The No. 10 MSU field hockey team suffered its first loss of the season Sunday, falling 3-1 to No. 18 Syracuse. The game was a defensive struggle for most of the day. Scoring didn’t begin until the 25th minute when freshman back Angie Lucik scored the first goal of her MSU career on a rebound of a penalty corner.
In case you didn’t get the message, MSU head coach Mark Dantonio wants to run the ball this season. Dantonio made that point abundantly clear once again Saturday, when he opted to run the ball on 52 of his team’s 68 plays from scrimmage.
Javon Ringer said he felt fine after MSU’s home opener. He might have a different feeling come Sunday morning.
Senior running back Javon Ringer carried the ball 34 times for 135 yards and five touchdowns as the MSU football team picked up their first win of the season, beating Eastern Michigan 42-10 Saturday at Spartan Stadium.
Each of the MSU women’s soccer team’s games have been a mirror of the previous one — score early, add insurance goals and don’t allow the opponent a chance to get back in the game.
Amp Campbell had made hundreds of tackles while abiding by football’s golden defensive rule. Keep your head up. Every coach tells his defensive players the same rule. It’s like telling a basketball player to stay between your man and the basket or a baseball player to keep your eye on the ball. Tackling led him to East Lansing for a scholarship, all-conference recognition and a possible NFL career.
Heading into MSU’s spring game last April, a funny feeling surrounded sophomore wide receiver Mark Dell. He wasn’t all that nervous.
With beads of sweat building on his forehead and a bright red cut near his left elbow after practice Tuesday, it was clear that coaches aren’t letting up on Javon Ringer this year.
If there was anything worth missing this summer, it definitely wasn’t your friends, your apartment, or the busy feel of campus in the afternoon — it was this: your very own Prognosticators.
A breakdown of Spartans versus Eagles.
Last week’s tough tournament hasn’t dimmed the MSU volleyball team’s outlook on the season. The team, which lost to No. 10 Cal Poly and No. 22 Wichita State on way to an 0-3 start, will work on limiting errors if it wants to turn its season around when it travels to the Delaware Invitational this weekend.
Despite the relative proximity of Ypsilanti to East Lansing (about 60 miles according to Google Maps), MSU and Eastern Michigan on average play each other just once every 15.4 years.
Spartan fans looking to live their sport fantasies will have an opportunity to do so at the first Countdown to Kickoff Spartan Fan Fest tailgate before Saturday’s game against Eastern Michigan.
The No. 10 MSU field hockey team won an overtime nailbiter over Stanford, 3-2, to remain perfect on the season with a 3-0 record.
MSU Athletic Communications announced Wednesday night that student season ticket packages were sold out for the upcoming MSU football season.
Former MSU wrestler Rashad Evans will face the biggest test of his mixed martial arts career Saturday when he faces former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell in the main event of UFC 88: Breakthrough at Phillips Arena in Atlanta.
The MSU men’s basketball team released its schedule for the 2008-09 basketball season, with several nonconference matchups drawing interest.
Athletes have always worn numbers that mean something special to them, and freshman midfielder Cyrus Saydee is no different.
Mechanical engineering junior Alex Dupay almost wanted to pull his hair out when he heard Comcast was thinking of charging viewers an additional fee if they permanently wanted the Big Ten Network.
Ohio State could be without its Heisman-candidate tailback, Chris “Beanie” Wells, this week against Ohio, leaving doubt as to who will be in the backfield for the Buckeyes’ monumental early season game against USC in a week and a half.