Despite solid goaltending from senior Stephanie Yuhasz that kept the team in the game for much of the contest, the MSU field hockey team was unable to string together any amount of solid play, falling to No.
The MSU volleyball team fought hard this weekend, ending with a 3-1 victory against Indiana. But first on Friday, the Spartans took on No.
Correction: The story should say Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn completed just 2-of-8 first-quarter pass attempts for six yards. The Brady Quinn Heisman Hype Machine hit the wall Sept.
Watching junior outside hitter Katie Johnson on the volleyball court, you would never know she spent much of this year recovering from surgery on her elbow. In a match against Illinois last December, Johnson collided with teammate Nicole Colaluca.
What have you done for me lately? This phrase is used often in sports. Coaches are judged on a game-by-game basis, and players are often judged on what they do when the game matters. And the phrase couldn't have resonated any louder than on Saturday, when judging the play of the two quarterbacks. Notre Dame's Brady Quinn struggled early, throwing just 2-of-8 for six yards in the first quarter.
While playing San Diego last week, the Los Angeles Dodgers hit four home runs in a row in the ninth inning to erase a four-run deficit and force extra innings. Dodgers manager Grady Little said the credit for the outburst should go to the team's third-base coach, who had the foresight to give the "hit a home run" sign four times in a row. Japanese golfer Mitsuhiro Tateyama set a national tournament record last week by taking 19 strokes on a par-3 hole. Tateyama reportedly hit a good drive but had an extremely difficult time getting the ball into the clown's mouth. During Sunday's win against the Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers' quarterback Brett Favre threw the 400th touchdown of his career. After the game, Lions general manager Matt Millen applauded Favre on his accomplishment and said he hopes the Lions score the 400th touchdown in franchise history soon. Southern Cal officials are upset that ABC broadcaster Brent Musburger revealed the meaning of one of Trojans quarterback John David Booty's hand signals on the air last week. In a related story, ABC officials are still trying to decipher the meaning of the hand signal that several thousand MSU fans were seen giving John L.
With chilly conditions and gusting wind at Old College Field, the MSU men's soccer team set out to pick up its first Big Ten win against Wisconsin. But after 110 minutes of physical play, nothing had been decided and the match ended in a 0-0 tie. "I thought this was a great men's Division 1 Big Ten soccer game," MSU head coach Joe Baum said.
There are a million possible excuses for MSU's fourth-quarter implosion — inclement weather, poor officiating, lucky interceptions — but none of them hold up. MSU's loss falls squarely on the shoulders of the coaching staff.
Three games that come to mind when I think of an electric atmosphere in Spartan Stadium. Two of those games are from 2004, when heavily favored Minnesota and Wisconsin came into East Lansing only to see each of its Big Ten Championship hopes crumble. The "go green, go white" chants coming from the student section were so loud that they drowned out the PA announcer.
Jehuu Caulcrick ran through Notre Dame's defense like it didn't exist on Saturday. He may as well have had a list of Notre Dame defensive backs in his pocket so he could cross off the names of players he ran over. Tom Zbikowski: Check.
Despite coming from the Netherlands, freshmen Anne-Sophie van Rijswijk and Floor Rijpma have wasted no time making a big impact on the MSU field hockey team. And if you ask MSU head coach Rolf van de Kerkhof if he expected the duo to step right in and contribute like they have … well, he actually did. "If you go abroad, you have to bring in key players that will help you out — otherwise, it is no use," he said.
The MSU women's soccer team lost only two Big Ten games last season. Normally, that's good enough to compete for the conference title.
Each week, State News football reporter Ethan Conley offers his own college football Top 10 rankings. No.
Lauren Sinacola and Lauren Hill grew up only 45 minutes from each other, so it's no big surprise they have a lengthy soccer history.
There's a word that means a lot to MSU men's soccer coach Joe Baum. Stability. It's what senior goalkeeper Jason Tillman has provided plenty of in his time at MSU.
Saturday's football game between MSU and Notre Dame has huge implications for both teams. For the Spartans, a win on national television would mean a spot in the Top 25.
Thanks to her 14 saves that helped the MSU women's soccer team to a 2-0-1 record last week, junior goalkeeper Nicole Galas was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week on Monday.
Pittsburgh — MSU's performance in the second half of Saturday's 38-23 win against Pittsburgh might have been a surprise to some, but the players and coaches were expecting it. That's because the team practiced indoors with the heat on all week so it would be able to survive the projected 80-degree weather for four quarters in Pittsburgh. "We practiced all week long with a theme of trying to tell these guys we have to be more physical," MSU head coach John L.
The New York Islanders signed goaltender Rick DiPietro to a 15-year, $67.5 million contract last week, hypothetically locking the 24-year-old up through 2021.
Ashley Schatzle had a season-high 19 kills Saturday night, helping the MSU volleyball team to a 3-0 sweep of the Toledo Rockets at Jenison Field House. The win brought the Spartans' record to 9-1, which is the best start for the program since 1995, when MSU won the Big Ten Championship. "I'm looking forward to winning the Big Ten," Schatzle said.