The dust has settled after week two of Big Ten play, and two teams remain undefeated - Michigan and Illinois. But both squads are hitting the heart of Big Ten scheduling.
The No. 8 MSU women's basketball team will head out on the road this week for two games after being home for three straight games.
Place-kicker Dave Rayner played in the East-West Shrine Game on Saturday, kicking a 29-yard field goal and five extra points for the East team. The East defeated the West 45-27 in the annual game held in San Francisco. Rayner also will join fellow seniors DeAndra Cobb and Ronald Stanley to represent the East in the Jan.
Little did the Spartans know, but the MSU wrestling team was in for an adventure on its way to a Thursday night dual meet against Oklahoma State. "Remember that movie 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles' with Steve Martin and John Candy?" asked head wrestling coach Tom Minkel during the Monday press conference, "That was us." And he was being modest. The Spartans' adventure began with a 1 p.m.
MSU quarterback Drew Stanton was named team MVP for his sophomore 2004 season. Stanton threw for 1,601 yards, eight touchdowns and six interceptions and ran for 687 yards and five touchdowns in 2004.
Men's soccer forward John Minagawa-Webster was drafted in the fourth round of the MLS SuperDraft on Friday by the Kansas City Wizards. Minagawa-Webster, who had 25 goals, 17 assists and 67 points in his time at MSU, becomes the first MSU player ever chosen in the 10-year history of the draft.
The MSU men's and women's tennis teams were in action over the weekend as the men went 2-0 at home against Northern Illinois and Wright State and the women lost to Virginia in Nashville, Tenn. The No.
The MSU men's track and field team sprung into action over the weekend at the Kentucky Invitational, led by a strong showing by the pole vaulters.
Former MSU field hockey standout and current volunteer assistant coach Alexandra Kyser has been selected to the U.S.
MSU head coach Rick Comley said he didn't sleep Friday night. After watching his Spartans fall 5-4, despite a hat trick off the stick of sophomore forward Drew Miller, and registering 50 shots to Western Michigan's 25, Comley and the Spartans were heartbroken and looking for answers. Comley said the loss was frustrating "more than you can possibly imagine." Normally, when a team doubles the shots of its opponent, it wins.
Freshman guard Joe Crawford returned to Kentucky this past weekend, ending speculation that he would be transferring to MSU. Crawford, who left Kentucky on Jan.
It will be the end of an era tonight at Breslin Center. The No. 19 MSU men's basketball team will say farewell to Gene Keady, when the legendary Purdue head coach makes his final appearance in East Lansing as his 25-year career as coach winds down. Keady owns a 25-21 all-time record against the Spartans. "I'm looking forward to playing Purdue," MSU head coach Tom Izzo said.
The No. 8 MSU women's basketball team ran their home record to 8-0 after defeating No. 12 Minnesota on Sunday, 62-49. The Spartans (15-2 overall, 4-1 Big Ten) were led by junior guard Lindsay Bowen, who had 20 points after only scoring two in the first half, and senior center Kelli Roehrig led the team in rebounds with nine. "Lindsay was much more aggressive in the second half," MSU head coach Joanne P.
After a split last weekend on the road in Miami (Ohio), the MSU hockey team will face Western Michigan in a home-and-home series.
MSU gymnast Sarah Alexander was named a Big Ten Co-Gymnast of the Week with Minnesota's Carolyn Yernberg on Wednesday. Still recovering from shoulder surgery, the junior tri-captain earned the Spartan Invitational's all-around title Friday with a score of 39.150 and helped MSU take first place in the team competition.
The No. 9 MSU women's basketball team will continue its short three-game home stand when Wisconsin comes to Breslin Center at 7 p.m.
MSU men's soccer senior forward John Minagawa-Webster was chosen to attend the 2005 adidas Major League Soccer Player Combine in Carson, Calif.
The MSU football team picked up another commitment, this time from a wide receiver from Staten Island, N.Y. Diego Oquendo has not only committed to the Spartans but already is in East Lansing and attending classes. "I'm adjusting well," the 6-foot, 175-pounder said of being in his new home at MSU.
High school All-American and Detroit native Joe Crawford has left Kentucky and could transfer to MSU. But as of 5 p.m.
Men's basketball junior guard Maurice Ager is this week's player of the week. MSU's current leading scorer continued his hot hand against Northwestern, scoring a game-high 18 points in the Spartans' 87-58 win.