Gearing up for a month-long road trip, the men’s soccer team made sure fans won’t forget them while they’re gone.The Spartans (7-2 overall, 1-1 Big Ten) finished their next-to-last home game this year with a convincing 4-0 win over Loyola-Chicago (3-8).“I thought we came out mentally ready to play today,” head coach Joe Baum said.
Emily Engel’s road to playing collegiate volleyball could have been easy. She would have been a top player on numerous other college teams, but she didn’t want to take the easy road.Instead, she chose MSU - a much bigger challenge.
In a weekend full of upsets, Death Ro maintained his two-game advantage over McSkinny. Only Iowa’s upset of then-No.
The names Matt Migliaccio and Justin Tobe had might as well be superglued together for the next several months, because rarely will you hear one mentioned without the other.The young goaltenders have almost morphed into one entity in the minds of Spartan fans this fall.
The MSU field hockey team extended its winning streak to a record 10 games last weekend, defeating two nationally-ranked teams in the process.The Spartans are now 10-1 for the season and 1-0 in Big Ten play.Freshman goalkeeper Christina Kirkaldy was dubbed the Big Ten Conference’s Defensive Player of the Week for the second consecutive week, after allowing only one goal in two games during the weekend.
The men’s soccer team will play its only home game for the month of October today, and the team plans to make it count.Loyola travels to Old College Field 4 p.m.
The MSU women’s cross country team moved up four places to No. 5 in the FinishLynx/NCAA cross country preseason poll, conducted by the Women’s Intercollegiate Cross Country Coaches Association.
After five consecutive home games to start the season, the MSU football team will enjoy a bye this weekend. The Spartans (3-2 overall, 1-0 Big Ten) opened Big Ten play with a 39-24 victory over Northwestern on Saturday at Spartan Stadium.
After a rookie year of great achievements, sophomore Chris Toloff is ready for intense competition and a season full of victories.As one of the top runners on the MSU men’s cross country team, Toloff launched a strong performance Saturday in the Roy Griak Invitational, hosted by Minnesota.
Among the changes made by new hockey head coach Rick Comley this season is the segmentation of duties for assistant coaches Tom Newton and David McAuliffe. In the past Newton and McAuliffe worked with former head coach Ron Mason on all aspects of the team, but Comley wants the duo to focus their attention on smaller factions.
The men’s golf team took home third place honors at the Northern Intercollegiate last weekend at the Indiana University Golf Course in Bloomington, Ind.
The biggest play of Saturday’s game came from the most unlikely of places, the Spartans’ special teams.With a little more than a minute to play in the third quarter and MSU leading by a score of 20-17, junior wide receiver Ziehl Kavanaght broke the game open with a 88-yard punt return for a touchdown.“When Ziehl ran that ball back the game was close,” junior quarterback Jeff Smoker said.
Although Ron Mason’s fingerprints are all over the MSU hockey team, new head coach Rick Comley appears to have a more hands-on approach than his predecessor.With one week of practice already in the books - and another underway - both the MSU players and assistant coaches are raving about Comley’s interpersonal skills.“Coach Comley has really gone out of his way to break down the communication barriers,” assistant coach Tom Newton said.
Statistically, junior wide receiver Charles Rogers had his least productive game of the season. But his presence created openings for teammates in both the running and passing attacks in the Spartans’ 39-24 victory over the Wildcats on Saturday at Spartan Stadium. Head coach Bobby Williams said studying film revealed there would be chances for other players to make plays against Northwestern (2-3 overall, 0-1 Big Ten). “We looked at the last two ball games and people have been really overplaying Charles,” he said.
The men’s soccer team rebounded Sunday from last weekend’s 6-1 beating at the hands of Indiana to defeat Northwestern 1-0 and earn its first Big Ten victory of the season.Defense and teamwork were keys in this weekend’s matchup, both things MSU (6-2 overall, 1-1 Big Ten) lacked in its last game.“We were more organized today, we weren’t jumping in,” head coach Joe Baum said.
MSU got back on the winning track Saturday with its 39-24 win against Northwestern. But once again, it was junior wide receiver Charles Rogers who stole the show. The 6-foot-4, 205-pounder only pulled down three receptions for 53 yards - by far his worst outing of the season - but his 21-yard touchdown with 6:10 to play in the first half made history. The tally marked Rogers’ 14th-straight game with a touchdown, breaking the Big Ten record he shared with Michigan’s Desmond Howard (1990-91). It also marked his 13th-straight regular-season game with a touchdown, breaking the NCAA record he shared with Marshall’s Randy Moss (1997), Pacific’s Aaron Turner (1990-91) and Howard. “Just to be among these guys is a great accomplishment for me,” Rogers said.
Iowa City - It wasn’t the result the Spartans hoped for. However, the MSU volleyball team left the first weekend of Big Ten play with a 1-1 record.
The women’s soccer team lost its first Big Ten game of the season Sunday - a 3-1 decision at Wisconsin.
No, this isn’t the land of Make-Believe. Welcome to Michigan State University, otherwise known as Mister Charles Rogers’ Neighborhood. And it’s a beautiful day in this neighborhood, where Mister Rogers has made us believers, posting the most impressive statistics possible in his green-and-white fairy-tale career here. And you can get here to watch King Saturday, MSU’s legitimate Heisman Trophy contender, by taking a magical Capital Area Transit Authority Trolley ride to the land split by the Red Cedar River. Won’t you join me in a short trip to Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood?
The No. 9 MSU women’s cross country team dominated the Roy Griak Invitational on Saturday, placing first in the 22-team competition hosted by the University of Minnesota at the Les Bolstad Golf Course. Scoring 72 points to win the meet, MSU outdistanced second-place Arizona State, which finished with 107 points. Winning the invitational was a product of hard work and a preface to upcoming meets, head coach Jim Stintzi said. “We’ve been working hard all summer for this season,” Stintzi said.