and No. 15 Purdue this past weekend. MSU defeated Indiana in four sets and lost to Purdue in four sets. U-M lost to both Indiana and Purdue in five sets.
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The men’s soccer team went 2-0-1 over a span of three games in 10 days. The Spartans defeated Maryland 1-0 Sept. 19, and the team also defeated Bowling Green State 1-0 on Sept. 24 and tied Rutgers 0-0 on Sept. 28
Before stepping onto the MSU tennis court this season, freshman Allie Baer had never played on a tennis team. Her competition was always an individual sport, playing against other athletes from around the world. Baer’s family moved from Virginia Beach, Va. to Bradenton, Fla. to attend IMG Academy Pendleton School for high school. Prior to high school, Baer was home-schooled, so moving across the country and attending public school for the first time was an adjustment in itself.
MSU (8-5 overall, 1-1 Big Ten) opened the conference portion of the season with a split in it’s two road games in the state of Indiana this past weekend. The Spartans defeated the Indiana Hoosiers (10-4 overall, 1-1 Big Ten), 3-1 (25-17, 25-18, 22-25, 25-21) on Friday night and loss to No. 15 Purdue on Saturday night, 3-1 (22-25, 22-25, 28-26, 25-23).
A surge of students signed into the MSU Spartans website on the evening of Saturday, Sept. 20 to reserve their spot in the Izzone for men’s basketball upcoming season. With ticket sales soaring already, MSU Association of Future Alumni is working to plan this year’s Izzone Campout.
Take away one quarter in Eugene, and Spartan fans, you could be looking at college football’s best team.
The women’s soccer team visited the Michigan Wolverines in Ann Arbor on Friday night, and in front of a sellout crowd, lost a 2-1 heartbreaker in the game’s final minute.“I feel for the players,” head coach Tom Saxton said. “Once again, we were involved in a great college soccer match.”
There was a big crowd on hand to watch No. 18 MSU field hockey (5-4 overall, 1-2 Big Ten) take on the No. 4 Maryland Terrapins on Sunday afternoon. With several Spartan athletes at the game, such as junior defensive end Shilique Calhoun and junior goalkeeper Jake Hildebrand, MSU was unable to get the performance it was looking for. After surrendering a 4-0 lead to Maryland, MSU scored two late goals to lessen the defeat to 4-2.
The men’s soccer team (5-1-2 overall, 1-0-1 Big Ten) earned its fourth straight shutout, and seventh in eight games, after playing the Rutgers Scarlett Knights (4-4-1 overall, 2-1-1 Big Ten) to a 0-0 tie Sept. 28 in DeMartin Stadium in front of 1,220 fans according to the final box score.