Two weeks ago, freshman running back Edwin Baker was destined for a redshirt. But after sophomore Glenn Winston tore his anterior cruciate ligament, the coaching staff re-evaluated its plans for Baker and, after a good week of practice, decided to lift his redshirt.
After two road losses last weekend, the MSU volleyball team hoped to bounce back this weekend at home, where it was 5-0 and had defeated two Top 20 teams this season.
Purdue guard Lewis Jackson has been suspended by the team for two games and the NCAA for one game to start the season.
Although the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl wasn’t among the announced Big Ten bowl games in a conference release last week, the bowl still expects to be part of the Big Ten postseason, bowl officials told the Detroit Free Press.
The No. 8 MSU field hockey team delivered what it set out to accomplish in Friday’s 3-0 win at Iowa. The Spartans effectively executed on the road against solid Big Ten competition and outshot the Hawkeyes 15-1, while creating some scoring chances and keeping their Big Ten record unblemished.
Purdue quarterback Joey Elliott sparkled while Ohio State’s Terrelle Pryor stumbled, as the Boilermakers upset No. 7 Ohio State 26-18 at Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Ind. Elliot threw for 281 yards and two touchdowns for Purdue (2-5 overall, 1-2 Big Ten) while Pryor had four of Ohio State’s five turnovers, as the Buckeyes (5-2, 3-1) lost to an unranked team for the first time since 2007.
For the first time in the history of the MSU men’s soccer program, the Spartans beat No. 23 Indiana in Bloomington, Ind. And the win came in dramatic fashion, with junior midfielder Jeff Ricondo scoring the lone goal of the match in the 102nd minute of double overtime, giving the Spartans the 1-0 victory.
A “questionable” call leading to a penalty kick and a pregame injury to sophomore forward Laura Heyboer were too much for the MSU women’s soccer team to overcome, as the Spartans lost 1-0 to Northwestern on Sunday afternoon in Evanston, Ill.
After a 1-3 start, the MSU football team finally has climbed back to a winning record.
Don Cousins came to campus a few weeks ago to hear his son, Kirk, speak to the members of Campus Crusade for Christ. MSU’s sophomore quarterback held up the team’s playbook for the team’s well-documented rivalry game — the annual tilt with Michigan.
Even considering Michigan and Notre Dame, you could argue this series has been the most exciting in MSU football recent history.
The MSU men’s and women’s basketball teams will hold their annual Midnight Madness event at 9:30 p.m. today at Breslin Center.
The series between MSU and Northwestern has taken an interesting turn since 2005.
Trevor Anderson was tired of hearing it. After a 38-30 loss at Wisconsin, the MSU football team stood at 1-3 and didn’t sack Wisconsin quarterback Scott Tolzien, rarely laying a hand on him.
Megan Schatzle knew after last season she needed to improve to make her team stronger and also better her chances of seeing regular minutes this season for the MSU volleyball team.
The MSU men’s soccer team is halfway through its conference schedule and still hasn’t been able to get in the win column. But the team has been extremely close.
Tickets for the 2010 Big Ten men’s and women’s basketball tournaments will go on sale Monday at 10 a.m., the Big Ten announced Thursday.
After a poor start, the MSU football team has fought back to a 3-3 record and a 2-1 record in the Big Ten.
Heading into arguably the toughest three-game home stretch of the season, the MSU volleyball team has a simple policy for putting last weekend’s two losses in the past.
Last season, the MSU field hockey team was rolling through conference play before it met Iowa and saw its Big Ten regular season, Big Ten Tournament and Final Four hopes all dashed at the hands of the Hawkeyes in three devastating losses.