9 Spartans take top honors at Notre Dame
Men and women's track and field both achieved numerous victories in individual events Friday at the Notre Dame Invitational. The women's team took first in seven individual events.
Men and women's track and field both achieved numerous victories in individual events Friday at the Notre Dame Invitational. The women's team took first in seven individual events.
MSU swimming and diving closed out its home season with wins from both the men's and women's teams over Oakland. En route to a 113-110 victory, the women took first in the 400-yard medley relay while sophomore Courtney Ellabarger captured the 200-yard breaststroke and sophomore Tesla Hughes won both the 500 and 1,000-yard freestyle races. For the men's team, sophomores David Habel, Bryant Steele and Johan Sunryd each made a strong showing.
When it comes to the expectations placed on college basketball coaches these days, perhaps Janet Jackson said it best with the title of her 1986 hit, "What Have You Done for Me Lately?" Coach Tom Izzo will have a chance to notch his 200th win as MSU's head coach against Iowa on Wednesday.
The Iowa Hawkeyes ended the MSU women's basketball team's six-game winning streak Sunday with a 78-67 upset at Breslin Center. "Iowa has two fantastic seniors and they showed what senior leadership is all about today," MSU head coach Joanne P.
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Sophomore forward makes waves in the paint against IU For one day, Matt Trannon could say he felt like Ben Wallace.
A hometown boy hurt the MSU hockey team the most this past weekend. Forward Marty Guerin collected three points for No.
MSU men's tennis team plays three home games in two days this weekend. The team will compete against Louisville on Saturday and Wake Forest and Valparaiso on Sunday. The No.
MSU men's and women's track and field teams will travel to South Bend, Ind. today to compete in the Notre Dame Invitational.
MSU wrestling will face No. 5 Michigan and No. 10 Iowa this weekend. The Spartans defeated the Wolverines last year when the teams met at Jenison Field House.
This weekend marks the start of a crucial matchup between two of the top three teams in the CCHA.
Spartans football landed yet another top junior college recruit for the 2004 season. Kenny Jackson, a 6-foot-3, 200-pound wide receiver from Bakersfield College in Bakersfield, Calif., said he couldn't have pictured himself anywhere but East Lansing. "Going to MSU was something I had always been interested in," Jackson said.
In the final leg of a three-game road trip, the No. 18 MSU women's basketball team faces Illinois. The Spartans (15-3 overall, 5-2 Big Ten) will be tested again, coming off an upset win at then-No.
While sports fans everywhere are gearing up for Super Sunday, three Spartan football players will represent MSU in college football's North vs.
MSU assistant hockey coach Tom Newton received the eighth annual Terry Flanagan Memorial Award from the American Hockey Coaches Association.
MSU redshirt freshman grappler Andy Simmons will attend the 38th Annual National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) All-Star Classic on Monday.
One of the nation's most highly touted offensive tackles still is considering signing with MSU, his team's defensive coordinator said Wednesday. Chicago's Roland Martin of William R.
MSU women's swimming and diving (1-7) will end its season this weekend by hosting Ohio State, Notre Dame and Oakland. The women's team will begin action against the Buckeyes and Fighting Irish at 5 p.m.
As MSU prepares for its pivotal matchup at Minnesota, one would think the Spartans are drawing up a detailed blueprint designed to stop the Golden Gophers' star freshman forward Kris Humphries, who is leading the Big Ten in scoring and rebounding. Actually, MSU coach Tom Izzo said the game's outcome would more likely hinge on the production of Minnesota's other players. "I think we have to contain Humphries, not stop him," Izzo said.
The Spartans' football recruiting class just got a little bit bigger - literally. On Monday, offensive line coach Jeff Stoutland received news of the Spartans' 25th commitment for the 2004 recruiting class: Offensive tackle Jesse Miller of Somerville High School in New Jersey. The 6-foot-6, 275-pound Miller was hosted by William Whitticker when he visited East Lansing last weekend.