During the MSU volleyball team’s most triumphant weekend of the season, freshman libero Kori Moster also raked in some individual praise.
Despite the 69-47 win Sunday at Breslin Center, Tom Izzo was unhappy with the performance of his team.
For the first two sets of its Saturday match against Northwestern, the MSU volleyball team appeared to be suffering from a post-big game hangover. On Friday night, the Spartans won their 20th game of the season in a 3-1 rout of No.
The MSU hockey team continued CCHA play this weekend in Marquette, Mich., earning a split against No.
The MSU women’s basketball team lost 59-58 in a heartbreaker Saturday to Florida Gulf Coast on a last-second free throw by Sarah Hansen. Senior forward Lykendra Johnson finished with her second double-double of the season, scoring 15 points while grabbing 16 rebounds in a losing effort. The Spartans fell to 3-2 on the season and will return to action Tuesday night when they travel to Milwaukee.
The MSU women’s cross country team will be running in its 11th straight NCAA Cross Country Championships Monday in Terre Haute, Ind. The Spartans qualified for the championships after placing second with 77 points at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships on Nov.
The MSU wrestling team fell in its first dual meet of the season to Eastern Michigan on Friday, 20-16. Although the Spartans (0-1) lost the meet, five Spartan wrestlers were able to pick up a win. Winning for the Spartans were junior 149-pounder Dan Osterman, senior 165-pounder Anthony Jones Jr., senior 184-pounder Ian Hinton, senior 197-pounder Tyler Dickenson and sophomore heavyweight Michael McClure. The Spartans will have a two-week break before traveling to Pennsylvania to take on Lock Haven and Bucknell on Dec.
A 55-3 demolition of Indiana, in which the Spartans didn’t allow a touchdown, won the Old Brass Spittoon, clinched the Big Ten Legends Division and a spot in the inaugural Big Ten championship game and finished off back-to-back seasons without a loss at home.
At halftime of the MSU men’s basketball team’s second home game of the season, the Spartans lead Arkansas-Little Rock 32-22 at Breslin Center.
When senior wide receiver Keshawn Martin stepped out onto the field Saturday at Spartan Stadium, he was on a mission and not about to lose on Senior Day. Martin played like it was his last time with home-field advantage, finishing with eight receptions for 99 yards and one touchdown — while adding a rushing touchdown — toward No.
With a dominating 55-3 victory, the 17 seniors of the No. 12 MSU football team finished the final two years of their careers without a loss at home.
In MSU’s first two games this season, freshman guard Travis Trice had a lot of growing up to do. By the Spartans’ (1-2) third game and home-opener against Texas Southern, Trice made the most of his 20 minutes, impressed head coach Tom Izzo and added 11 points to MSU’s 76-41 victory over the Tigers (1-2) on Friday night at Breslin Center.
In what may prove to be one of the biggest wins of the season, the MSU volleyball team toppled No. 7 Illinois, 3-1, Friday at Jenison Field House. Led by the play of its three senior outside hitters, Michigan State (20-9 overall, 9-8 Big Ten) shocked the Fighting Illini and earned its first 20-win season since 2007. The victory is the second time that MSU has beaten the number seven team in the nation under head coach Cathy George, who is in her sixth year with the program.
Despite another slow start, the MSU women’s basketball team eventually hit its stride and toppled the Western Michigan Broncos, 80-45, Thursday at Breslin Center.
Mark Dantonio’s senior class has seen it all. The 17 Spartans — many of whom were in the head coach’s first recruiting class — have helped Dantonio begin to rebuild the MSU football program, and through that, they’ve faced adversity, overcame grueling challenges and had milestone accomplishments.
Four years ago, dressed in a sweater-vest his coaches now frequently make fun of him for, then-freshman Trenton Robinson stepped foot on MSU’s campus for the first time as a teenage boy.
As the all-time leader in career receptions with 194, senior wide receiver B.J. Cunningham has made some incredible plays — making him known for his athleticism, acrobatic moves and one-handed catches.
The MSU men’s basketball team is happy to be back at Breslin Center with Friday’s 6:30 p.m.
Facing the media Tuesday, MSU head coach Mark Dantonio was asked if he had it in him to root for Michigan over Nebraska so that (with MSU winning as well) the No.
Several weeks ago, there were doubts of where the MSU hockey team’s season was headed. Coming off a sweep at the hands of Lake Superior State and opening the season at 1-3-0, it looked like the first season of the Tom Anastos era would be a trying one.