Freshman forwards Olivia Stander and Kori Reinhart each have stepped in during key situations for the MSU women’s soccer team this season, filling in for numerous Spartans who have suffered from season-ending injuries.
A shot by Minnesota’s Tamara Strahota ricocheted off junior defender Samantha Cook and into the net, and it looked as though that fluke play would send the MSU women’s soccer team to yet another deflating loss.
The Big Bear Trophy was up for grabs Sunday afternoon. But the MSU men’s soccer team is returning it to its cage in the Spartans’ locker room, as they defeated Michigan 2-1 on Sunday at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field.
MSU women’s soccer head coach Tom Saxton chuckled Friday as he talked about yet another season-ending injury for the Spartans, stating that freshman midfielder Jordan Mueller will miss the remainder of the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament.
The MSU women’s soccer team had plenty of chances Friday, but a defensive breakdown in the first half led the Spartans to another heartbreaking loss.
Avery Steinlage could have excelled at any sport. With a vertical jump of more than 30 inches, the 6-foot-2, 205-pound Steinlage has the ups of a forward in basketball.
Jill Flietstra rarely makes a highlight reel save for the MSU women’s soccer team.
The Big Bear Trophy sits comfortably in the trophy case inside the MSU men’s soccer team’s locker room.
The MSU women’s soccer team knows what’s at stake this weekend.
It was a tale of two halves for the MSU men’s soccer team Wednesday. The Spartans played the first half without a sense of urgency, but came out of the gates flying in the second half, scoring both goals within the first six minutes en route to a 2-1 victory over Bowling Green at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field.
For the first time in the history of the MSU men’s soccer program, the Spartans defeated Indiana on Sunday in Bloomington, Ind., winning by a score of 1-0 in double overtime.
For the first time in the history of the MSU men’s soccer program, the Spartans beat No. 23 Indiana in Bloomington, Ind. And the win came in dramatic fashion, with junior midfielder Jeff Ricondo scoring the lone goal of the match in the 102nd minute of double overtime, giving the Spartans the 1-0 victory.
A “questionable” call leading to a penalty kick and a pregame injury to sophomore forward Laura Heyboer were too much for the MSU women’s soccer team to overcome, as the Spartans lost 1-0 to Northwestern on Sunday afternoon in Evanston, Ill.
The MSU men’s soccer team is halfway through its conference schedule and still hasn’t been able to get in the win column. But the team has been extremely close.
The MSU women’s soccer team had plenty of scoring chances against Michigan on Sunday afternoon, but time after time the Spartans simply couldn’t take advantage of them.
Both the MSU men’s soccer team and its opponent, Wisconsin, were searching for their first conference victory Sunday afternoon in Madison, Wisc. After playing to a 1-1 deadlock through regulation, it appeared the game would go down in the books as a tie.
Tom Saxton knows he doesn’t have to say anything to get his MSU women’s soccer team excited for this weekend.
The players on the MSU men’s soccer team have a hard time believing they are winless in the Big Ten.
In every game the MSU men’s soccer team has played, the team that has scored the first goal has gone on to win.
The No. 20 MSU women’s soccer team bounced back from a late loss Friday by playing No. 12 Purdue to a 1-1 tie Sunday in West Lafayette, Ind.