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Former MSU hockey player Torey Krug has made an immediate impact for the Boston Bruins amidst the ongoing battle for Lord Stanley.
Former MSU hockey player Torey Krug has made an immediate impact for the Boston Bruins amidst the ongoing battle for Lord Stanley.
MSU’s women basketball recruit Tori Jankoska of Freeland High was named to the 2013 PARADE High School All-American team.
On Tuesday morning, the Big Ten announced the winners of the all-conference awards this past 2013 baseball season.
The MSU baseball team’s season came to a disappointing end despite winning its final Big Ten series against Penn State this weekend.
Coming into the Big Ten series finale, the MSU baseball team is trying to remain poised in the face of elimination.
As a junior defenseman in 2012, Torey Krug lead the Spartans to their first NCAA Tournament berth since 2008.
MSU won both games of the doubleheader against Central Michigan Tuesday at Theunissen Stadium in Mount Pleasant. The Spartans held on in the first of two against Central to win the postponed Clash at Comerica, 5-4. MSU hopes to maintain its momentum from the doubleheader sweep into the Big Ten finale against Penn State this weekend. Sophomore right fielder Jimmy Pickens had a big Tuesday, Pickens went 3-7 with 5 RBIs in the two wins against Central.
Following a dramatic come-from-behind victory over Illinois on Senior Day, MSU maintained control of the No. 6 spot in the Big Ten standings. However, MSU fell out of sixth place into seventh after winning only one out of three against Iowa this past weekend.
MSU currently has plans for a $20 million renovation to the north entrance of Spartan Stadium. The renovation not only will benefit the football program, but the other 25 MSU sports, fans, media, recruitment and officials, and is slated to be completed by summer 2014. The renovations will look to improve on operations that have been neglected since the 1960s, according to MSU athletics director Mark Hollis.
MSU salvaged a win in the final game of a disappointing three-game series against Iowa, 4-2, on Sunday afternoon. MSU fell out of contention for the Big Ten Tournament this weekend after dropping the first two games of the series, falling to seventh in Big Ten standings.
Junior pitcher David Garner struck out nine batters, but the MSU baseball team was unable to defeat Iowa, suffering a (2-1) loss Saturday afternoon.
The MSU Women’s Golf team broke a tie for ninth-place Saturday at the NCAA Central Regional.
In the second-to-last Big Ten series of the 2013 season, the MSU baseball team dropped the first of a three-game series against Iowa, 2-6, Friday night in Iowa City.
The No. 7 seed MSU softball team couldn’t get their bats going early enough as they fell to the No. 10 seed Purdue Boilermakers, 8-5, in Lincoln, Neb., on Thursday night in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament.
The MSU baseball team made their last home game of the 2013 season a memorable one, beating Eastern Michigan 6-3 with the help of a two-run home run in the third inning by sophomore right fielder Jimmy Pickens.
The MSU track & field team will enter the 2013 Big Ten Outdoor Championships, and head coach Walt Drenth is trying to avoid talking about it. Instead, he is focusing more on helping the team make progress.
For the first time in the program’s 100-year history, the Michigan State men’s tennis team has received a bid to the NCAA tournament.
At 6-foot-3 and 240 pounds, former MSU football linebacker Percy Snow had an illustrious career as a Spartan. On Tuesday, his accomplishments became recognized.
After a nine-game slide, the MSU softball team managed to find some stability in their last few games, going 3-1 in the span as they prepare for upcoming the Big Ten Tournament.
On a day meant for seniors, it was a junior who stole the show — and the series for the MSU baseball team.