They were never going to be in the ring at the same time, but the heavyweight bout for rushing supremacy between the Big Ten’s top two running backs was expected to go the distance.
After months of training and practice, the MSU men’s basketball team will play before a crowd for the first time Tuesday when the Spartans host Northwood in their first exhibition game of the 2012 season.
Coming into his freshman season, there were monumental expectations for Branden Dawson. The centerpiece of his recruiting class, the 6-foot-6, 220-pound slashing guard from Gary, Ind., was heralded as one of head coach Tom Izzo’s prize players in the pursuit of future NCAA Tournament runs. And his first season certainly didn’t disappoint.
Heading into Sunday afternoon’s game against Indiana, MSU men’s soccer (8-7-1) player Jay Chapman had yet to receive a collegiate point. The freshman midfielder hadn’t picked up a goal or an assist throughout his 12 games as a Spartan, and he apparently thought Sunday was the perfect time to put an end to that.
Highly touted freshman guard Aerial Powers will miss the 2012-13 women’s basketball season after tearing the Achilles tendon in her left heel.
Three players entered DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field for their last Big Ten game on home turf on Sunday afternoon.
The relationship of Andrew Maxwell and Bennie Fowler isn’t one of some quarterback and any receiver.
“I’d rather win than be perfect.” MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio’s words hung in the air, lingering for a minute.
For Bennie Fowler, it couldn’t have been more perfect. It had been a tumultuous season for the junior wide receiver. After entering the season as MSU’s number-one target, Fowler was unseated from the starting lineup three weeks ago, benched in favor of freshman wideout Aaron Burbridge after registering too many dropped passes in the first five games of the season.
“Amazing.” It was the word senior midfielder Luke Norman used to describe freshman midfielder Jay Chapman’s performance — a performance that carried the MSU men’s soccer team (8-7-1 overall, 3-2-0 Big Ten) to a 3-1 upset win over Indiana.
Even after losing what head coach Tom Saxton regarded as his best recruiting class last year, he still had an ambitious attitude for what he wanted his team to accomplish.
It was a hard-fought weekend for the MSU volleyball team, but the Spartans left Indiana with one win and one heartbreaking loss on the weekend.
For junior Sara Kroll, brutally cold temperatures and off-and-on spurts of rain weren’t going to be enough to stop her from crossing the finish line first in the women’s 6000 meter of the 2012 Big Ten Cross Country Championships.
Heading into halftime trailing by just a goal, it appeared that the No. 21 MSU field hockey team was on the verge of a Senior Day upset over No.
This weekend was one of highs and lows for the MSU volleyball team, as they won one and lost one in Indiana.
The MSU hockey team (2-3-1 overall, 1-1-0 CCHA) returns home from the opening weekend of CCHA play with a weekend split to Lake Superior State, or LSSU.
When Andrew Maxwell took the field with just over six minutes remaining and Wisconsin leading 10-3, the feeling of déjà vu was unmistakable.
The last time MSU beat Wisconsin on the final play of a regular season game, then-sophomore defensive end William Gholston found himself on the outside looking in as his teammates celebrated a 37-31 victory over the Badgers in East Lansing.
The MSU football team stole a win at Camp Randall Stadium, topping the Badgers 16-13 in overtime on a 12-yard touchdown pass to junior wide receiver Bennie Fowler.
Even in a year of transition, this wasn’t the season the MSU women’s soccer team expected. It wasn’t the one they would have hoped for. And by any stretch of the imagination, it certainly wasn’t the one head coach Tom Saxton would have liked.