There was offense, offense and some more offense in the MSU baseball team’s 17-15 loss to Eastern Michigan in 12 innings Tuesday at McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field.
After 11 innings — seven of which were scoreless — the MSU softball team left Secchia Stadium Tuesday with an 8-3 loss to Central Michigan.
Entering spring camp with the task of replacing two of the most consistent linebackers in the recent MSU history, the team’s young linebackers have done an excellent job in helping to account for the loss of last season’s stalwart group of seniors, head coach Mark Dantonio said Tuesday.
MSU (24-12) plays a home-and-home series with the Eastern Michigan (24-15). The first game is at 3 p.m. today at McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field, and the second game is in Ypsilanti, Mich., on Wednesday.
Hosting Central Michigan 4 p.m. on Tuesday and a doubleheader against Oakland starting 4 p.m. on Wednesday, the Spartans (21-20 overall, 3-9 Big Ten) will look to get back on the winning track during their conference break.
MSU hockey head coach Tom Anastos completed his coaching staff Monday by announcing the hiring of two new assistant coaches, while retaining assistant coach Tom Newton and video coordinator Adam Nightingale.
Recently-hired hockey head coach Tom Anastos announced his coaching staff Monday, retaining two coaches while adding two former MSU players.
Something about the sixth inning seemed to kick-start Illinois against the MSU baseball team this weekend.
Flashback to December 2009. The MSU football team was laboring through hot practices in Texas, fighting to get ready for its New Year’s Day game against Texas Tech.
Heading into the weekend series against Indiana at Secchia Stadium, junior catcher Brett Williams knew the MSU softball team had its work cut out, having to battle Hoosiers pitcher Morgan Melloh.
The MSU women’s golf team held off Purdue and claimed first place at the Big Ten Championships in Glencoe, Ill., Sunday to win their third conference championship since 2001.
Midweek games against nonconference opponents might not show up in the Big Ten standings, but for the MSU baseball team, that does not mean those games don’t play a small part in what happens every weekend in conference action.
Lynn Chandnois, one of MSU’s all-time great two-way football players, died Thursday at the age of 86.
Detroit — Sophomore pitcher Andrew Waszak had been to Comerica Park before. But never like this. In the first-ever college baseball game at the stadium in Detroit, Waszak gave up one run in seven innings en route to MSU’s 3-1 win against Central Michigan on Wednesday night. “I’ve been to a game here, and I’m looking down at the players,” said Waszak, who is from nearby Rochester Hills.
Detroit — Temperatures were in the mid-30s, clouds hung in the sky all night and the wind made the flags in the outfield stand up the entire game. Not exactly ideal baseball weather for Wednesday’s Clash at Comerica between the MSU and Central Michigan baseball teams, but for Matt Chapman, Richard Taylor and the other 2,169 fans at Comerica Park in Detroit, not even barely-above freezing temperatures could keep them away from watching the Spartans (23-10, 6-3 Big Ten) and Chippewas (18-19) square off in Wednesday’s historic game. “That’s nothing,” said Taylor, who graduated from MSU in 2006 with a degree in biochemistry and molecular biology.
The Detroit Red Wings have battered through the Phoenix Coyotes in the first round of this season’s NHL Playoffs, displaying the poise that it takes to make another deep playoff run as they had two seasons ago and three seasons ago.
After a nine-day break, Jacquie Joseph is excited for the MSU softball team’s weekend series against Indiana at Secchia Stadium.
Michigan State offensive lineman Arthur Ray Jr. is back on the practice field this spring for the first time since being diagnosed in 2007 with osteosarcoma – a rare type of bone cancer.
The MSU softball team’s doubleheader scheduled for today against conference foe Purdue has been postponed due to inclement weather forecasted in for the East Lansing area. The MSU baseball team also had its Tuesday matchup against Western Michigan postponed due to weather.
For the third week in a row, MSU lays claim to Boat of the Week honors in Big Ten women’s rowing, as the Spartans’ second varsity eight was given the award this week. The MSU varsity eight earned Boat of the Week in the previous two weeks.