Ready to bounce back from its first Big Ten loss in the last nine conference matchups, the No. 7 MSU field hockey team said it will take its lessons learned from the 2-1 loss to No. 15 Michigan and apply them to take down No. 16 Penn State and No. 11 Wake Forest this weekend.
With its sights set on earning a spot in the NCAA Tournament, the MSU volleyball team said it now is viewing every match as an opportunity to prove why it deserves to see postseason tournament action.
For entomology postdoctoral student Ryan Kimbirauskas, Saturday would have consisted of playing a round of golf with a friend and grilling some food at home before the MSU football game.
As the No. 17 MSU football team prepares for in-state rival No. 18 Michigan, all eyes are on U-M quarterback Denard Robinson. On Saturday, the Wolverines will meet an MSU defense that is coming off its best performance of the season in a 34-24 win against Wisconsin, in which it tackled well and held Wisconsin’s power rushing attack to 165 yards.
As if on cue, the Spartan Marching Band started the MSU Fight Song almost immediately following the game-winning goal in the No. 18 MSU men’s soccer match against New Hampshire.
The extra buzz around campus in advance of Saturday’s game between the No. 17 MSU football team and No. 18 Michigan hasn’t escaped the notice of players.
Despite finishing up her NCAA eligibility last season, former MSU field hockey player Jeamie Deacon has stayed with the program. Deacon is acting as a student-assistant coach while she finishes up her education. She plans to graduate in December with a civil engineering degree.
The Barone brothers are used to living identical lives. But this year, similar groin injuries were enough to surprise even the twins from the No. 18 MSU men’s soccer team.
MSU women’s cross country runner Emily MacLeod has won her second Big Ten Women’s Cross Country Runner of the Week award this season, the conference announced Tuesday.
It didn’t take long for MSU senior linebacker Greg Jones to start thinking about Saturday’s game against No. 18 Michigan. As time was winding down in No. 17 MSU’s 34-24 win against No. 20 Wisconsin on Saturday, Jones already had begun preparing for the Spartans’ biggest rival.
In week two, I described the 2010 NFL season as chaotic, with the so-called best NFL teams falling early. Now, just two weeks later, I don’t even have a word to describe it.
MSU men’s basketball senior guards Kalin Lucas and Durrell Summers were named to the John R. Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 List, the Los Angeles Athletic Club announced Monday
MSU women’s soccer junior goalkeeper Jill Flietstra won her second Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week award after posting back-to-back shutouts against Indiana and Purdue this weekend, the conference announced Monday.
MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio was released from Sparrow Hospital at noon Monday, after a blood clot was discovered in his leg Thursday.
After having its ability questioned for the majority of the season, the MSU defense stepped up in a big way Saturday, shutting down then-No. 11 Wisconsin in a 34-24 victory.
Hockey season officially began Sunday as the MSU hockey team split up into two teams for the annual Green and White game at Munn Ice Arena. The Green team won the timed game with a 3-1 score, while the White team took a 3-0 win in a shootout.
Six games have been played by the MSU women’s soccer team at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field this season. And in all six games, the opposing team has been unable to get the ball past junior goalkeeper Jill Flietstra and the MSU defense.
After being held to one goal or less in five of its last six games, the No. 6 MSU field hockey team jumped on the back of senior midfielder Sabine van den Assem to find some offense Sunday.
Despite practicing hard to earn Big Ten victories, the MSU volleyball team dropped both of its road matches this weekend.
The No. 11 MSU men’s soccer team suffered its second loss of the season Sunday afternoon, falling 2-1 to No. 19 Ohio State in Columbus, Ohio.