While the focus of life around MSU's campus this weekend will be focused on the Spartans' football game against Michigan, the MSU basketball team will open its exhibition season against the Harlem Globetrotters.The game will take place at 2:30 p.m.
MSU men's soccer senior goalkeeper Mike Robinson was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week for the second time this season Monday.
MSU hockey forward Jim Slater was named the CCHA Offensive Player of the Week after equaling a career-best five points against Western Michigan on Saturday.
Former Detroit Tigers greats from the 1968 World Championship team will be honored at the Capitol at 12:30 p.m.
MSU still is moving up in the polls, even without winning last weekend. But the Spartans (7-1 overall, 4-0 Big Ten) didn't lose either -
The MSU men's basketball team sent a clear message to the nation at Saturday's Green and White game - look out below. The Spartans put on an offensively charged, highly athletic performance at the annual intrasquad scrimmage, which served mainly as a showcase of what each MSU player had been working on all summer. Junior swingman Alan Anderson and junior guard Kelvin Torbert appeared comfortable with their improved perimeter shooting - the pair made six of nine 3-point attempts - sophomore center Paul Davis and redshirt freshman forward Delco Rowley were aggressive in the low post and sophomore guard Maurice Ager nearly put on a shooting clinic. Ager led the Spartans with 34 points, 25 of which came in the first half on 5-for-6 shooting from behind the 3-point line.
Spartans' men's soccer shut out Wisconsin, 1-0, Sunday in Madison, Wis. The game was scoreless for the first half and much of the second half before senior midfielder Jeff Krass made a goal off an assist from junior attacker John Minagawa-Webster.
It was as if age didn't matter for the MSU hockey team.The Spartans (3-3-0 overall, 2-2-0 CCHA) bounced back from an Ohio State series last weekend that grossed only one goal and two losses by sweeping Western Michigan (2-3-1, 2-3-1) with 11 total goals in two games.
Silence was all he heard. As Josh Beckett tagged out Jorge Posada and was lifted into the air in jubilation after his five-hit shutout performance sealed Game 6 and the World Series title for the Florida Marlins on Saturday night, the world stood mute as South Florida ran wild. The world was silenced partially because of shock, but mostly because so many felt wronged. How could this team come from 10 games below .500 after firing a manager earlier in the season and become the champions?
The No. 6 MSU field hockey team hammered its way to a 4-2 victory over No. 7 Penn State on Saturday. The team, led by head coach Michele Madison, held a shutout for nearly half of the game before Penn State senior Timarie Legel was able to strike a goal past Spartans goalie Christina Kirkaldy MSU (12-4 overall, 4-1 Big Ten) gained a lead early in the game when midfielder Jennifer Beeuwkes scored by deflecting a pass from midfielder Annebet Beerman.
Just because the depth issues that hampered the MSU women's basketball team are relatively healed, the defense still appeared to be hurting. At the women's annual Green and White game on Saturday, the Spartans showed off a jelled offense and transition game but gave their scrimmage team opponents sufficient room to shoot from outside. The Spartans wore out their scrimmage team - made mostly of MSU basketball managers - 77-64, but head coach Joanne P.
The MSU women's soccer team went down kicking in an overtime loss to Michigan on Friday in a conference match held in Ann Arbor.
The men's and women's swimming and diving teams' (both 0-1) hopes to win their season openers were sunk Friday after being defeated by Iowa in Iowa City.
For the fifth straight weekend, the No. 22 MSU volleyball team split its weekend matches.
I laughed when someone described Tom Izzo as God. I thought a co-worker was crazy when he referred to the men's basketball media guide as the Bible. Sure, I've heard about the storied history - the national championships, the Big Ten Tournament titles - the list goes on.
MSU hockey coach Rick Comley knows his team is in need of wins, not to mention some goal production from players other than those with "Slater" stitched on the back of their uniform.In four games, MSU has notched nine goals - five coming from junior captain Jim Slater.
The definition of aggressive is "having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends," as described at dictionary.com. It's a word the No.
The men's basketball annual Green-and-White Game will take place at noon on Saturday at the Breslin Center.
The MSU women's basketball team will hold its Green and White game at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday Oct.
The No. 6 MSU field hockey team travels to No. 7 Penn State (12-3 overall, 3-1 Big Ten) on Saturday for a top-10 Big Ten showdown with the Nittany Lions. The Spartans (11-4, 3-1) split last weekend, losing 1-0 to rival Michigan on Friday but bouncing back to beat Hofstra 5-2 on Saturday. MSU is 6-3 in road games this season, and this will be the team's last road game of the season.