The Spartans (7-9 overall, 1-3 Big Ten) endured high winds, cold weather and the field sprinklers coming on before the first half ended to notch their first Big Ten victory of the season.
With basketball season not far off, Midnight Madness gave MSU fans their first look at the men’s and women’s basketball teams Friday.
Despite losing three captains to graduation, the Spartans aren’t worried about playing as the top dog this season.
Late scoring and mistakes ultimately doomed the Spartans this weekend as they were swept in two games by CCHA opponent Lake Superior State. The Lakers’ victories snapped a four-game MSU winning streak in the series, which spanned back to 2009-10.
Coming off a mid-week 2-0 win against in-state rival Michigan, senior forward Hannah Peterson was vying to keep the momentum rolling. Peterson netted her second goal of the season in overtime to give the Spartans (12-4-0, 5-3-0 Big Ten) a 2-1 win against Indiana (6-9-1, 2-6-0 Big Ten).
For the fourth consecutive weekend, the MSU volleyball team split its weekend games, toppling Northwestern 3-1 on Friday but dropping a 3-2 heartbreaker to No. 1 Illinois.
For the fourth consecutive year, the No. 23 MSU football team defeated No. 11 Michigan on Saturday at Spartan Stadium, 28-14.
With 39 of the last 41 games won by the team with the most rushing yards in the rivalry series, junior running back Edwin Baker and the No. 23 MSU football team knew they needed a big day on the ground to beat No. 11 Michigan.
When most of this year’s senior class first arrived in East Lansing in 2007, the times were much different. The Spartans were loved by many, but undoubtedly Michigan was seen as a maize and blue state.
What’s more sickening? That Michigan is ranked No. 11 in the country, or that I offer the newspaper I saw those rankings in as toilet paper for my apartment?
For the 115 years since you started playing football, you’ve been obsessed with waging an imaginary battle against Michigan. Your original fight song included lines of “smash through that line of blue” and “Michigan is weakening.” Your name as the Spartans came as a direct response to Michigan being called the “Athens of the Midwest” (Athens and Sparta were rival city-states in ancient Greece. Wikipedia it. I hear that always works for class.).
After winning the Big Ten outright for the first time in program history, the Spartans are looking to continue that success with a much younger squad this season. Thursday afternoon, head coach Suzy Merchant and members of the team met with members of the media to discuss the team’s upcoming season.
The MSU volleyball team will face its biggest test of the season when it travels to Champaign, Ill., on Saturday to take on the No. 1 Illinois Fighting Illini, but the Spartans are not looking past Friday when they will face the Northwestern Wildcats in Evanston, Ill.
The Spartans (6-9 overall, 0-3 Big Ten) are coming off a tough 4-2 loss against Indiana while the Buckeyes will be looking to rebound from a 3-0 shutout at home from No. 17 Iowa.
The Spartans will open up a two-game road series this weekend at Taffy Abel Arena in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., against Lake Superior State.
Friday, the annual Midnight Madness will tip off the 2011-12 basketball season at Breslin Center. Doors will open at 9:30 p.m., and admission is free.
With her first goal of the season, Megan Marsack snapped a winless streak against Michigan that dated back to before she even stepped on campus.
After a weekend of play, the chemistry continues to grow between Tom Anastos and the MSU hockey team.
MSU junior Caroline Powers was named Big Ten Golfer of the Week, the conference announced Wednesday, after turning in a school-record 54-hole score on Oct. 9 at the Tar Heel Invitational.
The Spartans (4-6-2 overall, 1-1-1 Big Ten) struggled to find a rhythm early in the season but now are riding a two-game winning streak, as they enter the meat of their Big Ten schedule.