ICE HOCKEY
Spartans top Windsor 6-1 in exhibition opener
The MSU men’s hockey team wasted no time making an impression this season. In fact, it took exactly ten seconds.
BASKETBALL
Women’s basketball preps for season with media day
For head coach Suzy Merchant and the MSU women’s basketball team, the bar for this season is very high as they are expecting to win the Big Ten and compete for a national title.
BASKETBALL
Team looking for leaders following suspensions as season approaches
She’s already lost her captaincy and the ability to play in the first nine games of the season, but Kiana Johnson said the darkest days of her run-in with the NCAA haven’t happened yet.
FOOTBALL
Sims likely to miss Iowa game with ankle injury
Returning to the football field doesn’t appear imminent for junior tight end Dion Sims.
FOOTBALL
Spartans come back in Indiana
Mark Dantonio didn’t have much to smile about following the MSU football team’s 31-27 victory over Indiana in Bloomington on Saturday. The Spartans (4-2 overall, 1-1 Big Ten) came into the game heavily favored to deliver another drubbing to the Hoosiers (2-3 overall, 0-2 Big Ten) after last year’s 55-3 blowout in Spartan Stadium.
BASKETBALL
Izzone Campout signals start of basketball
If you were to ask people to make a list of the best items needed for the Izzone Campout, their answer might lead you to believe they were sleeping somewhere other than Munn field.
FOOTBALL
Column: Potential still abound with Dantonio, MSU
Is this really it? It’s the midpoint of the college football season, and this MSU team (4-2 overall, 1-1 Big Ten) still is as confounding and, maybe more appropriately, dumbfounding as it was when it opened the season.
SPORTS
Field hockey team defeats Ohio opponents
Last Monday, the MSU field hockey team sat in its huddle after a 3-2 loss against Pacific feeling disappointed and angry. This Monday, the Spartans (8-6 overall, 2-2 Big Ten) will be fresh off of an excited and happy bus ride after dominating the state of Ohio.
ICE HOCKEY
Yanakeff leads young netminder contingent
After competing with fellow goaltender Drew Palmisano for a starting spot last season, junior Will Yanakeff might have assumed the competition would be lessened this year following Palmisano’s departure.
ICE HOCKEY
Spartans open season with Windsor exhibition
With the first season as head coach of his alma mater behind him, Tom Anastos is looking at Monday night’s game as an evaluation of the season lying ahead of them.
VOLLEYBALL
Spartans split weekend trip
The MSU volleyball team started its weekend with a win, but it ended in heartbreak, as the Spartans finished their four-game road trip Saturday.
MEN'S SOCCER
Men's soccer secures road victory against Ohio State
The MSU men’s soccer team (4-6-1) picked up its first Big Ten win Sunday afternoon in a 2-1 victory over Ohio State.
FOOTBALL
Hoosier daddy
One minute and 17 seconds. In one, quick instant the Spartans heralded defense surrendered a touchdown, and the Hoosiers’ early flash proved to just be the beginning.
FOOTBALL
Column: Spartans can no longer afford sluggish starts
At halftime in Memorial Stadium Saturday afternoon, the Spartans’ Rose Bowl dreams were on life support.
FOOTBALL
Spartans rally from halftime deficit, escape Bloomington with 31-27 victory over Indiana
For the fifth time in six games, the Spartans rallied from a halftime deficit, this time trailing Indiana (2-3, 0-2) 27-14 after two quarters, before outscoring the Hoosiers by 17 points in the second half to knock off Indiana 31-27.
FOOTBALL
Spartans stunned by Indiana, trail 27-14 at halftime
It was a first half unlike any other this season for the MSU football team (3-2 overall, 0-1 Big Ten), as the Indiana Hoosiers (2-2, 0-1) left the field to raucous cheers, leading the Spartans 27-14.
BASKETBALL
Students brave chilly weather for Izzone campout
Friday marked the 17th annual Izzone Campout, an event held each year to get students ready for the upcoming basketball season and, for upperclassmen, secure a spot in the notorious cheering section; the Izzone.
VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball opens weekend with 3-1 victory against Wisconsin
It was a tough outing for the No. 25 MSU volleyball in Wisconsin, but the Spartans came away with the 3-1 victory.
SPORTS
Ahern nets lone goal as field hockey tops No. 16 Ohio State 1-0
All it took was one shot as the MSU field hockey scored on their first shot and held on to a 1-0 lead to beat No. 16 Ohio State.
FOOTBALL
Student section plans to fight cancer
If premedical sophomore Desiree Clenney could have her way, she’d like to see the student section at Spartan Stadium filled with only one color: pink.