The MSU hockey team had the towel in hand. After being pushed around, pummeled and knocked down time and time again this season, it would have been easy to simply toss in the towel and prepare for the next fight — or next season.
Good old-fashioned grit. That’s how the MSU women’s basketball team has made its way to the top of the Big Ten standings the last month.
With a contingent of family and friends in attendance, Kelsey Morley couldn’t deny feeling something special going into Saturday’s meet.
The MSU men’s tennis team saw its perfect regular season fade into thin air Saturday, but not all was lost at the MSU Indoor Tennis Facility.
It’s not that senior guard Travis Walton needed reminding, but he watched film from the last time the MSU men’s basketball team traveled to Purdue anyway. Then he watched it again.
With what MSU wrestling coach Tom Minkel calls “the youngest team in the history of college wrestling,” there are likely to be a number of shortfalls — especially wrestling against ranked opponents in nearly every competition.
As the losses have piled up this season, the MSU hockey team has become accustomed to returning to the locker room after a game in poor spirits. But after Saturday’s 2-1 win and Friday’s 1-1 tie and shootout victory against No. 16 Ohio State, the Spartans had a reason to celebrate on Valentine’s Day.
The MSU Athletics Department announced Sunday that season ticket prices for MSU home football games will increase for the 2009 season.
The MSU hockey found some love this Valentine’s Day. With Saturday’s 2-1 victory over No. 16 Ohio State, the Spartans earned a four point weekend for the first time since Nov. 1.
With the final minute of the game slowly creeping by, it seemed like freshman forward Brett Perlini was going to be the hero of the night for the MSU hockey team. But a win wasn’t going to be that easy for the Spartans. Not today – not on Friday the 13th.
The MSU women’s basketball team moved into sole possession of first place in the Big Ten on Thursday with a 71-65 overtime win at Indiana. The Spartans started off the game fast, as junior center Allyssa DeHaan angled the opening tip toward a wide open redshirt junior forward Aisha Jefferson who ran the ball down the court for a layup.
Picked to finish third in the Big Ten, the MSU women’s basketball team is off to a 17-7 start and are 10-3 in the conference. Winners of seven of the last eight games, MSU is in shouting distance of the Big Ten Championship. Here’s how they grade out so far.
With the best Big Ten start in school history, an undefeated road record and the moxie to rise above an array of injures and illnesses, the MSU men’s basketball team looks to be in prime position to win its first Big Ten Championship since 2001. Even with all of their success thus far, nobody’s perfect and the No. 9 Spartans (20-4 overall, 10-2 Big Ten) have had their share of breakdowns. Here’s how they stack up with six games remaining:
MSU hockey head coach Rick Comley thinks his team’s recent schedule cluster is the toughest in the CCHA this season. After this weekend the Spartans will have played 12 conference games against three of the top four teams in the league — all of which are ranked in the top 20.
The MSU men’s basketball team’s side of the Berkowitz Basketball Complex was completely quiet earlier this week, as the No. 9 Spartans (20-4 overall, 10-2 Big Ten) were forced into shutdown mode by MSU head coach Tom Izzo.
Imagine spending your whole life dreaming of scoring goals and thinking up new moves to trick defensemen. Then imagine being flipped into the complete opposite role mid-season late in your hockey career. That’s exactly what forward-turned-defenseman Kurt Kivisto has done this season.
Fresh off two consecutive weekends of multiteam competition, the MSU gymnastics team will take on No. 9 Florida on Saturday in East Lansing, hoping to earn some valuable experience against a seasoned SEC opponent before heading back out on the road this month.
Mitchell White, 18, faces up to 93 days in jail for his part in an Oct. 19 assault involving MSU hockey defenseman A.J. Sturges. White was a walk-on wide receiver for MSU at the time of the assault.
An MSU men’s basketball team that loves to push the ball up court and a Michigan team known for its love affair with the 3-point shot each fell victim to unfriendly baskets and lockdown defenses Tuesday night, as the No. 9 Spartans come away with a 54-42 win at Crisler Arena.
In his first interstate rivalry game, MSU forward Delvon Roe showed no signs of nerves. In fact, he played arguably the best game of his career. Roe finished with 14 points and 10 rebounds — his first career double-double — to lead MSU to a 54-42 victory over Michigan Tuesday night at Crisler Arena.