Volleyball team rallies to beat Irish 3-1
Madison, Wis. - No. 20 MSU was two games away from the end of its season Friday night against No.
Madison, Wis. - No. 20 MSU was two games away from the end of its season Friday night against No.
While the MSU mens soccer players hustled in pregame drills for Sundays NCAA Tournament matchup with Indiana, head coach Joe Baum nonchalantly meandered across the field.Baums relaxed attitude was surprising, considering the game was bigger than any the Spartans had played since Baum was on the team 32 years ago.But behind that calm demeanor, Baum admitted he was living up the moment.It was a great feeling, he said.
One day after the Spartan volleyball team got group recognition in the form of a NCAA Tournament bid, four Spartan players were highlighted for their individual achievements. Senior outside hitter Erin Hartley made her first appearance on the All-Big Ten first team as a unanimous selection.
The prognosticators apologize to our cult following for taking last week off, especially to our biggest fan, MSU sophomore offensive lineman DeMarco Monroe.
In addition to sitting atop the CCHA standings, MSU also leads many of the leagues team statistical categories.Through 13 games, the Spartans have scored more goals (3.62 per game) while giving up fewer (1.69) and have also killed off a greater percentage of opponents power plays (.894) than any other team.MSU head coach Ron Mason particularly enjoys that third statistic.Our penalty kills been phenomenal, MSU head coach Ron Mason said of the unit that is ranked eighth nationally.
For the seniors on the MSU football team, Saturday will be their final game at Spartan Stadium. Its hurting, just thinking about it, senior wide receiver Herb Haygood said.
The No. 20 Spartan grapplers will look for revenge tonight when they travel to Central Michigan and take on the No.
Aided by a Denver loss to New Hampshire during the weekend, the MSU hockey team moved up a spot to No.
The statistics havent been pretty, but the MSU womens basketball team has put together a winning record early in its season. The Spartans (4-1) look to continue their success as they take on Detroit (1-1) at 7 p.m.
The road gets no easier for MSUs mens basketball team.Tonight the No. 22 Spartans play their third straight away game, this time against No.
The No. 20 Spartan volleyball team will return to familiar ground when it makes its eighth straight trip to the NCAA Tournament this weekend. The No.
When junior middle blocker Angela Morley stepped behind the service line with the score 29-24 Saturday night against Indiana at Jenison Field House, fellow Spartan volleyball player senior outside hitter Erin Hartley took a look around.And she didnt look specifically at anything, she looked at what would soon be just a memory.There were certain times out on the court, like when it was 29-24, when I said to myself, this is the last point before Im done here, Hartley said.
After scoring the gamewinning goal Friday against Butler in the NCAA Mens Soccer Tournament, sophomore forward Thomas Trivelloni knew what to do - tear his shirt off.
MSU senior linebacker Josh Thornhill was selected Monday as the recipient of the John S. Pingel Award by the Michigan Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame. The Pingel award, based on academic and athletic performance, is named in honor of the former Spartan All-America halfback and National Football Foundation Hall of Famer.
Bloomington, Ind. - The MSU mens soccer team met Indiana for the third time this season Sunday and the outcome was the same. Indiana (15-3-1 overall) defeated MSU 1-0 in the second round of the CAA Tournament on Sunday at Bill Armstrong Stadium. With the loss, the Spartans first tournament season in 32 years is over, and fourth-seeded Indiana advances to the third round to play Rutgers. I thought we were a little nervous early, head coach Joe Baum said.
On paper at least, not much has changed for MSU from a year ago. The Spartans are 5-5 overall and are coming off an another loss to Penn State.
The phrase road test is a favorite coaching cliché for a reason.For the No.
For the MSU volleyball team, the present is much sweeter than the past.A little more than a month ago, the Spartans had just finished off the first half of their Big Ten schedule with a paltry 4-6 conference record.But after a 3-0 sweep over No.
After toppling Monmouth on Wednesday night, the Spartan womens basketball team fell Saturday to host Florida International in the championship game of the FIU Thanksgiving Classic.FIU upended the Spartans 69-56. Poor shooting in the first half slowed the Spartans (4-1) and resulted in a Golden Panthers (4-1) lead as big as 20 early on.The Spartans went to the locker room trailing 38-20.But MSU improved on its 31 percent first-half field-goal percentage to shoot 50 percent in the second half.MSU cut the FIU lead to 13 on a three-point basket by junior guard Vnemina Reese, but with the basket coming with only two minutes remaining, the Golden Panthers lead was safe.Reese, who had 20 points and five rebounds, represented the Spartans on the FIU Thanksgiving Classic All-Tournament team.On Wednesday, the Spartans got off to another slow start against Monmouth (2-2) and trailed for the games first eight and a half minutes.But after sophomore forward Julie Pagel knotted the score on two free throws, the Spartans grabbed their first lead of the night on a hoop from junior forward Syreeta Bromfield.Another Bromfield basket increased the Spartan lead to four at 16-12.
The MSU football team scored on every possession in the first half, except its last when sophomore quarterback Jeff Smoker took a knee.Then it put up a doughnut in the third quarter.Even though Penn State allowed the most points in a half Saturday since MSU scored 35 in the second half in 1997, MSU turned complacent in the third quarter, sophomore linebacker Mike Labinjo said.We came out in the third quarter and a different team showed up, Labinjo said.