SOCCER
Women's soccer plays to scoreless tie with Oakland
Two overtimes weren’t enough as the MSU women’s soccer team played to a 0-0 draw against Oakland on Wednesday night.
SOCCER
Gloves Off On Twitter
The MSU football team has been getting attention lately because of some players’ tweets about the U-M football loss to Alabama, but one MSU student-athlete has been making an impression for quite some time — and causing much less trouble along the way.
FOOTBALL
Spartan receiving corps better than advertised
MSU’s receiving corps have heard it all before. They’re young. They’re untested. They make mistakes. They can’t make the big plays. Junior running back Le’Veon Bell will have to carry this offense. After Friday’s game, it only got worse. The passing game took a backseat to Bell’s monstrous performance, as the Spartans struggled to move the ball through the air. Three interceptions and a fumble by sophomore wide receiver Tony Lippett later and MSU doesn’t appear to boast the same wideout pedigree it has in the past.
FOOTBALL
Swagger, confidence help cornerbacks excel
When the No. 11 MSU football team (1-0) takes the field and one of the country’s most heralded defenses lines up each Saturday, a glance across the field often shows Johnny Adams and Darqueze Dennard matched up on their own, with no one around to help them.
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FOOTBALL
Dantonio addresses team’s negative tweets
The players included junior linebackers Denicos Allen and freshman Jamal Lyles, redshirt freshman safety Kyle Artinian and sophomore running back Nick Hill, and Dantonio made it clear the behavior would not be tolerated.
SPORTS
Field hockey team starts year strong
It’s becoming clear that this year’s MSU field hockey team is very different from last year’s, even if most of the players are the same.
SOCCER
Women’s soccer preps for upcoming in-state games
With the Big Ten season looming, the MSU women’s soccer team looks to take its level of play to the next level in the next three games, which all are against in-state teams.
SOCCER
Column: Men's soccer better than record indicates
It sounds like the sentiments of a hopeless Detroit Lions fan circa 2008, but the above statements fit the MSU men’s soccer team (1-2-1) better than any other to this point in the season. Junior keeper Bryce Dobbins summed up the season perfectly last week, saying the team is always right there.
FOOTBALL
Bell gains national spotlight with strong showing against Boise State
After his 265 total-yard, two-touchdown performance against then-No. 24 Boise State Friday night, junior running back Le’Veon Bell has been thrust into the national spotlight, raking in Offensive Big Ten Co-Player of the week honors and eliciting talks of possible Heisman candidacy.
FOOTBALL
Bell leads trio of MSU stars against talented Boise St.
In a 17-13 victory over No. 24 Boise State, the No. 13 Spartans made a statement, topping a ranked opponent in the season opener for the first time since 1987.
SOCCER
Spartans knocked off by No. 1 Connecticut
The MSU men’s soccer team (1-2-1) fell victim to the No. 1 Connecticut’s (3-0-0) undefeated record in a 1-0 loss Monday afternoon.
SPORTS
Stiles joins nation's best as member of US Pan American squad
In less than a week, sophomore midfielder Becky Stiles will be headed to Guadalajara, Mexico. No, she’s not going on spring break six months early. She, along with 17 other field hockey players from around the country, will be playing in the under-21 version of the Pan-American Games.
SOCCER
Steinlage named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week
The Big Ten conference office announced on Monday that junior defender Annie Steinlage has been named Defensive Player of the Week after scoring a goal and tallying an assist in the Spartans’ 2-1 defeat of Akron on Sunday.
SPORTS
Field hockey improves to 3-1 with victory over Miami
After taking down 11th-ranked Stanford on Friday, MSU battled the RedHawks at Ralph Young Field. And despite a first half that can best be described as “choppy,” according to Knull, the Spartans emerged with a 1-0 victory.
SOCCER
Spartans defeat Akron on a late Steinlage goal
The MSU’s women’s soccer team defeated Akron 2-1 after a late goal by junior defender Annie Steinlage.
FOOTBALL
Despite struggling, Maxwell building chemistry with Sims, receiving corps
Maxwell found junior tight end Dion Sims seven times for 65 yards over the course of the game, including a crucial third down conversion where Maxwell threw high and counted on the six-foot-five Sims to go up and get it. And he did. For 18 yards and a first down that put the Spartans at first and goal on the seven yard line.
FOOTBALL
Column: With Boise win in hand, Dantonio turns sights to Central Michigan
Leading up to Friday’s game, head coach Mark Dantonio needed only to point towards Chris Petersen’s 73-6 coaching record to know the Spartans were in for a tough game.
FOOTBALL
For Whom The Bell Tolls
The junior running back powered the No. 13 MSU football team to a 17-13 victory over No. 24 Boise State, finishing with 44 carries for 210 yards and two touchdowns — both career highs — in a smashmouth game that wasn’t easy on the eyes.
SPORTS
Field hockey rallies to defeat Stanford
After a first half that saw 11th ranked Stanford basically do anything and everything it wanted, MSU field hockey easily could have been down more than one goal. But junior goalkeeper Molly Cassidy stepped up in the first half, before the rest of the team joined her in the second half, as the Spartans took home a 2-1 victory.
FOOTBALL
Bell leads the way as Spartans best Boise State
On a night where the offense couldn’t get going, Le’Veon Bell wouldn’t stop. The junior running back had a career-high 44 carries for 210 yards and two touchdowns, single-handedly lifting the No.