Men's soccer sweeps Big East opponents
The No. 19 MSU men’s soccer team swept its two games in the Big Ten/Big East Challenge against Marquette and Notre Dame this weekend.
The No. 19 MSU men’s soccer team swept its two games in the Big Ten/Big East Challenge against Marquette and Notre Dame this weekend.
The No. 19 MSU men’s soccer team started off the Big Ten/Big East Challenge with a 1-0 win against Marquette at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field on Friday evening.
The Big Ten conference and the No. 19 MSU men’s soccer team have an opportunity to show how good they are this weekend as two of the nation’s top soccer conferences meet in the Big Ten/Big East Challenge.
Despite Bowling Green’s 1-5-1 record, members of the MSU women’s soccer team say they are not peaking ahead to the start of the Big Ten schedule next week and want to take care of business with a win Friday at Bowling Green.
The jump from high school soccer to the Big Ten can be a difficult adjustment. Factor in the talent to be able to start and there can be a lot of pressure. Freshman midfielder Annie Steinlage is making it look easy for the MSU women’s soccer team.
For the No. 19 MSU men’s soccer team, the best offense is a good defense. During the team’s weekend home stand, the Spartans gave up just one goal and scored eight in a 4-0 win Thursday against Providence and a 4-1 win Sunday against Niagara.
MSU women’s soccer junior goalkeeper Jill Flietstra has been named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week for her back-to-back shutouts last weekend, the conference announced Monday.
After three assists in the first three games, senior midfielder Spencer Thompson took the offense into his own hands in the No. 23 MSU men’s soccer team’s 4-1 win against Niagara on Sunday at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field.
The Spartans (4-2-1) were able to find their stride early and often against Loyola-Chicago, beating the Ramblers 3-0 and scoring two first-half goals Sunday at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field.
The MSU women’s soccer team saw their first overtime periods of the season Friday, after neither the Spartans (3-2-1) nor the DePaul Blue Demons (3-2-2) could break through for a goal, ending in a scoreless draw.
The No. 23 MSU men’s soccer team struck early and never too its collective foot off the gas pedal Thursday evening in its 4-0 victory against Providence at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field.
Coming into a pair of games this weekend, the MSU women’s soccer team is looking for a quick start and a full effort in each game, something the Spartans did not show in their previous game, a 3-2 loss to Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Sunday.
The Spartans will look to take last weekend’s lessons forward as they welcome Providence (1-0-1) for the team’s home opener, which is set for 5 p.m. Thursday at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field.
The MSU women’s soccer team’s Friday night win against Eastern Michigan became a distant memory Sunday when the Spartans lost to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3-2.
After a thrilling 4-3 overtime victory at No. 6 Maryland, the No. 24 MSU men’s soccer team finished its weekend East Coast road trip with a 4-0 loss at Georgetown on Sunday.
Behind an unforgiving defense and a relentless offense, the MSU women’s soccer team took down inter-state rival and previously unbeaten Eastern Michigan, 4-0, Friday night at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field.
The No. 24 MSU men’s soccer team started the season with a bang with a 4-3 overtime victory at No. 6 Maryland on Friday night.
The MSU women’s soccer team went with a new formation in an attempt to improve a struggling offense Friday against Eastern Michigan. The plan worked as the Spartans won 4-0.
The No. 24 MSU men’s soccer team hopes to start off the 2010 season with a bang as they open up with an East Coast road trip with stops at No. 6 Maryland and Georgetown this weekend.
A win in Friday’s game at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field might not have the same impact for the MSU women’s soccer team as it would for Eastern Michigan, but that doesn’t mean the Spartans are taking the competition lightly.