The MSU hockey team has struggled in third periods at times this season. But against Northern Michigan on Friday night, the Spartans turned a one-goal game into a four-goal blowout, scoring three times in the final stanza to knock-off the Wildcats, 5-1, at Munn Ice Arena.
Indianapolis — He didn’t take the leadership role and just run with it — he hopped on a horse and took off.
Indianapolis — Through an up-and-down season, there’s one thing the MSU men’s basketball team has been able to do with every chance it’s had.
From give-it-your-all plays to jerseys that make you dry heave, this season has had it all. We now present the best and worst of the 2007-08 men’s basketball regular season.
The MSU women’s basketball team got off to a (very) slow start, going 2-4 in its first six Big Ten games.
Deputy Sports Editor Matt Bishop discusses the hockey team’s CCHA Quarterfinal series against Northern Michigan and the team’s NCAA Tournament hopes.
Junior goaltender Jeff Lerg was named first-team CCHA All-Conference on Wednesday while junior forward Tim Kennedy was named to the second team.
It’ll be a barn burner — two passionate squads with everything to prove.
There’s no better time than the playoffs to exact revenge on a team. A sweep by Northern Michigan essentially knocked the MSU hockey team out of the CCHA regular-season championship race in early February.
The State News caught up with former MSU wide receiver Devin Thomas and former MSU basketball stand-out Antonio Smith, who looks to enter the NFL at age 31, Wednesday at NFL Pro Day at Duffy Daugherty Football Building.
Eighteen years of gymnastics paid off for senior Rhiannon Banda-Scott as she scored a perfect 10 on the vault at Sunday’s Senior Day, leading the Spartans to a 196.350-193.475 victory against New Hampshire.
MSU softball player Gina Mondo was named the Big Ten Player of the Week for the second consecutive week, as announced by the conference office on Monday.
Golfweek magazine announced MSU senior Sara Brown as Player of the Week and the MSU women’s golf team as Team of the Week on Monday.
Sometimes recruits don’t pan out regardless of how highly touted they are. But other times, they live up to all the hype surrounding them.
What a difference one month makes. After National Signing Day on Feb. 6, MSU’s 2008 football recruiting class was criticized for not hitting enough home runs, but head coach Mark Dantonio has already blasted a grand slam out of the park for the 2009 class.
Indiana Hoosiers senior forward D.J. White was announced as the Big Ten Player of the Year on Monday.
After a week off, the MSU hockey team is ready to go. Standing in the way of a trip to Joe Louis Arena is one of the hottest teams in the nation, Northern Michigan, which knocked off Ohio State 6-1 on Sunday night to move into the quarterfinals.
After an up-and-down senior season, MSU guard Drew Neitzel was recognized by his efforts by the Big Ten coaches and was named to the first-team All-Big Ten team.
To avenge its Sunday loss to Ohio State, the MSU men’s basketball team doesn’t have to look any farther than — well, Indianapolis. The Spartans have their chance at revenge for the 63-54 collapse they suffered in Columbus this weekend as the Spartans (24-7 overall, 12-6 Big Ten) face the Buckeyes (19-12, 10-8) for the second time in a week.