Spartans open conference without leading scorer
The second Lauren Hill saw the red card Sunday, she knew she was going to miss much more than just the remaining minutes of the No. 13 MSU women’s soccer team’s game against Eastern Michigan.
The second Lauren Hill saw the red card Sunday, she knew she was going to miss much more than just the remaining minutes of the No. 13 MSU women’s soccer team’s game against Eastern Michigan.
Ralph Young Field couldn’t have been a more welcoming site than it was last weekend for the No. 8 MSU field hockey team when it returned home from a difficult eight-game road stretch to start the season.
The Detroit Tigers suddenly have found themselves in a heated pennant race with the Minnesota Twins. After losing two of three games in Minneapolis this weekend, the Tigers sit just two and a half games ahead of the Twins in the American League Central as of Tuesday afternoon.
Avery Steinlage proved he is human Sunday afternoon. After going 1,318 minutes, 26 seconds without allowing a goal — crushing the previous NCAA record of 974 minutes, 20 seconds — the MSU junior goalkeeper finally was beaten by San Diego senior forward Andrew Feld.
After consecutive losses, the Spartans football depth chart had some significant changes on both sides of the ball.
MSU volleyball junior Allyson Karaba was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week following her 52-dig effort this weekend at the Clemson Classic in Clemson, S.C.
Despite the hopes of the Grand Rapids Local Organizing Committee, Van Andel Arena and West Michigan will not host an NCAA Division I men’s basketball regional tournament within the next four years.
Mark Dell had an extra jump in his step this week at practice because he knew the week would end differently than the previous two.
For much of the past decade, the MSU women’s soccer team has been mired in the middle-to-bottom of the Big Ten Conference.
MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio believes his team only is a couple of plays away from being a 3-0 football team.
MSU senior outfielder Eli Boike was named Most Valuable Player of the Cal Ripken, Sr. Collegiate Baseball League this summer after leading the league in hits and stolen bases.
The No. 8 MSU field hockey team followed last Sunday’s tough loss against No. 7 Syracuse with a 1-1 showing this weekend in Virginia.
The MSU men’s tennis team proved the Spartans can stand alone, dominating the singles matches in the Frank Beeman Invitational in East Lansing this weekend.
For the second straight game, the MSU football team’s defensive backfield was picked apart by a veteran quarterback.
The No. 17 MSU volleyball team completed an undefeated nonconference schedule this weekend with its fourth straight tournament win, earning three victories at the Clemson Classic in Clemson, S.C.
Immediately following the MSU football team’s 33-30 loss to Notre Dame, I felt the same as every other Spartans football fan.
Anyone looking to play golf on a sunny Friday afternoon at Forest Akers East Golf Course this weekend quickly found they were out of luck, as the course was taken over by about 4,200 racers running through fairways and around sand traps.
Kirk Cousins walked off the field at Notre Dame Stadium surrounded by a frenzied mob, a blank expression on his face.
Senior receiver Blair White has proven his 2008 campaign was no fluke. After breaking out with 30 receptions during the final six games of last season, White has continued to have hot hands in 2009, leading the team by a wide margin in both receptions and yards.
It’s a place full of college football lore — Touchdown Jesus in the background, the Golden Dome highlighting the university’s illustrious campus.