The stakes were high for the No. 5 MSU field hockey team for Sunday's outcome against Indiana, when the Spartans claimed a second consecutive Big Ten title. With the 5-2 victory against the Hoosiers (10-7 overall, 0-5 Big Ten), the Spartans (15-2, 5-1) celebrated their way to another conference title.
It's Monday. The big game is nigh. I don't even have to mention the name of our opponent because we all know.
These aren't typical high school practices, where everyone else is smaller and you're the best player on the team. The four freshmen on the MSU men's basketball team found that out last week. "Practice has been tough - very tough.
After beating Michigan on Friday 2-1 and then beating Eastern Michigan 1-0 on Sunday, the MSU women's soccer team is riding on a three-game winning streak. "My biggest concern was that we might suffer a letdown after a big win against Michigan," head coach Tom Saxton said.
The MSU men's and women's swimming and diving team will kick off its 2004-05 season at 1 p.m.
It will be MSU head coach Rick Comley's second homecoming when he returns to Marquette to play the team that he started - Northern Michigan. MSU plays Friday and Saturday at 7:35 p.m. "There's always a nervousness that goes with it," Comley said.
The MSU men's basketball team will hold its Green and White game on Nov. 6 at Breslin Center. Admission to the game is free, and the time of the event will be determined after the time for the MSU and Ohio State football game has been announced. The team's next competition will be the first of two exhibitions held on Nov.
Tickets for the 2004-05 men's basketball season will be handed out at 9 p.m. on Nov. 7 at Breslin Center, instead of Sunday. Student season tickets in a limited number ($138 for a 12-game package) can still be purchased at Jenison Field House in person or by calling the MSU Athletic Ticket Office at (517) 355-1610.
Go ahead, tell MSU women's basketball coach Joanne P. McCallie her team could win the Big Ten, make it to the Final Four or even play for a national championship. It wouldn't shake or startle her. "I think we're unlimited to what we can do.
As the MSU volleyball team (6-10 overall, 1-7 Big Ten) returns home to battle Wisconsin and Northwestern this weekend, it isn't focusing on winning and losing, head coach Chuck Erbe said. "We're not measuring our victories in wins and losses," Erbe said.
When you look at a score sheet from an MSU men's soccer game, it's strange when you don't see the names of three players - senior midfielders John Minagawa-Webster and Jordan Gruber and junior forward Ryan McMahen.
The MSU women's soccer team will try to build off its win at Oakland on Sunday when the Spartans host Michigan at 3 p.m.
Losing at Michigan last Saturday "sucked" according to senior forward Veerle Goudswaard. After the 1-0 overtime loss for the No.
The MSU men's tennis team heads to Ann Arbor for the Wilson/Intercollegiate Tennis Association Midwest Men's Regional Championship Thursday through Tuesday. Freshmen Brian Compton and Adam Monich will play Friday in the qualifying rounds.
So I'm sitting through my first MSU basketball practice and I'm surprised by what I see. Guys are hitting the floor hard every two seconds.
For most football teams, there is an air of judgment that comes with the bye week. It can be bad for a team on a winning streak because the time off can potentially erode that positive momentum.
After a split this past weekend with St. Lawrence and New Hampshire, the No. 9 MSU hockey team will travel to Marquette to play Northern Michigan. An oddity of the Wildcats' home, the Berry Events Center, is that it hosts an Olympic-sized ice sheet.
Back in high school, MSU volleyball freshman setter Maggie Griffin was the girl who got pegged with the nickname "Jolly." As in, the Jolly Green Giant. At 6 foot, Griffin was easily the tallest girl in school, but she didn't mind the nickname - it was being tall that helped her play the game she loved so much. In her first season at MSU, Griffin already has proven her worth as a powerhouse on the court, despite being a rookie to college sports, head coach Chuck Erbe said. "She's a special player," Erbe said.
Each new basketball season is an opportunity for unproven players - young and old - to rise up, play more minutes and have a greater impact. This season, sophomore power forward Delco Rowley and sophomore center Drew Naymick are prime candidates to fill that role in the Spartans' frontcourt. And with an eager, talented batch of freshmen big men new on campus this season, Rowley and Naymick must step up while the opening is there. "I'm looking forward to those two coming in and stepping up and playing in these games because I've told them that this is the time to do it," junior center Paul Davis said.
With its 12th place finish at the Pre-NCAA Invitational this past weekend, the MSU men's cross country team has found itself in the national rankings, as the Spartans sit at No.