Michigan State women’s basketball sophomore guard Abbey Kimball was named to the women's basketball 2023-2024 Academic All-District Team. Kimball was selected by College Sports Communicators, or CSC, and the announcement was made on Tuesday afternoon. She was the only player from Michigan State to be selected.
For the first time since 2012, the Michigan State men's hockey team is headed back to the NCAA Championships, more commonly known as the Frozen Four, after a season-clinching Big Ten regular season title and a thrilling overtime Big Ten Tournament title.
Michigan State baseball lost two games and won one in a three-game series at Maryland in the team’s first conference series of the season. The series came after Michigan State’s first home-opener of the season in a series win against Evansville.
As the clock ran down and the crowd inside Munn Ice Arena was on its feet, the winning goal slipped past the University of Michigan goaltender, hit the side of the post and went into the net. Freshman defenseman Patrick Geary, the player who scored the final goal, went skating toward freshman goaltender Trey Augustine, his teammates following, as the Spartans conquered their mission of becoming not only Big Ten regular season champions but also the Big Ten Tournament champions, all in one season.
Michigan State women’s gymnastics, ranked No. 8 in the nation, won the Big Ten Championships title after defeating the University of Michigan, Ohio State and the University of Minnesota at Jenison Field House on Saturday, March 23. This is the first conference championship in Michigan State history and the first time the Spartans were crowned both the regular season and Big Ten Championships titles in one season.
Michigan State men’s basketball started off the season as the No. 4 ranked team in the country, but it ended the season far from it. The 2023-2024 Michigan State Spartans were inconsistent—not only from game to game but from minute to minute. Saturday night was no different.
The time had come for Michigan State men's hockey. A chance to prove itself as the team it had shown the whole season. With the opportunity to host the Big Ten championship game, the Spartans welcomed the University of Michigan Wolverines. After a game that lasted three full periods and an overtime, the Michigan State men's hockey team took home the win and was crowned tournament champions, after a 5-4 win.
Five wrestlers represented Michigan State at the wrestling Division One NCAA Championships in Kansas City, Missouri, which spanned three days from Thursday, March 21 to Saturday, March 23. Two Spartans – senior Caleb Fish and graduate student Layne Malczewski – made it past the first day of sessions to advance further into the tournament.
The No. 9 seed Spartans fell to No. 1 seed North Carolina 85-69 on Saturday, ending MSU’s rollercoaster of a season in blowout fashion. It wasn’t that way until late, though, when UNC put the dagger into the Spartans without its best player – senior guard R.J. Davis – on the floor.
The Michigan State women’s basketball team had been playing all season with a success that not many people expected. A brand new coach, Robyn Fralick, some new faces and a recent history of not making it to the NCAA Tournament left people wondering how far this season's "trial-run" team will go. After going 22-9 in overall play and 12-6 in conference play, Michigan State's season came to an end after a close finish against the University of North Carolina ended in a 59-56 defeat, sending the Spartans home to East Lansing after the Round of 64 in March Madness.
Michigan State, the No. 9 seed in the West Region of the NCAA Tournament, will battle No. 1 seed University of North Carolina for a spot in the Sweet 16. The matchup between the two college basketball powerhouses is fundamentally a home game for the Tar Heels, who will play just a few hours from home in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Hot off a win against the Ohio State Buckeyes to advance to the Big Ten championship game, the Michigan State Spartans step into unknown territory as they look for their first Big Ten Men's Hockey Tournament title in program history. Not only that, but the Spartans have the chance to do so against their in-state rival, the University of Michigan Wolverines.
The Michigan State women’s basketball team, making its first appearance in the NCAA Tournament since 2021, began March Madness with a battle against a University of North Carolina team in its fourth straight tournament appearance. Giving a fight until the very end, the Spartans came up just short and were ultimately defeated 59-56 in the first round of the tournament, sending head coach Robyn Fralick and the rest of the Spartans home to East Lansing.
A thorough, 18-point drubbing of No. 8 seed Mississippi State showed that this Michigan State group has more to it than what many thought and, when humming, can execute the core principles of Spartan basketball to a tee.
The Spartans are still dancing. Michigan State men’s basketball opened up March Madness with a battle of the MSUs where the Spartans took down Mississippi State 69-51 to advance to the round of 32.
After missing the tournament for two straight years, the Spartans turned things around in head coach Robyn Fralick's first season with the team. Michigan State spent a lot of extra time during the preseason and throughout the regular season working on its craft, hoping that it would get them to the “final chapter,” as Fralick calls it. Now, the Spartans packed their bags and are headed out to Columbia, South Carolina in preparation to face off against No. 8 seed University of North Carolina.
The Michigan State men’s basketball team survived multiple last-minute bid stealers to secure the No. 9 seed in the West Region of the men's basketball NCAA Tournament, commonly known as March Madness.
Five Michigan State wrestlers are set to compete this week in the wrestling NCAA Championships, which takes place from Thursday, March 21 to Saturday, March 23 in Kansas City, Missouri: Caleb Fish, Layne Malczewski, Chase Saldate, Jordan Hamdan and Tristan Lujan.
After being crowned Big Ten regular season champions for the first time in program history and given a shot at becoming the Big Ten Tournament champions, the 2024 Big Ten award winners were announced on Tuesday, March 19, solidifying huge accomplishments for the Michigan State men's hockey program.
Michigan State's women's basketball was selected as a 9-seed in the 2024 NCAA Tournament's Albany 1 Region, entering the tournament for the first time since 2021 when the Spartans lost to Iowa State in the first round.