MSU softball splits final series with Badgers
The MSU softball team split its final series of the season, losing 6-1 on Friday but winning 11-3 on Saturday, the final game for senior pitcher Kelly Confer.
The MSU softball team split its final series of the season, losing 6-1 on Friday but winning 11-3 on Saturday, the final game for senior pitcher Kelly Confer.
The MSU men’s basketball and men’s swimming teams received Public Recognition Awards from the NCAA on May 12 for garnering some of the best Academic Progress Rates in the country.
Closing out one of the best seasons in school history, the MSU women’s golf team finished in 10th place at the NCAA Regional, which was played May 6-8 at Otter Creek Golf Course in Columbus, Ind.
The MSU rowing team finished third overall this weekend at the 2010 South/Central Sprints in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Thanks to a career day by freshman second baseman Ryan Jones, who hit for his first-ever cycle, the MSU baseball team routed Indiana, 10-4, Saturday at McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field.
When senior designated hitter Chris Roberts stepped to the plate for the MSU baseball team with the score tied at eight in the bottom of the ninth, the last thing he wanted on his mind was that he had a chance to win the game.
In a game that featured a mix of potent offense at the start and clutch pitching in the end, the MSU baseball team defeated rival Michigan, 13-10, Wednesday at Wilpon Baseball Complex in Ann Arbor.
MSU will play Duke University Dec. 1 as part of the 12th annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge. The teams will face off at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, N.C. It will be the second consecutive time MSU has played against a defending national champion in the Challenge.
Tuesday’s MSU baseball game against Michigan has been canceled due to inclement weather. The teams were scheduled to play at 3 p.m.
For a brief moment in March, the MSU men’s basketball team made a quiet movement that spoke volumes and embodied so many of those latter components of a game: Enduring adversity and pain, resolving conflict and demonstrating incredible camaraderie and emotion.
After a somewhat shaky start, Tony Wieber (3-0) and Andrew Waszak (4-1) haven’t been pitching like underclassmen for the MSU baseball team.
MSU’s baseball team bested Eastern Michigan Wednesday in a 4-0 win as freshman pitcher Andrew Waszak threw seven and two-thirds shutout innings to pace the Spartans.
On Wednesday, Lilly’s wish was granted when Athletics Director Mark Hollis announced that Van Pelt and former MSU halfback John Pingel will have their names added to Spartan Stadium’s Ring of Fame before MSU’s night game against Notre Dame on Sept. 18.
No game was more exciting and meaningful than the Midwest Regional Championship game between the MSU men’s basketball team and Tennessee in St. Louis on March 28.
After a week where her team was outscored 36-4 and couldn’t seem to get back up after being constantly knocked down, softball head coach Jacquie Joseph let her players take this past weekend off and get away from softball.
In a Midwest region stacked with high-quality opponents, it was clear the road to the Final Four would be long and treacherous for the MSU men’s basketball team.
After giving up five runs in the fifth inning, the Spartans were unable to recover, losing to the Lansing Lugnuts 5-4 in the fourth annual Crosstown Showdown. The Lugnuts now hold a 3-1 record against MSU.
The fourth annual Crosstown Showdown gave both MSU and Lansing community members a chance to come together to see the area’s two teams square off in an exhibition game.
Coming off a second-place finish at the Big Ten Championships last weekend, the No. 13 MSU women’s golf team found out Monday that it’ll be headed to Indiana for May 6-8’s NCAA regionals.
We often overlook the “student” part of the student-athlete. Plenty of college athletes live up to the “athlete” part, but this past season, no MSU male athlete lived up to the complete term more than former wide receiver Blair White.