In the last three weeks, the MSU volleyball team has lost three starters to injury and four of its last six matches. The recent skid has the No.
The MSU men’s soccer team upset No. 15 Penn State 2-0 Sunday, playing short a player in final 20 minutes of the game because of a red card.After receiving a yellow card early in the second half, senior midfielder Pat Mahoney was handed his second yellow card later in the second half, resulting in the red card.MSU assistant coach Damon Rensing said the team accepted the challenge in the final 20 minutes.
Ice hockeyThe seventh-ranked Spartan icers split their conference-opening series with Nebraska-Omaha this weekend, dropping a 2-1 decision on Friday night before bouncing back to win 4-1 on Saturday at Munn Ice Arena.The Mavericks won Friday’s game with stellar play by freshman goalie Dan Ellis.
Their quarterback threw for 292 yards on 26 of 37 passes. For the third straight week they outgained the opponent in total yards.
With two starters sidelined by injuries, the MSU volleyball team dropped two games at home this weekend.On Friday night the Spartans lost to No.
Senior outside hitter Sarah Gustin just recovered from an abdominal strain and was leading the team in kills per game, but then she sprained her right foot in Thursday’s practice.“I was starting to finally feel like I was back,” Gustin said.
ANN ARBOR - Bobby Williams couldn’t have said it simpler.“We got the ball in the red zone several times today and we didn’t get any point production,” MSU’s head coach said after Saturday’s game.
The MSU volleyball team spent the past week preparing for life without senior middle hitter and co-captain Jessica Sanborn and this weekend’s home stand will unveil the results. The Spartans face No.
Apparently, the Michigan Wolverines (5-2 overall, 3-1 in the Big Ten) subscribe to Dick Vitale’s “You can throw out the records, baby!” theory on rivalry games. The in-your-face college basketball analyst believes that in contests between intense rivals, previous records hardly matter.Michigan appears to be buying into this exact approach.Despite MSU’s 3-3, 0-3 record, Michigan head coach Lloyd Carr and his players believe the Spartans will present a tough challenge for the Wolverines.“All I know is what I see on film, and Michigan State is the number one rated defense in the Big Ten Conference,” Carr said.
On Oct. 21, the University of Michigan plays host to in-state rival Michigan State, and while the football game serves as the main attraction, it will not be the only event in Ann Arbor grabbing people’s attention.
As both the MSU men’s and women’s soccer teams near the Big Ten tournament, they are not depending on other teams losing to give them a boost in the standings. The women head out West to northern California on Friday to take on St.
On the banks of the Red Cedar, there’s a school that’s known to all. Or at least most. I disregard my out-of-state friends who, until they went off to school, “only thought there was one college in Michigan.” Because to me, those banks - and that school - were always very well known. Perhaps this is confession therapy, but it’s time for me to come clean.
I sometimes laugh at how many times I tried to do things just to be “cool” in grade school.
On paper, Michigan’s offense reads as deadly as any in the country. Through the air, quarterback Drew Henson has great options wherever he turns.
East Lansing resident Luther Kurtz can do something no class at MSU could teach him - he can fly.Kurtz, who graduated from MSU in the two-year electrical technician program in 1997, is an avid skydiver, and this month he won second place as part of a 10-way skydiving team at a national competition in California.After completing 550 dives, Kurtz said jumping out of a plane isn’t scary at all.“Initially, I liked the rush of jumping out of an airplane,” he said.
Expecting an overwhelming demand for tickets to see the men’s basketball team defend its national championship, the MSU Athletic Ticket Office announced they might have to split student season tickets into two packages. This would not affect students in the Izzone cheering section. The deadline to apply for student season tickets is Friday, and if more than 3,000 students apply, the season will be split into Green and White packages, said Chris Besanceney, assistant ticket manager. Approximately 560 seats in the lower bowl of Breslin Student Events Center and 2,440 in the upper deck are available to students not in the Izzone. Last year more than 3,500 students requested season tickets and Besanceney expects more applications this season. “We’re taking orders from everyone for a full season (of basketball tickets),” Besanceney said.
Outside of the Michigan-Michigan State game, the prognosticators find there are few interesting games in college football this weekend.Records to date: Arthole: 20-10, Special K: 16-14 Michigan State (3-3) at No.
Five days after MSU’s Homecoming, Mateen Cleaves and Antonio Smith will return to their old stomping ground Thursday night.The two former Spartan basketball players will return to Breslin Student Events Center with their new team, the Detroit Pistons, for an NBA exhibition game against the Utah Jazz.After leading MSU to its first national championship in 21 years last season, the Pistons drafted Cleaves with the 14th pick in the first round of June’s NBA draft.
If you have a tarp, $132 and a whole lot of determination, by Sunday you could also have a ticket to sit in the largest student basketball fan section in the nation. On Saturday morning, MSU students who dream of watching sophomore guard Jason Richardson dunk and senior guard Charlie Bell speed down the court from the Izzone can begin roughing it out to claim tickets, Izzone co-director Brad Johanson said. The 250-odd remaining tickets - a $132 package that includes courtside seating at all 12 home games, a T-shirt, traveling options and other perks - go on sale at 1 p.m.
Some people are just groomed to be college coaches, and MSU senior goalkeeper and co-captain Sara Kloosterman has taken all the necessary steps to become the Tom Izzo of women’s soccer.