After placing 10th among 12 teams at last weekend’s Western Intercollegiate, the MSU men’s golf team will use this weekend’s event as a final tune-up before next weekend’s Big Ten Championships in Minneapolis and look to gain momentum at home.
Coming off two straight second-place finishes at the Big Ten Championships, the No. 13 MSU women’s golf team would love nothing more than to have a shot at winning this weekend’s championships in Madison, Wis.
Central Michigan beat MSU baseball with a 6-3 win Wednesday night at Dow Diamond in Midland, Mich. Both teams had errors in the fifth inning, which transformed a scoreless pitchers duel into a win for the Chippewas.
There is no better way to describe the MSU softball team’s doubleheader sweep at the hands of Northwestern than by looking at the stat line.
Not quite the three-day production that is the NFL Draft, MSU football players and coaches gathered Wednesday afternoon at the Skandalaris Football Center to select the Green and White teams for the Spartans’ Spring Game at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Spartan Stadium.
When the clock hits 7:30 p.m. Thursday, it will be the culmination of my entire football year. The NFL Draft is my Super Bowl because I’m a Detroit Lions fan, so the real Super Bowl isn’t something in which I realistically should invest my hopes and dreams.
The MSU baseball team beat Western Michigan, 6-3, on Tuesday at Cooley Law School Stadium in Lansing. Freshman pitcher Tony Wieber threw seven shutout innings for the Spartans. The Spartans will continue nonconference play Wednesday against Central Michigan at Dow Diamond in Midland, Mich.
Lindsey Hansen came to MSU from Valparaiso, Fla., intending to play third base, but with the departure of the starting shortstop, Hansen, then a sophomore, stepped in and didn’t miss a beat.
Nicole Curler’s mission for this weekend’s NCAA Championships is simple: Compete in the meet like she does in practice.
Tom Izzo did it first. Mark Dantonio is well on his way to doing it in three seasons. Now Jake Boss Jr. is making a case to be the next in line of MSU men’s sports head coaches to take the state.
Editor’s note: This is the second of a three-part mock draft. The NFL Draft is fast approaching its 7:30 p.m.
Couple the MSU baseball team’s unexpected loss to Western Michigan in last week’s midweek nonconference battle and two losses in three games to Ohio State this weekend, and head coach Jake Boss Jr. expects the Spartans to be chomping at the bit when Western Michigan comes to Cooley Law School Stadium at 5:05 p.m. Tuesday.
Editor’s note: This is the first of a three-part mock draft. For Detroit Lions fans, this is the time of year our hopes are lifted and smashed all in the same weekend. Thanks to the NFL’s own version of the welfare state, the Lions consistently are awarded a top draft pick for being the league’s only professional Pop Warner squad.
Senior right fielder Eli Boike and junior first baseman Jeff Holm are responsible both crushed long home runs over the fence and near the banks of the river in right field on Sunday to help propel MSU to a 14-7 victory over Ohio State.
After getting pounded 12-3 Saturday and losing 7-3 Sunday, the Spartans (18-21 overall, 4-6 Big Ten) know they have a lot to improve upon to become a conference contender.
As a change of pace from a typical day of practice, the MSU football team played its second controlled scrimmage of the spring Saturday at Spartan Stadium, where the Spartans’ offense beat the defense 101-88.
When All-Big Ten linebacker Greg Jones announced in January he was returning for his senior season, the linebacking corps instantly became one of the MSU football team’s most talented positions.
Junior guard Durrell Summers will return for his senior season, MSU head coach Tom Izzo reportedly told The Associated Press on Friday.
After coming up shy in the final rounds in each of its last two tournament matches, the MSU men’s golf team is looking to maintain the intensity for the final round as it prepares for this weekend’s Western Intercollegiate.
MSU athletics director Mark Hollis found exactly what he was looking for. Year in and year out, it seemed as though the MSU baseball team couldn’t take the next step.