Senior goalie Avery Steinlage of the No. 21 MSU men’s soccer team was honored as the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week, the conference announced Monday.
Throughout the season, the Spartan players and coaches have emphasized the taking-it-one-game-at-a-time mantra. And as MSU keeps winning, each game becomes more important, while it also gets easier to look ahead to the next big matchup or dwell on the last big win.
Coming off a 2009 season in which it forced six interceptions and finished last in the Big Ten in pass defense, the No. 8 MSU secondary is proving through its play that it’s in the midst of a turnaround.
The MSU men’s and women’s basketball teams’ seasons officially began at Midnight Madness on Friday. Both teams have Final Four aspirations and were given support from actor Gerard Butler, who made a surprise appearance.
Although the No. 20 MSU hockey team went 1-0-1 against No. 8 Maine during the weekend, special teams cost both teams plenty of opportunities this weekend at Munn Ice Arena.
The No. 21 Spartans beat the Badgers, 3-0, with a few unconventional goals, including an own goal and a penalty kick.
Behind a fifth consecutive shutout, the MSU women’s soccer team defeated Northwestern, 1-0, Sunday at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field.
After opening its weekend with a devastating 5-1 loss to No. 6 Ohio State on Friday, the No. 7 MSU field hockey team came together as a unit to take down Northwestern, 2-1, Sunday at Ralph Young Field.
After two narrow victories in the opening two sets, the MSU volleyball team stormed out after the intermission and dominated on the court in the third set to secure a 3-0 win over No. 20 Northwestern on Saturday at Jenison Field House.
After a sluggish first half, No. 13 MSU (7-0 overall, 3-0 Big Ten) used a dominant defense to beat Illinois (3-3, 1-2), 26-6.
After leading 2-0 for much of the night, the MSU hockey team needed a late goal by senior forward Dustin Gazley to beat No. 8 Maine,p 3-2.
After a momentum-changing ejection of a Maine player, the No. 20 MSU hockey team fought back from a 4-2 deficit to tie No. 8 Maine, 4-4, Thursday night at Munn Ice Arena.
The 2010 season is shaping up to be a special one for the MSU football team. Six games into the season with another six regular-season games to go, here is a look at the position-by-position grading breakdown of the MSU football team at the halfway point.
With about 13,000 students holding tickets, almost 1,500 students decided watching MSU play one of its biggest games of the season against Wisconsin wasn’t worth chancing the rain or holding off on a few drinks. If you expect to see a championship-caliber team the rest of the season, I suggest you give the Spartans championship-caliber fans.
Media day for the MSU women’s basketball team showed the Spartans are welcoming not just new players and uniforms, but a new type of game play in the 2010 season.
Coming off a third-consecutive win against rival Michigan last weekend, MSU hopes to keep momentum in its direction and continue an undefeated season. One week after routing Penn State, Illinois looks to do the same to MSU.
With an unusual one-match weekend on its hands, the MSU volleyball team is able to focus all of its efforts on strategies to take down No. 20 Northwestern.
Three of the four games left in the regular season are conference games, starting with a trip Friday to take on No. 6 Ohio State.
In its first of two matchups this season, the MSU volleyball team fell, 3-1, to No. 15 Michigan on Wednesday night at Cliff Keen Arena in Ann Arbor.
A probation officer for senior cornerback Chris L. Rucker recommended Wednesday the player serve 21 days in jail for breaking his year-long probation that stemmed from involvement in a November 2009 assault, according to court records.