With loads of inexperience, men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo will look for a lot more than usual in his team’s two exhibition games this season.
Helen Knull’s squad is coming off a tough 2-0 loss to then-No. 7 Michigan, in which the Spartans (7-10 overall, 1-4 Big Ten) were unable to get off a single shot in 70 minutes of play. Knull said the team’s performance showed some weaknesses on the offensive side of the ball, which the team has been working to improve this past week.
On Saturday, the MSU volleyball team will host No. 11 Purdue for its last home match before going on a four-match Big Ten road trip.
The MSU men’s and women’s cross country teams will travel to the University of Illinois for the 2011 Big Ten Cross Country Championships to kick off the championship season on Sunday, Oct. 30.
For the ninth straight meeting between the MSU volleyball team and the Indiana Hoosiers, the match went beyond three sets. And for the second time this season, the Spartans (17-6 overall, 7-6 Big Ten) toppled the Hoosiers, 3-1.
Keith Nichol’s collegiate football career has not exactly gone as expected.
Men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo confirmed Tuesday that the team will wear a special uniform for the Nov. 11 Carrier Classic in San Diego.
The MSU men’s soccer team got a boost heading into its last two games of the season with a 2-1 win against Western Michigan on Wednesday.
Following a late-week split in the Ohio State series, head coach Tom Anastos is beginning to see his players make progress.
MSU men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo confirmed to the Detroit Free Press on Tuesday that his team will wear a camouflage uniform for the Nov.
Cousins said on Thursday, Nov. 3, a few days before the Minnesota game, he will be speaking at the MSU Auditorium about his faith.
For the second time this season, the MSU volleyball team is at a halfway point. The Spartans (16-6 overall, 5-5 Big Ten) will begin the second half of their Big Ten season at 8 p.m.
The No. 9 MSU football team knew it had a challenging lineup for the month of October, opening the Big Ten season with Ohio State, Michigan, Wisconsin and finishing up with No. 13 Nebraska on Saturday in Lincoln, Neb.
After one of the most successful seasons in MSU baseball history, Jake Boss Jr. is hungry for more.
The No. 9 MSU football team didn’t take it to the media and fight back after accusations of being a dirty team. The Spartans didn’t complain about getting completely disrespected by the national media, who proclaimed Wisconsin “unbeatable.”
Senior quarterback Kirk Cousins and sophomore linebacker Kyler Elsworth received Big Ten honors this week after the No. 9 MSU football team’s 37-31 victory over Wisconsin on Saturday.
For the second time this season, MSU volleyball freshman libero Kori Moster earned conference weekly honors, being named Big Ten co-Freshman of the Week and co-Defensive Player of the Week after her performances in two games against ranked opponents.
The MSU hockey team did its best Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde impression in its two-game series against Ohio State late last week. In the regular season home opener at Munn Ice Arena on Thursday, the Spartans rode the strong play of senior goalkeeper Drew Palmisano to down Ohio State, 3-0.
It was only fitting for a pair of seniors to send the MSU women’s soccer team out with a win on Senior Day. Following a 3-1 defeat Friday at the hands of Penn State, the Spartans turned around and got goals from forwards Hannah Peterson and Laura Heyboer to dominate Ohio State and come away with the 2-0 victory at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field. With the win, the Spartans clinch their spot in the Big Ten Tournament, which will be held on Nov.
Joe Arbow thinks there was a special force driving the MSU football win against Wisconsin on Saturday. The finance junior said the presence of ESPN’s College GameDay in East Lansing added some extra hype for both the players and the fans. “(GameDay) will give us great momentum going in,” Arbow said before the game.