Another packed arena on the road could pose another serious threat for No. 5 MSU when it visits unranked Penn State on Saturday. A sellout crowd of 15,261 is expected at Bryce Jordan Center in a matchup that will be the first time a defending NCAA champion has visited Happy Valley, Pa.
The expected temperature in East Lansing on Friday may be below freezing, but there also will be an ominous sign that warmer times are just around the corner.The MSU baseball team will open its season Friday in Alabama against Troy State, and despite finishing ninth in the Big Ten last year, head coach Ted Mahan is forecasting a serious run by the Spartans for the Big Ten crown in 2001.“We’re going to have to have some breaks, we’re going to have to stay healthy, but whoever wins the championship are going to have to have those things go their way,” he said.
This wasn’t the way it was supposed to happen for senior forward Becky Cummings.After three years of following at the heels of former Spartan standouts Maxann Reese and Kristin Rasmussen, this season had everyone talking about Cummings finally getting her turn in the limelight.She was named to the All-Big Ten coaches preseason team and did not disappoint.
Wrestling The 14th ranked Spartans claimed their third consecutive win by overtaking Eastern Michigan 39-7 last Sunday, according to MSU’s Sports Information Department. MSU brought its record to 8-7 in convincing fashion when it overpowered the Eagles.
Last time the women’s basketball team played the No. 25 Iowa Hawkeyes, MSU was smack in the middle of a nine-game losing streak - and they were certainly playing like it.But the Spartan team that will face the Hawkeyes tonight in Iowa City isn’t quite the same.They will again be without senior forward and previous leading scorer Becky Cummings.But perhaps more importantly, they will have the advantage of a revived team attitude that has every player contributing and every game coming down to the wire.Head coach Joanne P.
To say it was a good weekend for Spartan divers Carly Weiden and Summer Mitchell, and diving coach John Narcy is as big an understatement as saying Homer Simpson enjoys spending time at a donut shop.Weiden, a junior from Kentwood, Mich., won the Big Ten Championship in the 3-meter diving event and finished third in the 1-meter competition.Mitchell, a sophomore from Troy, Mich., did the reverse by capturing the Big Ten title in the 1-meter event and placing third in the 3-meter competition.For their performances, Weiden and Mitchell were named Co-Big Ten Divers of the Year.
MSU football head coach Bobby Williams’ skin color may have been a deciding factor in high school recruit Kellen Winslow Jr.’s decision to delay choosing which school to attend this fall. On Fox Sports Net’s Feb.
They don’t receive much playing time, if they get any at all.They didn’t earn scholarships, instead applying for financial aid like most other college students.They weren’t even known to all the players on the team.They are walk-ons; players not recruited by college coaches, but who have the ambition and skill to secure themselves a position on the team.And while most will never know the glory of throwing a game winning touchdown, as South Carolina Gamecock Erik Kimrey did in 1999 as a walk-on quarterback, or recording a last second sack as Notre Dame walk-on Daniel Ruettiger - a.k.a.
MSU women’s basketball freshman forward Julie Pagel isn’t used to losing. The former star of the 1999 Utica high school girls’ basketball team went 27-0 last year, leading her team to a state championship.
MSU’s 2001 football recruiting class moved nearer to completion Monday after MSU head coach Bobby Williams announced the signing of another recruit.
Despite a 4-3-0 record in its last seven games, the MSU hockey team is the top-ranked squad in the land for the 15th straight week.The Spartans (25-4-4 overall, 18-4-3 CCHA) garnered 32 of 40 first-place votes in the USCHO.com poll and 15 of 18 in this week’s USA Today rankings.
When Joe Goodenow separated his right shoulder against Alaska-Anchorage in MSU’s very first game of the season Oct.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - A touch more of offensive prowess would have been a blessing for the MSU women’s basketball team Sunday. Its defensive know-how kept the team on top most of the game against Illinois, but a late-game dip in offense let the Fighting Illini break away with a 52-50 win.
DETROIT - When two teams are as evenly matched as No. 1 MSU and No. 5 Michigan, whichever team has the better special teams usually wins. Saturday night at Joe Louis Arena, the Spartans got that spark. MSU tallied three special teams goals - two on the power play and one shorthanded - in its 4-2 victory over archrival U-M, after both the power play and penalty killing units had struggled recently. Junior right wing Adam Hall did most of the damage, notching the shorthanded marker and one of the power play goals, to boost his season total to 15. “Power play is one of those things you can’t force, sometimes it’s there and sometimes it’s not,” Hall said.
Following its own advice - defense wins championships - MSU blanketed Iowa defensively en route to a 94-70 victory.MSU head coach Tom Izzo has criticized the No.
Being from the West Coast, I have always been an avid fan of the Pac 10. It is a tradition for anyone in my family to go to a Rose Bowl celebration every New Year’s Day.
A little home cooking was the perfect medicine for the 14th-ranked MSU wrestling squad this weekend, as it recorded two wins over Indiana and Penn State.
Just two weeks after assuming the post of MSU football defensive secondary coach, Kevin Ramsey opted to leave the program for the opportunity to coach at the same position with the Arizona Cardinals.Ramsey, 39, was hired on Jan.
The MSU women’s golf team opened its spring season by finishing 16th out of 18 teams after Wednesday’s final round of the TRW Regional Challenge in Palos Verdes Estates, Calif., according to MSU Sports Information. The competition was stiff for the Spartans, as the three-day tournament featured 15 teams ranked in the top 25. MSU, which was ranked 25th by www.golfstat.com entering the tournament, finished with a final team score of 941 - 57 strokes behind tournament winner and No.
Daune Koester calls her new position as assistant coach of the MSU women’s volleyball team an “awesome opportunity.” The 26-year-old Detroit native said though she has had many years of volleyball experience, this will be a new one. “I’ve never been this excited about working - it’s a great job and a great conference,” she said. Koester, hired this month, replaced former assistant coach Laura Abbinante and joins head coach Chuck Erbe and first assistant Todd Dagenais.