Sophomore Chris Toloff led the men’s 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 - It’s 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.Sunday’s 3-0 win over Ball State marked the squad’s 15th victory and also signaled Madison’s 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 game’s significance, coupled with the crowd of families and alumni in the stands, fired the team up.“It’s always fun to play in a game like this.” van Haeringen said.
The women’s 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 didn’t 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. “We’re 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 MSU’s 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 team’s captain, proved to be MSU’s 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 Marshall’s Byron Leftwich hasn’t been enough to keep the Thundering Herd in the national spotlight and Florida’s Rex Grossman has played himself and the once-mighty Gators out of just about everything. Only one signal caller remains, Iowa State’s 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 State’s Maurice Clarett and Miami’s 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 women’s 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 Give’Em Five Intercollegiate, held Oct.
Homecoming weekend is a time for celebration and remembrance. But Spartan fans don’t 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.
John Hannah was president, Ralph Young was athletics director and Michigan State was still a college. The year was 1953 and the Spartans were beginning their first season of Big Ten football. “I remember when we got into it,” said Frank “Muddy” Waters, a 1950 graduate and football head coach from 1980-82. “I was a student at the time. “It was a very exciting time.
Slowly, the No. 23 Spartans have been trying to figure out what has gone wrong this season. They started out the season as the 15th-ranked volleyball team in the nation and were ranked as high as 12th.
It’ll be a homecoming for more than just MSU alumni this weekend. Minnesota’s running back Terry Jackson will have about 50 friends and family coming to watch him play at Spartan Stadium on Saturday. The Saginaw native returns to the Great Lakes State to play about 80 miles from the high school where he won a state championship.
Rick Comley has been through this before. “When we went down to Lake Superior - I can still remember to this day - they did the introductions, the teams were lined up, they introduced me as Northern’s head coach and everybody in the building booed,” Comley said.
Take a glance at The Associated Press Top 25 poll. Notice anything interesting? Year after year, the Top 25 is sprinkled with the perennial powerhouses such as Florida State, Texas and Tennessee.