Spartans pound Wolverines, 5-0
Things didn’t go quite as expected Sunday at Old College Field. Many, including MSU men’s soccer coach Joe Baum, expected the game between MSU and No. 21 Michigan to be a one-goal affair.
Things didn’t go quite as expected Sunday at Old College Field. Many, including MSU men’s soccer coach Joe Baum, expected the game between MSU and No. 21 Michigan to be a one-goal affair.
MSU’s shutout against No. 21 Michigan on Sunday was its second straight blanking over a ranked team — a fact that MSU head coach Joe Baum said he’s thrilled about.
Spencer Thompson’s first goal of his collegiate career was perhaps one of the biggest goals of his team’s season.
The MSU men’s soccer team will face one of its toughest challenges of the season today when it hosts No. 3 Notre Dame at Old College Field. “They’re very, very good defensively, probably the best defensive team in the nation,” MSU head coach Joe Baum said.
The MSU women’s soccer team had chances from start to finish Sunday afternoon against Indiana, but were unable to capitalize on any of them in a 1-0 loss.
With a tough three-game stretch that features powerhouses Indiana, Notre Dame and Michigan in the future, it would’ve been easy for the No. 24 MSU men’s soccer team to overlook their latest opponent — Bowling Green.
The Spartans are one of five Big Ten teams who currently sit at 0-2 in the conference standings.
Two MSU men’s soccer players picked up Big Ten weekly honors after MSU’s 3-0 win at Wisconsin on Sunday.
The MSU men’s soccer team has been hit with its first dose of bad news this season.
As senior goalkeeper Nicole Galas approaches MSU’s career shutout record, she not only gets satisfaction from not the numbers she’s putting up, but how those numbers contribute to her team’s success.
After a 5-2-1 start in the non-conference season, the MSU women’s soccer team heads into the Big Ten schedule comfortable with whatever kind of game it might come across.
Despite it being a week since it dismantled Detroit Mercy, the MSU women’s soccer team showed no rust Wednesday afternoon. Once again using their depth and offensive firepower to their advantage, the Spartans (4-2-0) knocked off Eastern Michigan, 2-0, at Old College Field.
After a successful 5-0-1 nonconference campaign, the MSU men’s soccer team is confident heading into what they expect to be an extremely tough Big Ten slate.
Today the MSU women’s soccer team begins what head coach Tom Saxton calls “a critical stretch.” The Spartans have three matches in five days beginning at 4 p.m. this afternoon at Old College Field against Eastern Michigan.
The State News caught up with sophomore forward Lauren Hill. Hill and the women’s soccer team will host Eastern Michigan at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Old College Field.
The first chapter of Lauren Hill and Lauren Sinacola’s MSU careers couldn’t have been scripted any better. As freshmen, Hill and Sinacola finished one-two in goals and points for the Spartans and were both selected to the Big Ten All-Freshman team.
Coming off a tough overtime loss to Lehigh on Sunday, the MSU women’s soccer team was looking for a rebound performance Wednesday against Detroit Mercy. They got it.
Two close games turned out two different results for the MSU women’s soccer team on their weekend road trip. The Spartans managed a split on their trip out East, beating Penn 1-0 Friday and dropping 2-1 to Lehigh in overtime Sunday.
After a lethargic first half, MSU men’s soccer coach Joe Baum delivered a halftime speech that propelled his team to two goals in 68 seconds early in the second half, as the Spartans knocked off Western Kentucky, 2-0, on Sunday afternoon at Old College Field.
After Friday’s 1-0 overtime loss to No. 23 Brigham Young, it was imperative that MSU come out firing Sunday afternoon against Syracuse.