After enduring a wide range of emotions this week, the No. 25 MSU football team will hope to rely on its concentration when the Spartans hit the field Saturday against Northern Colorado at Spartan Stadium (noon, Big Ten Network).
With two of its starting defenders injured and unable to participate in recent matches, members of the MSU volleyball have been moved into unfamiliar positions.
When the No. 25 MSU football team takes on Northern Colorado at noon Saturday at Spartan Stadium, offensive coordinator Don Treadwell won’t be assuming his usual seat in the coaches’ box.
With the Big Ten Conference opener against Northwestern looming on Sunday, the No. 15 MSU men’s soccer team is looking to tie up some loose ends when it plays Duquesne on Wednesday in Pittsburgh.
During a season in which it has often struggled to score goals, the No. 7 MSU field hockey team has been able to count on keeping goals out of the net thanks to redshirt freshman goalkeeper Molly Cassidy.
The MSU men’s golf team finished 12th at the 17th annual Adams Cup of Newport on Tuesday at Newport National Golf Club in Newport, R.I.
The Big Ten announced Tuesday that Spartan runners from both the men’s and women’s cross country teams were the conference’s best performers in the past week.
Football head coach Mark Dantonio has been released from Sparrow Hospital, two days after undergoing a cardiac procedure on his heart Sunday morning, according to MSU Athletics Communications.
MSU football sophomore tight end Dion Sims has been suspended from team-related activities due to legal issues, MSU Athletics Director Mark Hollis said in a statement released Tuesday.
The No. 25 MSU football team maintained discipline late in Saturday’s 34-31 overtime win against Notre Dame, but for most of the game, that discipline wasn’t there. The Spartans were flagged 11 times for 79 yards, most of which were offsides or holding infractions.
The Big Ten Conference was well-represented against the Big East Conference this weekend, with the conference going a combined 2-1-2 against Big East opponents. No. 19 MSU swept its two games during the weekend in the Big Ten/Big East Challenge with a 1-0 win against Marquette on Friday at home and a 2-0 victory at Notre Dame on Sunday.
After a week of overreacting about how your team fared in week one of the 2010 NFL season, week two successfully settled everybody down and gave a more realistic outlook at the season. Wait … that’s not realistic at all.
Saturday night’s 34-31 overtime win against Notre Dame at Spartan Stadium was as improbable as it was unthinkable. Spartan fans have seen a different outcome too many times before. Nearly every year they witness their team give itself a chance to win late in an important game only to hand it all away in the final moments. Saturday night, it appeared it was about to be the same story but only a different season for MSU and its fans.
Notre Dame’s game plan for Saturday’s game against MSU was clear: pass, pass and pass some more. The Fighting Irish attacked MSU’s secondary, which ranked last in the Big Ten last year, early and often, gaining 369 yards and allowing their athletic receivers to make plays in MSU’s 34-31 overtime win.
In its only home competition of the season, the MSU cross country team had a successful run Friday afternoon as Spartan runners took first place in both the men’s and women’s races at the Spartan Invitational held at Forest Akers East Golf Course.
s in so many previous matches this season, senior outside hitter Megan Schatzle proved to be the leading force in the MSU volleyball team’s 3-0 win over Toledo on Friday. The Spartans (8-3) took down the Rockets (5-6) to improve their all-time record against Toledo to 6-2.
The No. 19 MSU men’s soccer team swept its two games in the Big Ten/Big East Challenge against Marquette and Notre Dame this weekend.
The No. 5 MSU field hockey team had its season-opening undefeated streak broken this weekend at the Golden Flash Invitational in Kent, Ohio.
MSU senior punter Aaron Bates hit senior tight end Charlie Gantt for a 29-yard touchdown on a fake field goal in overtime Saturday at Spartan Stadium to give the Spartans a 34-31 win over Notre Dame.
The No. 19 MSU men’s soccer team started off the Big Ten/Big East Challenge with a 1-0 win against Marquette at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field on Friday evening.