The No. 20 MSU football team (3-1) was able to overcome what head coach Mark Dantonio described as a “flat” first half to beat Eastern Michigan (0-4) 23-7 on Saturday, but a passing game that was supposed to get better with experience seems to be getting alarmingly worse with each passing week.
This week, the Spartans traveled to Wisconsin and then immediately left for Minnesota after that. It was the first long, overnight trip of the season and for many of the young players, the first of their careers.
After struggling time after time to find the back of the net, the MSU men’s soccer team (3-5-1) finally found its step against Western Michigan on Friday evening with a switch in formation.
The No. 25 MSU volleyball team (13-1, 1-1 Big Ten) opened up Big Ten play over the weekend with a split between No. 17 Purdue and Indiana.
All looked well for the No. 15 MSU field hockey team at the start, but the numbers didn’t lie as the Spartans fell to No. 19 Duke, 4-2.
The MSU women’s golf team took third place at the Mason Rudolph Championship in Franklin, Tenn., this weekend.
After a tough first loss of the season on Friday against Purdue, the No. 25 MSU volleyball team regrouped to beat Indiana in straight sets, 3-0 on Saturday night at Jenison Field House.
Moments after MSU football head coach stormed away from the podium after Saturday’s underwhelming 23-7 victory over Eastern Michigan, defensive coordinator Pat Narduzzi took the stage. Narduzzi turned to the media and with a big grin requested one thing of the reporters before him; “Smile!”
As he went to the locker room, with boos raining down from the stands, Dion Sims knew he had to do something. He couldn’t afford to be the underclassman that showed occasional flashes of potential anymore. With the No. 21 MSU football team (3-1) trailing Eastern Michigan (0-4) 7-3 at halftime, Sims hadn’t caught a pass, and the offense couldn’t find a rhythm.
The No. 21 MSU football team (3-1) avoided a scare, coming from behind to knock off Eastern Michigan (0-4) 23-7, thanks to fourth quarter heroics from Dion Sims and Le’Veon Bell.
The boo birds were out in the first half, as the No. 21 MSU football team (2-1) trails Eastern Michigan (0-3) 7-3 at halftime.
The No. 25 MSU volleyball team dropped its first match of the season in a hard fought 3-2 loss against No. 17 Purdue Friday night at Jenison Field House.
Even after a hard-fought game, the MSU women’s soccer team left Madison, Wisc. with a 1-0 loss at the hands of the No. 13 Badgers Friday night.
Friday night brought the MSU men’s soccer team (3-5-1) one accomplishment it’s been struggling to reach all season: a home win. The team’s victory came in a 2-1 win against in-state rival Western Michigan, now 7-2-0, and slight changes to the offense seemed to get the ball rolling for the Spartans.
On a cold, overcast Friday afternoon, the No. 15 MSU field hockey team lost their Big Ten opener to the No.
If you’re to believe Le’Veon Bell, Spartan fans should have no worries about No. 21 MSU’s (2-1) game against Eastern Michigan (0-3) this Saturday.
Shawn Respert, Clinton Jones and four other Spartan legends were welcomed into the MSU Athletics Hall of Fame on Thursday evening at Wharton Center.
The MSU women’s soccer team faces their toughest test by far when they take on No. 14 Wisconsin at 6 p.m. this Friday in Madison, Wis.
The MSU men’s soccer team will take the field on Friday looking for something they haven’t found this year: a home win. The Spartans (2-5-1) take on Western Michigan at 5 p.m. Friday at DeMartin Soccer Complex at Old College Field.
When Andrew Maxwell committed to the MSU football team as a senior in high school in 2008, the MSU campus wasn’t quite the same as it is today.