For the last four years, MSU field hockey has never had to worry about who would be blocking goals for them.
In addition to two road wins against San Diego State and Cal State Fullerton, Courtney Clem returned to East Lansing on Monday with another resume builder ? the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week award.The redshirt senior goaltender recorded 13 saves in Friday night’s season opening 3-1 win at San Diego State.
The volleyball team will trave to Birmingham, Ala. this weekend to kick off the 2014 season. MSU will play Southeastern Louisiana, Alabama-Birmingham, Jacksonville State and Samford as part of the two day UAB/Samford Tournament. All five squads will participate in a two-day, four-game event at both the UAB and Samford campus.
Whether a student is a freshman looking to meet new friends or an upper classman trying to stay active, numerous intermural and club sports are offered with quick approaching deadlines.For the fall 2014 semester, Sand Volleyball, Flag Football, Outdoor Soccer, Two Person Best Ball Tournament, Ultimate Frisbee, Tennis Singles and Mixed Doubles, Dodgeball, Two Person Scramble Gold Tournament, Indoor Volleyball and 3 on 3 Basketball will be offered.Teams are “typically formed among friends, dorm neighbors, fraternity brothers and sorority sisters,” Assistant Director of Intermural Sports Ross Winter said.Even with a busy class schedule and a part-time job, participating students only dedicate a few hours for a game once a week for about four weeks, where the season follows single eliminated playoff bracket.
When the most recent depth chart came out Tuesday morning, there was a surprising addition to the defensive backfield — sophomore wide receiver R.J. Shelton. “He’s too good for us not to have on the field more,” Head Coach Mark Dantonio said when the depth chart was released.
It can be hard to replace record-setters and All-Americans, but the MSU volleyball team will attempt to do just that in 2014.All-Americans Lauren Wicinski and Alexis Mathews have graduated, but the high expectations are still there.
MSU football released its first post preseason depth chart Tuesday, and there were a few unexpected changes, including a few fresh faces cracking the starting lineup.One of the biggest surprises found on the depth chart was senior Mylan Hicks as a starter at the star, or weakside, linebacker position.
For months, students and staff have seen the Northern End Zone entrance at Spartan Stadium as a pile of construction equipment and hard hats.
This fall, there is one team at MSU that is vying to defend its Big Ten title after a season in which an extended tournament run wasn’t initially expected.No, it is not the Rose Bowl Championship football team. It is the Spartan field hockey team, fresh off an Elite Eight appearance in the NCAA Tournament, that will look to exceed expectations once again in 2014.
Former MSU forward Kenny Kaminski will transfer to Ohio University according to a report from the Athens Messenger.
The women's soccer team continued its solid start with a 1-0 victory over Cal State Fullerton on Sunday.The visiting Spartans (2-0-0) jumped out to an early lead when freshman forward Jamie Cheslik scored in the sixth minute in what proved to be the game-winning goal.
"Go Green" could be considered the motto of the annual MSU volleyball Green and White game.
The women’s soccer team kicked off its 2014 season last night, securing a 3-1 victory over San Diego State.The Spartans scored the first goal on a penalty kick by junior defender Mary Kathryn Fiebernitz at the 11th minute, and followed it up with another goal from redshirt junior forward Rachel VanPoppelen in the 29th minute.
The MSU women’s volleyball team took a break from preparing for the 2014-15 season to have fun with the local media. Head coach Cathy George and her team facilitated volleyball-esque drills for the media at the Spare Time Entertainment Center in Lansing on Friday morning.
The men’s basketball schedule was officially released on Thursday, and players and spectators can expect an entertaining season this winter.
When Ohio State quarterback Braxton Miller went down for the season with a shoulder injury, many experts put MSU in the driver’s seat for the Big Ten championship. According to ESPN analyst David Pollack, MSU was in that seat all along. The commentator and former Georgia standout said he had MSU as the favorite in his preseason predictions when he spoke to reporters via conference call Thursday.
With opening kickoff only eight days away, MSU football wrapped up fall preseason camp on Thursday with one final scrimmage. No. 8 MSU is now setting its sights on opening night against Jacksonville State, with Head Coach Mark Dantonio giving the players the rest of the week off to relax. However, before the players break away for a small break, Dantonio announced the 2014 team captains along with weighing in on the current depth chart and season-ending injury to a star Big Ten quarterback.
When MSU head football coach Mark Dantonio announced that junior wide receiver Macgarrett Kings was suspended from spring football, the reason was unknown.
MSU junior guard Bryn Forbes has been granted a NCAA waiver and is eligible to play for the Spartans this upcoming season.The Lansing native transferred to MSU in June after two years at Cleveland State and will have two seasons of eligibility remaining.“I’m very thankful to the NCAA for allowing me to play this season.
MSU football has once again been bit by the injury bug, this time coming on the offensive side of the ball with senior offensive lineman Connor Kruse going down in Friday’s scrimmage.Kruse is expected to miss an indefinite amount of time with the injury currently undisclosed.