MSU women's track team took fifth place with 75 points in the Big Ten Outdoor Track and Field Championship at Purdue University this past weekend. The tournament, which concluded Sunday, consisted of 21 events with Michigan taking first place.
The frustration was building as the rain delay continued and Jessica Beech began walking around the Oosterbaan Fieldhouse, at the University of Michigan, to kill time before game one of the Big Ten tournament. For Beech, a senior pitcher, this was to be her last Big Ten tournament and maybe her last game if the Spartans couldn't beat the top seed U-M on its home field.
Tommy Hoke has been hired as the MSU football associate head strength and conditioning coach, replacing Aaron Wellman who took a position at Ball State in January. Hoke received a bachelor's degree in physical education from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington in 1990 and earned his master's degree from Appalachian State in 1993.
Two of MSU's hockey players, sophomore defenseman A.J. Thelen and junior forward David Booth, have been listed in the Central Scouting Service's top 37 U.S.
The MSU baseball team kept its hopes alive for a Big Ten title by winning its weekend series at Penn State after a 7-4 victory Sunday afternoon.
Idong Ibok, a 6-foot-10-inch basketball player from Montverde, Fla., signed a National Letter of Intent, May 5, to attend and play for MSU in the 2004-05 season.
Women's crew took fifth place with 303 points at the Central/Southern Regional Championship Sunday and placed fourth in the Central Region at the two-day event in Knoxville, Tenn.
MSU women's track and field hosts Central Michigan and Detroit Mercy today in the Michigan State Twilight. Field events begin at 5 p.m., followed by track competition at 6:30 p.m.
Troy Krider is about to enter the rivalry danger zone. As the Spartans' freshman shortstop, the Indiana native doesn't know much about the state battle between Michigan and MSU.
The MSU softball team's mental outlook all season long has been not placing any more or any less importance on one game. With that in mind, although the Spartans face intrastate rival Michigan at 6 p.m.
Division I 17 and 18-year-old ice-hockey players now can enter the NHL draft and still maintain college eligibility, the NCAA announced Wednesday. NCAA rules stated players less than 19 years of age were not able to enter the draft, slated for June 26-27.
The MSU women's tennis team ended its season Thursday with a 4-1 loss to Purdue in the first round of the Big Ten Women's Championship in Evanston, Ill. The No.
The No. 9 MSU men's tennis team fought through windy conditions and an early deficit to defeat rival No.
Lansing - The Spartans said they wanted a tune-up for their series against Michigan this weekend. Eastern Michigan provided it. The MSU baseball team (21-18 overall) used a seven-run third inning and a handful of pitchers to defeat the Eagles 12-8 Wednesday night in front of more than 2,100 fans at Oldsmobile Park. "We're swinging the bats well," said MSU manager Ted Mahan, whose team tallied 14 hits and scored 12 runs for the second-straight game.
This weekend, Hayley Techner will return to her home state and have the opportunity to face the school she almost attended. Techner, a California native, is part of the MSU women's water polo team, which will compete at California Polytechnic (CPU) in San Luis Obispo, Calif., in the three-day National Collegiate Club Championship - the Olympics of water polo. For her, the meeting will be personal: Techner grew up in Santa Cruz, a mere two hours north of CPU.
The MSU men's tennis team played its best tennis of the conference season at the end of league play, and the Spartans hope to ride that momentum into the Big Ten tournament today. "You can just tell by the way people are walking and carrying themselves and also in the way that they're playing," senior Chris Mitchell said. The ninth-seeded Spartans (16-12 overall, 3-7 Big Ten) face the eighth-seeded Wolverines (13-8, 4-6) in the first round of the 2004 Big Ten Men's Tennis Championships today at 10 a.m.
Jessica Beech pitched four perfect innings on the mound and chalked up three strikeouts as the MSU softball team defeated Eastern Michigan, 5-1, on Wednesday. Sophomore catcher Elizabeth Peterson knocked in two runs for the Spartans in this nonconference game.
The MSU baseball team faces Eastern Michigan tonight at Oldsmobile Park, home of the Lansing Lugnuts. Each year, MSU plays a couple of contests at the stadium, so does playing at Oldsmobile Park ever lose its luster? "No, not at all," MSU manager Ted Mahan said.
By now, Jeff Smoker is a day away from departing to St. Louis to pursue a career in the NFL. With Smoker gone, a vacancy has been left in the MSU football team's lineup at quarterback, and three potential starters have submitted their résumés to head coach John L.
After the 2004 NFL Draft ended Sunday, two former Spartans were contacted by pro teams and will pursue careers in the NFL this weekend as free agents. Offensive guard Joe Tate has signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars, and linebacker Mike Labinjo is working on a deal with the Philadelphia Eagles. Tate said he has signed a free agent contract with the Jaguars for the league minimum. "It's great to get an opportunity to continue playing," he said.