Coming into the season, the MSU football team’s defense was expected to anchor the team to a solid season and another Jan. 1 bowl game. Although still possible, the team’s 1-3 start, in which the defense has given up an average of 33.3 points in three losses, has left many asking questions about what’s gone wrong.
In one of the biggest games Laura Heyboer has played with the No. 13 MSU women’s soccer team, the sophomore forward was on the finishing side of one of the best plays she said she’s been a part of.
The No. 8 Spartans are the highest ranked Big Ten team to begin the regular season, and should be considered among the favorites to win the conference.
The No. 16 volleyball team is off to the program’s best start since 1976 and has turned some heads across the country en route to a 12-0 nonconference opening.
For the No. 13 MSU women’s soccer team, there’s no easing into the Big Ten season.
The MSU men’s soccer team had three rallying calls entering this season.
The MSU football team’s play during the nonconference season has been anything but a dream.
Despite last season’s successes, none of the players on the No. 22 MSU men’s soccer team ever have beaten Ohio State.
MSU vs. Wisconsin Noon, ESPN JN: At what point does this snowball stop rolling and accumulating loss after loss?
Indiana vs. No. 23 Michigan Records: Indiana (3-0 overall, 0-0 Big Ten), Michigan (3-0, 0-0) Where: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor When: Noon on Saturday TV: ESPN What does it mean? Both teams are unbeaten, but Indiana hasn’t defeated the Wolverines since 1987 and U-M has won 30 of the last 31 in the series. Player to watch: U-M quarterback Tate Forcier.
MSU’s defense has been a disappointment. And that’s an understatement.
Eight games into the season, the No. 13 MSU women’s soccer team is quite simply a statistical marvel.
Freshman linebacker Chris Norman has been waiting to be unleashed. The kid who has been nicknamed both “The Punisher” and “Road Runner” is one of the best recruits in the Mark Dantonio era.
When three guys are neck-and-neck for a starting position, it sometimes means no one is good enough to step up.
The Spartans head into Madison, Wisc., with a 1-2 record to take on the undefeated Badgers this weekend.
Joining a team with all but one starter returning usually means sparse playing time for a freshman.
In the midst of a nine-game winning streak and driven by the play of its top scorer — sophomore Jenilee Rathje — the MSU volleyball team appeared poised for a solid Big Ten run last season when Rathje suddenly went down with a torn ACL in a September game against Ohio State.
Sunday afternoon only might be the opening of the Big Ten season for the No. 13 MSU women’s soccer team, but the atmosphere at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field will be that of a championship game.
Former MSU wide receiver Plaxico Burress was sentenced to two years in prison Tuesday and was taken into custody.
The second Lauren Hill saw the red card Sunday, she knew she was going to miss much more than just the remaining minutes of the No. 13 MSU women’s soccer team’s game against Eastern Michigan.