No pressure. That’s the message MSU head coach Kathie Klages wanted to drill into the heads of her gymnasts before the team heads to Oregon to compete in the NCAA West Regional Tournament on Saturday.
Upon an attempt to return from cancer, Arthur Ray, an MSU football prospect to play on the offensive line, has withdrawn from his spring semester and has suffered a major setback in relation to his football career.
As the mother of four daughters who have played Division I softball, Pam Nicosia has seen her share of softball coaches through the years.
The youthful Lansing Lugnuts were excited to play their first home game of the season Monday night at Oldsmobile Park. But they were nervous, too. “I have to say I had some butterflies out there,” 18-year-old third baseman Kevin Ahrens said. “But just about after my first at-bat, I settled down a little bit and got in the groove of playing again.”
MSU women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant may not have been everyone’s favorite hire in the beginning, but you have to admit, she did a great job jumping in feet-first to bring her young team up to par.
With a young season and an even younger opening-day roster, Lansing Lugnuts manager Clayton McCullough isn’t as worried about his team’s performance on the field as he is their adaptation to the grind of the professional game.
This past weekend was full of wins for MSU’s women’s tennis team. On Saturday, the team beat Minnesota 4-3. Freshmen Manon Noe, Lindsey Lonergan and Whitney Wilson’s wins in their singles matches pushed the team to a victory.
They took the floor, but failed to show up. The MSU women’s basketball team got routed 81-66 by Marquette on Saturday afternoon at Breslin Center. After battling through four teams to make it to the WNIT championship game, the last 40 minutes of the 200-minute, five-game fight proved to be too much. Failing to bring home their first championship, the Spartans (23-14) ended their season with a thud in the WNIT final game to hand Marquette the title.
While the MSU women’s basketball team failed to qualify for the NCAA Tournament, it’s clear its five-game run in the WNIT will end up being much more beneficial in the long run than a one-and-done in the Big Dance.
The MSU softball team swept a two-game set against No. 24 Ohio State this weekend to improve to 19-15 overall and 4-2 in Big Ten play.
The MSU hockey team lost its second underclassman Friday as sophomore defenseman Michael Ratchuk left school early to sign with the NHL’s Philadelphia Flyers.
The MSU women’s basketball team is preparing to make its second attempt to win a championship. After beating North Carolina State, 58-57, Wednesday night, the Spartans (23-13) advanced to the finals of the WNIT.
When it was all said and done, many Spartans fans hung their heads in disbelief — the MSU men’s basketball team’s fate ended in Houston. There would be no San Antonio, no Final Four and most importantly, no more basketball.
With 148 days until the MSU football team’s season opener against California, there’s one guy making plays as if the Spartans take the field tomorrow afternoon — senior saftey Otis Wiley.
Proggin’ around like nobody’s business, the prognosticators have the 411 on men’s and women’s basketball.
Justin Abdelkader has had a busy 24 hours. After deciding to forgo his senior season, the MSU hockey junior forward was signed to an amateur tryout with the Detroit Red Wings and made his NHL debut Thursday night against Columbus.
For four innings, things looked grim for the MSU softball team during its game on Wednesday. Eastern Michigan tallied two runs early in the first and second innings, stealing momentum from the Spartans.
With a win on Wednesday, the MSU baseball team put a stop to an opponent’s winning streak that the Spartans started.
Tom Crean knows what’s ahead. After spending nine years putting Marquette back on the national map, Crean faces a more daunting challenge: rebuilding Indiana’s legacy. He replaces Kelvin Sampson, who resigned before last season ended amid NCAA allegations of recruiting violations.
Just because it’s spring doesn’t mean the MSU football team isn’t head to toe in pads, duking it out for starting positions in the fall.