Columbus, Ohio — In the middle of his fifth season with the MSU football team, head coach Mark Dantonio can now say he has defeated every team in the Big Ten he’s faced.
MSU holds Ohio State to 178 yards of offense on the way to beating the Buckeyes for the first time since 1999.
In front of the largest Jenison Field House crowd the Spartans have seen all season, the MSU Volleyball team (12-3 overall, 1-2 Big Ten) fell to the No.
MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio has brought the Spartans a Big Ten Championship, three straight wins against Michigan and four consecutive bowl game appearances since he arrived in 2007.
Battling heavy rainfall and a 15-minute delay due to inclement weather, the MSU field hockey team fell to the visiting No.
The MSU volleyball team will open its Big Ten home season at 7 p.m.
As the Big Ten standings continue to set up, the MSU women’s soccer team is eager to stay in the hunt. With a pair of conference matchups on the road against Nebraska and Iowa, the Spartans (9-2-0, 2-1-0 Big Ten) will look to improve their season record against two of the top teams in the Big Ten. For women’s soccer head coach Tom Saxton, the weekend could be a telling one for his team, as it continues to make a run for postseason play and an NCAA Tournament bid. “These two teams, after two weekends of Big Ten play, are up on the top end of the table with us,” Saxton said.
Last season, the MSU men’s soccer team played three of its toughest Big Ten games on the road. The Spartans lost at Ohio State, Penn State and Michigan on their way to a sixth-place finish in the seven-team Big Ten soccer conference. This year, MSU (2-5-2 overall, 0-0-1 Big Ten) hosts the three teams this season, beginning with Ohio State (5-4-1, 1-0-0) on Sunday.
In June 2010, when Nebraska became the newest member of the Big Ten Conference, the layout for college football changed forever. The addition of the Cornhuskers from the Big 12 gave the conference an even number of teams, and from that came divisions and a Big Ten Conference Championship game. MSU sits in the Legends Division along with No.
With seven first-year starters on defense to begin the season, MSU head coach Mark Dantonio and his coaching staff knew they had talent, but without experience it was hard to say how good the defense could be.
After a dramatic 2-1 overtime victory at home against Kent State on Sunday, the MSU field hockey team has its Big Ten home opener at 3 p.m.
With the season fast approaching for the MSU hockey team, Tom Anastos and his staff have been hard at work to get the team ready to take the ice.
Following a disappointing season in 2010-11, new head coach Tom Anastos and several players met with members of the local and regional media Tuesday to discuss the aspirations of a new era in Spartan hockey.
The MSU football team has many options as far as wide receivers go, but that won’t always be the case as many of them are seniors.
In the 51st minute of the MSU men’s soccer team’s game against Illinois-Chicago, it looked like the bounces would continue to go against the Spartans.
The tournament was shortened to 18 holes instead of the usual 36 and postponed from the original Monday date to Tuesday because of inclement weather in the area.
The MSU football team’s “preseason” is over, and now it’s time for the real action to start. On Saturday, when the Spartans play Ohio State, we finally will see if their goals are achievable.
The MSU men’s soccer team has started the season off on a sour note — 1-5-2 — but it’s not the end of the world. Last year, the team ended on a 0-4-1 skid before the NCAA tournament and still managed a trip to the Sweet 16.
Freshman libero Kori Moster of the MSU volleyball team was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week after a strong performance in two Big Ten games this past weekend.
Due to heavy rainfall in the Midwest on Monday, the first two rounds of the Iverness Intercollegiate at the Iverness Club in Toledo, Ohio, has been postponed until Tuesday.