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Sports | Football 1000

FOOTBALL

Prognosticators

Step right up! Step right up! Watch in awe as the prognosticators pull out magical predictions out of their prognosticatin’ hats! And then saw those predictions in half! And then put them back together again!

SOCCER

Women's soccer wins 3-0 against Kent State

A weekend full of downpours couldn’t stop the Spartans’ season-long dominance. The MSU women’s soccer team’s patience and willingness to stick it out in the pouring rain and standing water on the field allowed them to enter the Green and White record books — posting their seventh straight victory in a 3-0 win to Kent State on Sunday at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field, the best start in school history.

SOCCER

MSU prepares for league play

Coming into this weekend’s first Big Ten game at Ohio State, the men’s soccer team is 2-3. All three losses have come to teams who made the NCAA Tournament last year. So unlike football or basketball, the soccer schedule doesn’t have any gimmick games. Here’s how the team looks heading into conference play.

SPORTS

Unger anchors stout defensive corps

Preaching team defense all season, the No. 10 MSU field hockey team has shown it on the field. Leading the charge is junior goalkeeper Elissa Unger, who received Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honors this week for her play in last weekend’s games against then-No. 18 Boston University and New Hampshire.

VOLLEYBALL

MSU volleyball overcomes threat from Oakland

The MSU volleyball team struggled to extend its winning streak Tuesday night with a 3-1 defeat of Oakland. After a slow start, the team dominated the first set, rallying from a 7-7 tie early on to win the set 25-15.

FOOTBALL

3 Spartans earn weekly honors

The Big Ten Players of the Week were announced Monday and three Spartans made the list. For the second straight week, football senior running back Javon Ringer was named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week. Ringer ran the ball 43 times and had 282 yards during Saturday’s game — both were career highs.

SOCCER

Grounds crew works to restore DeMartin Stadium

With water streaming down from the sky and piling up on the sidelines and corners of DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field on Sunday afternoon during the MSU women’s soccer game, MSU sports turf manager Amy Fouty knew the effects from Hurricane Ike that blasted through campus wouldn’t be an every-weekend event.

SPORTS

Field hockey

The No. 10 MSU field hockey team got back on track this weekend with two big wins in New England. The Spartans got off to a hot start, defeating No. 18 Boston University 2-0 on the strength of goals by sophomore forward Angela Pagura and freshman forward Chantae Miller.

SOCCER

Two weekend victories send Spartans to best start ever

A weekend full of downpours couldn’t stop the Spartans’ season-long dominance. The MSU women’s soccer team’s patience and willingness to stick it out in the pouring rain and standing water on the field allowed them to enter the Green and White record books — posting their seventh straight victory in a 3-0 win to Kent State on Sunday at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field, the best start in school history.