Sophomore Andy Simmons took the MSU Open Championship on Sunday, while five other MSU wrestlers placed in the top four in their weight classes. Simmons defeated Ron Tarquinio of Pittsburgh by 6-2 to take the tournament championship.
MSU kicked off the basketball season Friday with an offensive assault against Florida A&M, winning 104-72. The Spartans got off to a quick start making 70 percent of their shots in the first half and took a 60-27 lead into the locker room at halftime.
After a neck-in-neck game, the No. 15 MSU women's basketball team claimed another Spartan Classic Tournament, beating No.
Ann Arbor - It was just one of those days. After scoring four goals in a wild first period, little went right for the MSU hockey team as No.
In my, albeit short, time as a reporter covering sports, crime and politics, I've learned a few things about respect. There are two different types of people to respect: those who have earned it through intellect, ability and power; and those who have earned it though pure insanity. Ron Artest falls in both categories, but mainly the latter. Who in their right mind would hack Ben Wallace as he goes up for a pointless layup with less than a minute remaining in a game your team is winning by 15 points? Artest would.
The MSU men's soccer team lost Friday to Tulsa, 3-1, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Throughout the game, Tulsa pressured MSU's defense line with several scoring chances.
The MSU men's soccer team will travel to Tulsa for the opening round of the NCAA Tournament after coming off a stellar performance in the Big Ten Tournament. The Spartans (12-6-1) played solid defense en route to their first ever Big Ten Tournament Championship giving up just one goal in the three games they played in Ann Arbor last weekend. The Spartans will meet the Golden Hurricanes (10-6-3) for the first time in school history.
The MSU women's basketball program is like a rocket on the launching pad, waiting to take off. The preseason No.
It has been a long season thus far for the MSU hockey team's top line of seniors Mike Lalonde and Jim Slater and sophomore Tommy Goebel. The line lit up scoreboards all over the CCHA last season, accounting for 44 points (22 goals and 22 assists) in the first 10 games of the year. In the first 10 games of this season however, the trio has struggled, combining for only 17 points in 10 games. If the Spartans are to compete with No.
The MSU hockey team got a huge boost during the weekend when junior defenseman Corey Potter made his season debut Friday against Cornell.
Several MSU volleyball players moved forward in the record books with the team's 3-0 victory over Iowa on Friday night.
The "Spartan nation" is still puffing out its chest after one of the greatest weekends for the Green and White in a long time. "It was nice to be a part of, in a small way, the great weekend for the Spartan nation," wrestling head coach Tom Minkel said at a press conference.
Men's ice hockey sophomore goaltender Dominic Vicari was named the CCHA Defensive Player of the Week, the second time he has earned the honor in his short career. "He certainly looks very focused right now," MSU head coach Rick Comley said after Sunday's 2-0 win over Cornell. Vicari stopped 52 of the 53 shots he faced in the team's weekend series against then-No.
The MSU men's soccer team will have to get out its cowboy boots and hats as the Spartans will be heading to Oklahoma to face Tulsa in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. "We thought we had a chance to host," MSU head coach Joe Baum said.
When head coach John L. Smith arrived at MSU, he wasn't exactly impressed with senior right tackle Sean Poole's physique. Poole took it upon himself to improve his build and has become a better offensive lineman.
"And David put his hand in the bag and took out a stone and slung it. And it struck the Philistine on the head and he fell to the ground." I should have known Saturday's game was going to be a strange one.
Ann Arbor - The MSU men's soccer team won the Big Ten Tournament Championship on Sunday by defeating Northwestern, 1-0, accomplishing what no other past Spartans soccer team has ever done. "This was a team win," MSU head coach Joe Baum said.
Head coach Tom Izzo didn't take it easy on his old school, as MSU handed Northern Michigan a 42-point loss in its second exhibition game at Breslin Center on Sunday. Izzo said he was satisfied with MSU's unselfish play and rebounding in the 98-56 win against his alma mater. But he was disappointed the Spartans shot 41 percent from the field. "We did a poor job of shooting the ball, and I think we are the best shooting team I've ever had," he said. "It was our inside game that was really poor and I don't mean just our big guys.
The MSU football team said it could beat anybody on its schedule and proved it Saturday, beating No.
It was a refreshing day for the MSU hockey team, led by two freshmen forwards in a 2-0 win over No. 8 Cornell on Sunday in front of 5,534 fans at Munn Ice Arena.