A weekend split nearly guarantees the MSU volleyball team a spot in this year's NCAA Tournament. Similar to basketball, 20 wins is the mark most teams shoot for to "lock up" an NCAA Tournament bid.
The MSU volleyball team tied its longest win streak of the season and then had that streak snapped the next night. A 3-1 victory over Ohio State (10-13 overall, 4-11 Big Ten) on Friday night gave the Spartans (18-8, 10-6) their fifth win in a row.
The MSU volleyball team has been a capable blocking team all season long. It wasn't until the past four matches that the Spartans really have became consistent in their blocking.
As the cold weather sweeps in from outside, the MSU volleyball team has begun to heat up inside gyms around the Big Ten. The Spartans (17-7 overall, 9-5 Big Ten) continued their winning ways on the road, beating Wisconsin, 30-26, 21-30, 22-30, 30-25 and 15-8.
There is much at stake when the MSU volleyball team faces off against intrastate rival Michigan at 7 p.m.
The sigh of relief heard this weekend came out of Jenison Field House from the MSU women's volleyball team. The Spartans won two matches in a weekend for the first time since Sept.
The MSU volleyball team is where it always seems to be at this point of the season - in the middle of the pack.The Spartans are 5-5 in conference play, tied for sixth with Purdue, right about where they have been the past couple of seasons.
As the MSU volleyball team gets ready to start the second half of the Big Ten season, it only needs to look back to last weekend's play for confidence.For the first week in the Big Ten, the Spartans (13-7 overall, 5-5 Big Ten) did not lose a match 3-0.
For the fifth straight weekend, the No. 22 MSU volleyball team split its weekend matches.
The definition of aggressive is "having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends," as described at dictionary.com. It's a word the No.
Despite all the ups and downs, the No. 22 MSU volleyball team still is in the running for this year's Big Ten title. The Spartans (12-6 overall, 4-4 Big Ten) not only need a win, but also must win more than one game in a row.
Oops, they did it again.For the third straight weekend, the No. 18 MSU volleyball team was lost the first night but recovered to win on the second.The Spartans (12-6 overall, 4-4 Big Ten) are being consistent, but it's not the consistency head coach Chuck Erbe has been looking for.
The Spartan volleyball team enters the weekend in a do-or-die situation - win two and survive or the alternative.The No.
If the old adage "You're only as good as your last game" is true, then the Spartans look like one of the top teams in the Big Ten. The only problem - they're not. In each of the MSU volleyball team's two-match, nonconference weekends, the Spartans went on the road and swept both games.
West Lafayette, Ind. - The No. 16 MSU volleyball team continues its roller-coaster ride through the season. For the third straight week, MSU (11-5 overall, 3-3 Big Ten) split its two matches.
The No. 16 MSU volleyball team has reached the halfway point of the season. And luckily for the Spartans, they've done it with more positives than negatives. Even though it would like to be better than 10-4 overall and 2-2 in the Big Ten, the team is happy with its record and the prospects of the season's second half. "I'm happy with the record," senior libero and co-captain Emmy Miller said.
The No. 14 MSU volleyball team left the court Friday night all smiles after a four-game victory over No.
The MSU volleyball team continued to struggle mentally in a disappointing three-game lossto Michigan on Wednesday night at Jenison Field House.The No.
When the No. 14 MSU volleyball team steps onto the court at 7 p.m. today, there will be a buzz in the air - the Wolverines are in town.People might think an MSU-Michigan volleyball match is not as intense or exciting as a hockey, football or basketball game.The truth: If MSU were to play U-M in curling, there would a heightened level of play and state of emotions."It's a natural rivalry," head coach Chuck Erbe said.
The strength for the No. 14 MSU volleyball team when it steps on the court this season lies in the middles. The trio of senior Jenny Rood and sophomores Megan Wallin and Brooke Langston has been the most consistent group of hitters on the team.