MSU has agreed to play a pair of neutral-site men's basketball games with Texas Tech, including one at Ford Field, the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reports. The Spartans will play in Dallas on Dec.
After a win against UMass and a tie against Denver, the MSU men's soccer team is getting into the flow of the season and preparing for its weekend tournament. Those games were the only ones the Spartans (1-0-1) will have to play back to back, and even though it took a physical toll on the team, head coach Joe Baum said there are positives to playing two games close together. "Going through the physical demands of playing two games in two days - we got through that, and that will help us from a physical and preparation standpoint," he said. The Spartans face Long Island on Friday in the U-M Tournament in Ann Arbor. Baum said the freshmen are fitting in well, making an immediate contribution.
Isaiah Dahlman, a 6-foot-6 swingman from Braham, Minn. has verbally agreed to play basketball with MSU starting next season. Dahlman, a senior in high school, averaged 28 points, six rebounds and five assists last season and led his team to a 33-0 record and the Minnesota Class 2A title. He is the first commitment MSU men's basketball head coach Tom Izzo has secured from the class of 2006. "He's definitely a top 100 player," said Chris Monter, midwest recruiting analyst for the recruiting service Collegebasketballnews.com.
The first week of the NFL season is upon us and that means the return of fantasy football. Here are a list of this week's studs, duds and sleepers. Studs: • QB Brett Favre, Green Bay at Detroit, 4:15 p.m.
For millions of armchair quarterbacks, fantasy is about to become reality again. The NFL season kicks off tomorrow night at 9 p.m.
MSU officials are refuting a report in The Honolulu Advertiser that MSU coaches refused to send game film from the Spartans' win against Kent State on Saturday. The article, published Tuesday, said MSU's coaching staff showed poor sportsmanship and also claims Hawaii's video coordinator left four messages with MSU to send the game film but none of the messages were returned. MSU associate athletics director for communications John Lewandowski said it was a "mutually agreed upon situation" not to exchange game film. Hawaii lost to Southern Cal this past weekend.
One of the biggest non-conference games of recent years will take place at 8 p.m. Saturday at Ohio Stadium when No.
The MSU women's track and field team will be holding tryouts from 5 to 7 p.m. on Sept. 11 at Ralph Young Field. Tryouts are open to all enrolled students, freshmen through seniors.
It's a beautiful time of the year. Both college and professional football are starting, hockey is on the horizon and thoughts of slam dunks are beginning to fill the heads of many sports fanatics. Yet, with all this going on, one sport manages to stick out past the rest.
Field hockey head coach Michele Madison was able to reach her 200th win this past weekend, winning all three games of the Spartans' California road trip.
After knocking off No. 6 Texas A&M (2-1-1 overall) on Friday, the MSU women's soccer (1-1-2) team looked to build on that victory with Sunday's game against Texas. The Spartans were unable to pick up their second win of weekend but came away without any losses after playing Texas (2-1-1) to a 0-0 tie as part of the Big Ten/Big 12 Challenge. MSU head coach Tom Saxton felt the game was a tough fight from start to finish.
The MSU volleyball team (4-0) won their fifth straight Spartan Invitational this weekend and did it without dropping a match to any of their opponents.
In a hard-fought, physical battle, the men's soccer team (1-0-1 overall) came on late and earned a 1-1 tie against Denver on Monday in the Spartans' second game of the MSU/Radisson Fall Soccer Classic. "You always like the win, but if you look at the game in its entirety, maybe a tie is a fair result," said head coach Joe Baum. Baum said it seemed as though Denver started the game with a little bit of an edge.
The MSU women's soccer team (0-1-1 overall) will look to break into the win column today when they face Texas A&M (2-0), ranked 6th in the NSCAA poll, as part of the Big Ten vs.
The MSU field hockey team looks to improve on their 1-1 record with a trip out West this weekend where they will face California, Pacific and Stanford in four days. After earning a win to start the season, the Spartans were shutout by Duke in their second game.
Starting Sunday, the MSU men's soccer team will open its regular season play by hosting the MSU/Radisson Soccer Classic. MSU, Michigan, UMass, and Denver will be the four teams competing during the weekend. The Spartans will open at 11 a.m.
After winning its season opener against Kent State, the MSU volleyball team is preparing to host the 10th annual Spartan Invitational, where Wichita State (2-1) will be its first opponent.
Preseason Mid-American Conference favorite Bowling Green will get a chance to put its skills to the test when it heads into a renovated Camp Randall Stadium to meet a Barry Alvarez-led Wisconsin Badgers team this Saturday. Although Alvarez already announced that this will be his last year as head coach, he knows this season's opener could present more of a challenge than past ones, as he plans to take on a qualified Falcons team. "We'll certainly have our hands full this weekend," Alvarez said.
It has always been a tradition here at The State News to have our two football reporters give predictions for several college football games each week, including the MSU game.
Entering her 13th season as the MSU field hockey head coach, Michele Madison is looking to improve on last year and win the national championship, something that has never been done in field hockey for the Spartans. "She likes seeing us win," senior midfielder Jessica Miller said.