The MSU men's golf team will look to defend its title at the Landfall Tradition this weekend in its fifth and final fall tournament. The Spartans won the tournament last year by tying the tournament record with a three-round team total of 851.
Despite a slow start, the MSU men's soccer team (6-4-5 overall, 2-2-1 Big Ten) defeated Western Michigan (6-8-2, 2-2-1 MAC) Wednesday, 2-0. "We were definitely sluggish in the first half," MSU head coach Joe Baum said.
Sophomore offensive lineman Mike Gyetvai wasn't familiar with the term "pigskin" five years ago. "I wasn't even a football fan coming into high school," said Gyetvai, who grew up in Ontario, Canada.
The MSU women's basketball team takes another step toward its season opener tonight, as the annual Green-White intrasquad game will be played at 7 p.m.
Senior field hockey midfielder Jessica Miller and senior goalie Christina Kirkaldy were named to the 2005 NFHCA Division 1 North/South Senior All-Star game. The game will take place on Nov.
Many questions will be answered about the poise and talent of both Michigan and Northwestern when the two teams meet on Saturday in the Big Ten's most intriguing matchup of the week. Wildcat quarterback Brett Basanez, who has started in 35 consecutive games, is one of the hottest players in college football coming off a huge road win at MSU.
Nina Mastracci, Erin Konheim, Dana Voorheis, Emma Harris and Emily Wiegand will play the last regular season game of their collegiate careers Friday. This group of MSU seniors will finish their careers against rival Michigan this Friday in Ann Arbor.
After a shutout loss to Penn State last weekend, the MSU men's soccer team will be looking for a victory today at 3 p.m.
The baseball season was supposed to bring joy to me this year. This was the year the Cubs were supposed to win it all. Oh, wait. That's every year. Unfortunately though, this year is turning out to be the worst possible season ever.
MSU junior quarterback Drew Stanton jumps back and forth over a line with the students of Jan Dreffs' first grade gym class at St.
The MSU men's basketball team received its third verbal commitment from the class of 2006 — this one coming from 7-foot center Tom Herzog. The Flint native is ranked as the 11th best center in the class by www.scouthoops.com and settled on MSU last Friday. "Herzog is going to be a great player down the line," said Jeff Goodman, a national recruiting expert for www.scouthoops.com.
After two taxing games against Michigan and Ohio State, MSU found itself burned out for its 49-14 loss to Northwestern on Saturday. MSU head coach John L.
In its final two home games of the season, the MSU women's soccer team earned a close win over Minnesota, but fell to undefeated Penn State to close out the weekend. The Spartans (10-4-4 overall, 6-2-1 Big Ten) pitched a 1-0 shutout to the Golden Gophers on Friday, but were in turn shut out by the No.
Ann Arbor — I left Saturday's hockey game against Michigan feeling a little empty. Maybe even a little unsatisfied. And it wasn't because I was disappointed by the Spartans' performance — far from it.
Saturday's Homecoming contest was supposed to be a game of dominant offenses and similar two-dimensional quarterbacks.
Ann Arbor — After a hard-fought match with rival Michigan, the MSU hockey team left Yost Ice Arena the same way it entered — undefeated. In an intense game that lasted nearly three hours, the Spartans managed a 3-3 tie with the No.
Things are looking a little brighter for the MSU field hockey team. After starting their conference season 0-4, the Spartans earned their first Big Ten win by beating Northwestern 4-1 Saturday. "It feels awesome," head coach Michele Madison said. The Spartans (10-7 overall, 1-4 Big Ten) struck first nine minutes into the contest.
Following Saturday's 49-14 Homecoming loss, the only thing that John L. Smith could do was shrug.
The MSU men's soccer team was shut out for the sixth time this season as Penn State scored a late goal in double overtime to beat the Spartans 1-0 and clinch the Big Ten title. The Spartans (5-4-5 overall 2-2-1 Big Ten), outshot the Nittany Lions 11-7 but squandered the chances that were given to them. "We can't win if we don't score, so we didn't deserve to win," head coach Joe Baum said. Forward Simon Omekanda fired a shot past junior goalie Jason Tillman to give Penn State (8-6-2, 5-0-0) the victory. "He made a move and hit it hard," senior defender Steve Doster said. "It was a good finish.
• We were going to apologize that the Musings disappeared mysteriously last week. But now we're not going to until the MSU football team apologizes for doing the same thing this weekend. • An Oklahoma man received a 30-year prison sentence this week, but convinced prosecutors to lengthen it to 33 years to match Larry Bird's jersey number. Let's hope Saddam Hussein's a big fan of Wayne Gretzky — No.