The No. 11 MSU wrestling team started off the new year on a sour note as the Spartans fell to 25th-ranked Kent State on Saturday. The loss to the Golden Flashes (7-0) brings MSU's record to 1-2 and is leaving the team searching for answers. "This team has got to figure out where it's going and we've got to figure it out in a hurry," MSU head coach Tom Minkel said.
It's the most exciting time of the year for the MSU volleyball team, and it has nothing to do with the fact that there is one week left in the fall semester. The Spartans (19-11) are gearing up for a run at the volleyball national championship beginning with a contest against George Mason (22-7) at 4 p.m.
Riding the momentum of Wednesday night's 82-75 defeat of No. 22 Virginia, the MSU men's basketball team is looking forward to a challenging road schedule over the holiday break.The Spartans (3-2) will host Cleveland State on Sunday at Breslin Center before being tested on the road by two perennial basketball powerhouses.The team rolls into Lexington, Ky., on Dec.
MSU field hockey head coach Michele Madison was named West Region Coach of the Year on Thursday for her accomplishments this season. With Madison on the sidelines, the No.
To students not from the state of Michigan, Ferris State University can be something of a mystery."I don't know anything about it," said MSU hockey freshman defenseman Evan Shaw, who is from Rhode Island.
Pass that gourmet mustard, relish and ketchup. Please. The year 2002 was the year of the underdog.
Theresa Pusateri can juggle - not bowling pins or flaming batons, but sports - and quite a few of them at that. The communication junior began her freshman year at MSU as a midfielder on the field hockey team.
When Angela Morley woke up Thursday morning, she realized study time for finals was almost gone. The senior middle and the rest of the MSU volleyball team left Thursday night for South Bend, Ind., for the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament. The Spartan volleyball team is in the same boat as nearly all other MSU students.
The postseason awards just keep rolling in for MSU's record-breaking wide receiver Charles Rogers. The American Football Coaches Association named Rogers to its 25-man team following a season in which he caught an MSU record 68 passes for 1,351 yards and 13 touchdowns.
The MSU women's basketball team looks to conclude a hectic span of basketball with a victory.The Spartans (3-3) will play their seventh game in 14 days when they travel to Oakland to take on the Grizzlies (2-1) at 7 p.m.
Colton Fretter would have been a perfect son a few generations ago because he tends not to speak unless spoken to.The freshman right wing's quiet demeanor is in stark contrast to most MSU hockey players - generally a vociferous bunch.
University engineer Bob Nestle said the MSU Board of Trustees plans to name an architect for the construction of luxury suites, club seats and a club to Spartan Stadium at its Friday meeting.HNTB would not start the renovations until further studies assessing the feasibility and costs of making the additions are completed.
The MSU volleyball team (19-11) anxiously awaited its fate for the NCAA Tournament and let out a thunderous roar Sunday night when they saw the bracket they were placed in. The Spartans will travel to South Bend, Ind., where they will match up against George Mason (22-7) in the first round at 4 p.m.
Despite earning three points in the College Hockey Showcase this weekend, the Spartan hockey team (6-6-1 overall, 3-4-0 CCHA) still doesn't have a single vote in either of this week's national polls. But there's no shortage of MSU's CCHA rivals in the rankings.
The last time the MSU men's basketball team met Virginia, it was a washout. The game was canceled early in the second half when water on the court in Charlottesville, Va., halted play.The game was played at a minor league hockey facility and the floor was on top of a layer of ice, which caused the condensation.Tonight, the No.
If there is such a thing as good news regarding a broken collarbone, this might be it. Freshman defenseman Corey Potter broke his right clavicle Friday night and is expected to miss four to six weeks.
Charles Rogers won what is probably just his first postseason national honor Monday, as the Football Writers Association of America named the junior wide receiver to its All-American team.
Today at noon thousands of fourth- and fifth-graders will flock to Breslin Center to watch the MSU women's basketball team take on Kent State. The event is part of the "When I Grow Up" program and is sponsored by the Michigan Education Savings Program.
You've finally arrived, clad in togas, laurel wreaths, Simpson- and Disney-character costumes. Welcome, Izzoners.
After back-to-back weeks of riding home on a deathly silent bus, the MSU hockey players were finally cheery enough to chatter as they returned from a road series this weekend, freshman left wing David Booth said. For a struggling team, getting three points in the College Hockey Showcase spawns such liveliness. On the ice, the Spartans let their play do the talking - tying 5-5 at Minnesota on Friday and winning 2-1 in overtime at Wisconsin on Saturday.