A little more than a month after losing to then-No. 1 Illinois, the Spartans (19-9 overall, 8-8 Big Ten) will get another shot when they host the Fighting Illini at Jenison Field House on Friday night. They will follow that game up by taking on the Northwestern Wildcats Saturday evening.
While the MSU volleyball team is approaching the end of the regular season and must begin to think about its postseason chances, the Spartans already are looking toward their future. Head coach Cathy George and the Spartans received National Letters of Intent from three recruits to play for MSU in 2012.
Behind a strong performance by sophomore middle blocker Alexis Mathews, the MSU volleyball team from a midweek loss to hand Wisconsin a 3-1 loss on the Badgers’ home turf.
After a crushing 3-0 set loss at No. 16 Minnesota, the MSU volleyball team is looking to right its ship against Wisconsin on Saturday night. So far in the Big Ten season, the Spartans (18-9 overall, 7-8 Big Ten) have either suffered a season sweep or swept opponents they’ve played twice, and the match against Minnesota was no exception. Despite the loss, the Spartans saw some promising things from the team.
With six games left in the season, the MSU volleyball team is feeling awfully crowded in the Big Ten. Holding strong, the Spartans (18-8 overall, 7-7 Big Ten) are in a three-way tie for fifth place in the conference, clamoring for position over No.
The MSU volleyball team split its weekend games, toppling Iowa on the road, 3-0, Friday but falling at Nebraska, 3-0, Saturday.
Once again, the MSU volleyball team is gearing up for a tough weekend matchup against a ranked opponent as the Spartans kick off a four-game road trip with matches at Iowa and No. 2 Nebraska.
The 2007 MSU volleyball team went largely unnoticed throughout the regular season. Ignored by the coaches poll, the Spartans quietly accumulated a 19-13 regular season record (10-10 Big Ten), earning an NCAA Tournament berth behind the leadership of two senior outside hitters, Katie Johnson and Ashley Schatzle. Both girls racked up more than 500 kills that year while Schatzle earned All-American honors and Johnson was in the discussion.
Despite a strong start, the No. 11 Purdue Boilermakers proved to be too much for the MSU volleyball team to handle Saturday evening as the Spartans fell, 3-1. With the loss, the Spartans (17-7 overall, 6-6 Big Ten) split their week’s games for the sixth straight time this season.
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.
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.
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.
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 volleyball team was unable to pull the upset over No.
Coming off a 3-1 set victory over No. 21 Michigan, the MSU volleyball team will travel to Columbus, Ohio, to face its third straight ranked opponent in the No. 23 Ohio State Buckeyes.
Before a Jenison Field House crowd cackling with electricity, the MSU volleyball team defeated the No.
The football team isn’t the only team with a big rivalry game this week. The MSU volleyball team is hoping to continue MSU’s weeklong success against its in-state rivals when it takes on the No. 21 Michigan Wolverines at Jenison Field House on Wednesday night.
For the fourth consecutive weekend, the MSU volleyball team split its weekend games, toppling Northwestern 3-1 on Friday but dropping a 3-2 heartbreaker to No. 1 Illinois.
The MSU volleyball team will face its biggest test of the season when it travels to Champaign, Ill., on Saturday to take on the No. 1 Illinois Fighting Illini, but the Spartans are not looking past Friday when they will face the Northwestern Wildcats in Evanston, Ill.
For the third straight weekend, the MSU volleyball team (14-4 overall, 3-3 Big Ten) split its weekend games, beating back the Wisconsin Badgers 3-1 Friday night but suffering a humbling 3-0 loss against No.