Womens volleyball claims championship trophy
Junior outside hitter Kyla Smith knew before Fridays opening match of the MSU Volleyball Classic that she would have to take some pressure off senior outside hitter Erin Hartley.
Junior outside hitter Kyla Smith knew before Fridays opening match of the MSU Volleyball Classic that she would have to take some pressure off senior outside hitter Erin Hartley.
The MSU mens cross country team races off to start its season at the Grand Valley State Fall Classic at 5 p.m.
A bundle of nerves. Spartan volleyball coach Chuck Erbe knows his team will be battling its emotions as well as Auburn, Dayton, Denver and Western Michigan this weekend.
The MSU womens crew is holding a pair of informational meetings to recruit interested individuals at 4:30 p.m.
In its only exhibition game, the MSU womens soccer team notched a 3-1 win over Eastern Michigan of the Mid-American Conference last week. But head coach Tom Saxton isnt overlooking the two MAC schools visiting MSUs campus on the Spartans regular season-opening weekend. MSU takes on Western Michigan at 4 p.m.
While MSU football fans wait to hear who head coach Bobby Williams names as starting quarterback for the season opener against Central Michigan Sept.
Twenty-four years and 299 wins.Thats where mens soccer head coach Joe Baums legendary career stands at the moment.
Three months ago, Oldsmobile Park was not a very fun place to be. The Lansing Lugnuts were horrible - especially at home - and the spirits of sparse crowds that showed up were usually dampened by inclement weather, bad baseball or both. Fast forward to Tuesday night.
The specifics of MSUs new offense have been kept top secret by the coaching staff, but its no surprise to many that changes are on the way.
The MSU football team has lost what seems like a player-a-day to injury or ineligibility, but at least its linebacker picture was cleared-up as the team concluded its second preseason scrimmage Tuesday.
Flint Northern senior Matt Trannon has a decision to make about where he will go to school next fall. But his decision circles around two sports he has shown the same compassion for throughout high school - basketball and football.
Despite selling all individual student tickets for The Cold War hockey game between the MSU and Michigan, students still arent being frozen out from attending the game. An additional 2,200 tickets in the student section for the Oct.
On Aug. 23, field hockey midfielder Sophie Rosmalen turned 18. And no, shes no freshman. Shes a general management sophomore, playing for the second year on the now No.
Vanilla Rice and Racy Lacy know whats up with Saturdays games The Spartans are undefeated, head coach Bobby Williams has only snapped at one reporter since school has started, and everyones gearing up for another exciting season.
Projected starting cornerback Cedric Henry has been ruled academically ineligible and will miss the entire season, head coach Bobby Williams said Tuesday evening.
The Lansing Lugnuts have clinched a playoff berth thanks to West Michigans 6-1 loss to Fort Wayne on Monday. The Lugnuts (36-26) fell 12-6 to the South Bend Silver Hawks Monday night, but the West Michigan loss was enough to ensure Lansings pass to the three-round postseason. Lansing will host either Dayton or Michigan in Game 1 of a best-of-three series at 6:05 p.m.
On every team, every player has some responsibility. Some have more than others. In volleyball, the setter plays that lead roll. Spartan volleyball Coach Chuck Erbe describes the setter position as similar to other sports positions often mentioned in the same breath as leadership. Its like the quarterback in football and the point guard in basketball, Erbe said.
After knocking off two heavyweights on its opening weekend, MSU skyrocketed to No. 3 in the Hockey Point coaches poll released Monday. The Spartans (2-0) garnered four first-place votes and now occupy the highest ranking in school history. MSU, which received votes but wasnt ranked in the preseason top 10, upset No.
Former MSU goaltender Joe Blackburn, who came to MSU in 1997 and played through last season, will serve as a volunteer assistant coach and color commentator for Spartan radio broadcasts in the upcoming season. MSU head coach Ron Mason announced Blackburns hiring Tuesday.
Drunk hillbillies with mullets, motor homes and beat-up pickup trucks. Theyre all stereotypical images of NASCAR fans who follow a sport condemned by a large portion of suburban America. But the sports following is fanatical, and there may be good reason why. You might as well just cue in Rosco, the General Lee, the Duke boys and Boss Hog, cause this is gonna get rural... It probably wont settle well with many closed-minded traditionalists, convinced that a true sport has to be played with some type of ball. But its the largest spectator event in the nation, like it or not. And it deserves respect. Yeah, laugh if you want, call me a redneck, tell me I live in a trailer park, say I drink Pabst Blue Ribbon and listen to Lynyrd Skynyrds Free Bird all day.