On the banks of the Red Cedar River at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field sits a group of fans supporting members of the MSU men’s soccer team (3-6-1) every time they step onto the field for battle.
Lawrence Thomas is used to change. A redshirt freshman, Thomas came to MSU as one of the nation’s top linebacker prospects. But in spring camp, Thomas was asked to move to defensive end, being thrust into a new position before he’d even stepped on the field.
Next time you start complaining about your long, grueling walk from Hubbard Hall to Brody Hall, just be happy you’re not traveling near as much as the MSU volleyball team.
Trailing No. 12 Ohio State 10-6 in the third quarter, junior quarterback Andrew Maxwell addressed his teammates as they prepared to get the ball back. “I said, ‘Who’s going to be the first one to make a play?
As he lay on the grass, screaming out in pain, it was clear Travis Jackson wouldn’t be able to walk off the field on his own. But it wasn’t until after the MSU football team’s (3-2 overall, 0-1 Big Ten) starting center was carted off the field that the extent of his injury was known.
One team’s triumph is another team’s devastation, and that was the case Monday as the MSU field hockey team fell to Pacific, 3-2.
Midnight Madness, the kickoff to the 2012-13 basketball season will take place beginning at 9:30 p.m. Oct. 12 at Breslin Center.
While the majority of MSU’s fan base was throwing their hands up in futility after Saturday’s 17-16 loss to No. 12 Ohio State, Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer opened his postgame press conference with truer words than most of the Spartan faithful realize.
The sound of the horses’ hooves against the pavement has become a somewhat familiar sound on the streets of East Lansing on weekends with home football games.
Cheers echoed across the IM Sports-West court from spectators as more than 60 people faced off against colleagues and friends on opposing teams. The teams included the Monday and Wednesday shifts pulling out a 38-32 victory against the Tuesday and Thursday shifts in the championship round.
Saturday’s 17-16 loss to No. 12 Ohio State (5-0 overall, 1-0 Big Ten) was made more painful for the MSU football team (3-2, 0-1) as the Spartans learned sophomore center Travis Jackson suffered a broken leg and a torn medial collateral ligament, or MCL.
In between the booing of all things Michigan and the plethora of signs exclaiming “Next Question,” ESPN’s College GameDay broadcast from East Lansing on Saturday morning with the beautiful Beaumont Tower in the background.
As late as last week, sophomore forward Tim Kretuz said he thought Northwestern men’s soccer was beatable. And they might have been, but that loss didn’t come at the hands of MSU on Sunday afternoon.
It was a busy weekend on campus for MSU, but the most historic event happened on a volleyball court more than 350 miles away from East Lansing.
Although the MSU women’s soccer team played to a scoreless draw with Iowa on Sunday afternoon, the Spartans walked off the field with their heads held high and confidence for the rest of the Big Ten season.
The No. 24 MSU field hockey team (6-5 overall, 1-1 Big Ten) ended their two-game losing streak with a 3-0 victory that displayed an offensive attack that has been absent in previous games.
There was a slight bit of controversy following No. 14 Ohio State’s (5-0 overall, 1-0 Big Ten) 17-16 victory over the No. 20 MSU football team (3-2, 0-1) on Saturday, as MSU associate athletic director John Lewandowski said the Spartans received “incomplete,” game film from Ohio State prior to the game, a violation of Big Ten rules.
History was made in Iowa City Saturday night, as MSU volleyball head coach Cathy George coached her 500th career victory.
It’s not a win, and it’s certainly nothing to be excited about, but after a couple of weeks of lethargic football, there’s one word that it can be undoubtedly classified as: progress.