Team closes out successful fall season
The mens golf team wrapped up its fall season Tuesday with a sixth place finish at the Duke Golf Classic.
The mens golf team wrapped up its fall season Tuesday with a sixth place finish at the Duke Golf Classic.
The MSU womens golf team took eighth after posting a 313 on Sundays final round of play at the Mercedes-Benz Intercollegiate Championship.
The mens basketball team will be kicking off its season this Saturday at 4 p.m. with the Green-White Game. The game will provide the last chance for fans to sign the Elite Banner before its raised to the Breslin Center rafters.
The womens crew team controlled its first and only home meet of the fall Saturday at Grand River Park in Lansing.
I dont know about everyone else on campus, but for me watching the Spartans has become more painful than any final Ive ever taken. I mean, seriously, Id rather sit through an entire semester of nothing but calculus, biology and economics classes.
Sophomore Chris Toloff led the mens cross country team to a seventh place finish in the White Race of the Asics/Pacesetters Pre-Nationals on Saturday in Terre Haute, Ind.
Marquette - Its only two weeks into the season, but patterns are already emerging for the MSU hockey team - lose badly Friday night, watch the videotape of the loss early Saturday, make adjustments and then win the second game.Such was the case against Northern Michigan at the Berry Events Center during the weekend.
The MSU volleyball team may have gotten the confidence boost they needed this weekend.Despite losing to No.
The Spartans season continued to plummet on the heels of a 28-7 defeat to the Golden Gophers on Saturday. Nothing good came out of that football game, MSU head coach Bobby Williams said.
The No. 5 MSU field hockey team is continuing to pile on the wins, and head coach Michele Madison is reaching milestones as a result.Sundays 3-0 win over Ball State marked the squads 15th victory and also signaled Madisons 100th victory on the Spartan sidelines.Just three games ago, Madison celebrated her 150th career coaching victory with a 5-1 win over Indiana.Sophomore back Judith van Haeringen said the games significance, coupled with the crowd of families and alumni in the stands, fired the team up.Its always fun to play in a game like this. van Haeringen said.
The womens soccer team came out of the gate slowly, but the Spartans scored three goals in the second half to post a 4-0 victory over Detroit (4-7-4) on Sunday. The biggest concern we had was that with this game being played in the middle of the Big Ten season, we didnt come out flat, MSU head coach Tom Saxton said.
For the second straight week, the MSU football team had a successful start, but sputtered the rest of the game.
The Spartans gridiron woes continued Saturday. MSU (3-4 overall, 1-2 Big Ten) was plagued by crucial penalties and allowed Minnesota (7-1, 3-1) 543 yards of total offense and 390 rushing yards in the 28-7 loss. It was the Spartans third defeat in their last four games and second straight in conference play. Were not a good football team right now, MSU head coach Bobby Williams said.
Marquette - Senior defenseman Brad Fast carried the MSU hockey team to a 3-1 win over Northern Michigan at the Berry Events Center on Saturday.Fast scored MSUs first two goals, including the game-winner with 8.3 seconds left in the third period.Sophomore goaltender Matt Migliaccio was solid in making 17 saves on 18 shots for MSU (2-2-0 overall, 1-1-0 CCHA) .But Fast, the teams captain, proved to be MSUs hero Saturday.
Marquette - The 3,916 fans at the Berry Events Center on Friday were treated to a steady diet of public address announcer Tim McIntosh yelling Wildcat goal.McIntosh nearly went hoarse because, for the second time in three games, the MSU hockey team was severely overmatched.
The Heisman race is starting to take form as the conference schedules separate the pretenders from the contenders. The season started with everyone thinking a quarterback would take home the hardware, but Marshalls Byron Leftwich hasnt been enough to keep the Thundering Herd in the national spotlight and Floridas Rex Grossman has played himself and the once-mighty Gators out of just about everything. Only one signal caller remains, Iowa States Seneca Wallace, who nobody considered a candidate in the preseason. Joining Wallace in pulling away from the rest of the field is a pair of tailbacks, Ohio States Maurice Clarett and Miamis Willis McGahee. Front-runners:Seneca Wallacesenior quarterback, Iowa StateFollowing a bye week that allowed his hype to cool, Wallace led the Cyclones to a 31-17 victory over Texas Tech. Iowa State entered the third quarter tied 3-3, but a 12-yard TD run by the senior signal caller ignited a 21 point third quarter for the Cyclones.
Women tee off in tourneyMSU womens golf team ends its fall season at the 2002 Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championships this weekend at the Gettysvue Country Club in Knoxville, Tenn. Five of the 15 teams competing in the tournament are ranked in the Top 25 by Golfweek magazine. The Spartans, who have been off since their sixth-place finish at the New Mexico State GiveEm Five Intercollegiate, held Oct.
Homecoming weekend is a time for celebration and remembrance. But Spartan fans dont have much to celebrate.MSU (3-3 overall, 1-1 Big Ten) was embarrassed last Saturday in Iowa City, Iowa, to the tune of a 44-16 loss.
No. 4 Ohio State at Wisconsin The Buckeyes tote an unscathed record to Camp Randall Stadium this weekend, flying high after punishing San Jose State, 50-7, Saturday. In three and a half quarters of action, signal caller Craig Krenzel set career highs in both passing yards (241) and touchdowns (3). Tailback Maurice Clarett added another eye-popping performance against the Spartans with 132 yards and 18 carries to head the Buckeyes offense, along with two rushing and one receiving touchdowns.