After an impressive first day for the MSU track and field team at the 2010 NCAA East Regional in Greensboro, N.C., day two Friday also proved to be successful. Two freshman Spartans, hurdler Keenan Michael and thrower Beth Rohl qualified for the NCAA Championships June 8 in Eugene, Ore.
In the first day of competition at the 2010 NCAA Championship regatta Friday in Sacramento, Calif., the MSU rowing team advanced all three of its boats to the semifinals, which start at 9:00 a.m. Saturday. The Spartans’ varsity eight easily made it to Saturday’s semifinal, when it finished behind California and USC but beat Washington and Washington State.
The MSU track and field team began action in the NCAA Track and Field East Regional on Thursday in Greensboro, N.C., and already has a first-place finish to bring home. Sophomore Becca Buchholtz highlighted day one of the competition when she tied for first in the high jump and broke the school record with a leap of 1.81 meters.
Just as director Walt Drenth said he had hoped, the improvement of MSU track and field has continued, as 26 Spartans will make their way to Greensboro, N.C., this weekend to compete in the opening rounds of the NCAA Regionals.
The MSU women’s rowing team starts action in the NCAA National Championship Regatta on Friday in Sacramento, Calif. For the 12th time in the last 13 years, the Spartans will be competing in the sport’s national championship and will look to improve on their sixth place finish each of the last two years.
The Big Ten recently announced its all-conference teams. The seven MSU players earning a spot on All-Big Ten teams is tied for the second most in MSU history and the most since 1968.
For the past 10 years, the only thing more predictable than MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo making the Final Four about every other season is his name being thrown into the mix as a candidate for every high-profile coaching job in the country. So, if no school or franchise has been able to lure the Iron Mountain, Mich. native away from Spartan Country before, why would this time be any different?
After recently being named Big Ten Golfer of the Year and chosen for the All-Big Ten first-team for the third consecutive season, MSU senior golfer Laura Kueny added one more accomplishment to her illustrious career by being named a second-team All-American by the National Golf Coaches Association, or NGCA.
Thirty-four total wins, an 11-2 record against in-state rivals and a place in the top-three in the conference in 13 different offensive categories is an impressive résumé for most college baseball teams. But for MSU baseball head coach Jake Boss Jr., achieving those feats wasn’t quite enough to complete an entirely successful season.
When Saturday’s series finale rolled around, the scenario was clear. Win and move on to the Big Ten Tournament. Lose and pack it up until next season. Unfortunately for the Spartans, the latter became reality as they lost to the Wildcats, 8-6, on Saturday on a walk-off three-run home run at Rocky Miller Park in Evanston, Ill.
MSU senior golfer Jack Newman tied for 11th last weekend at the NCAA Notre Dame Regional in South Bend, Ind., barely missing out on a chance to play at the NCAA Championship.
Junior Kyron Foster of the men’s team and sophomore Becca Buchholtz for the women earned spots on the All-Big Ten first-team list, while juniors Charelise Davis and Emily MacLeod, both from the women’s team, made the second team.
In an effort to increase funds and also reward loyal and generous Spartan fans, the MSU athletic department is conducting a seat adjustment in Breslin Center for men’s basketball games effective in the 2010-11 season.
In spite of accomplishing so much and playing in numerous important tournaments, senior golfer Jack Newman said competing in the 2010 NCAA Notre Dame Regional, which starts Thursday in South Bend, Ind., and goes through Saturday, is right on par with everything else he has done.
With one more weekend left in the Big Ten season, and first and last place separated by just five games, all 10 teams in the conference have a chance to finish in the top six and qualify for the Big Ten tournament. But only Minnesota has clinched a spot. More significantly, every team other than Illinois and Penn State has a chance to be at least co-champions for the regular season.
Never leading by less than four runs after the second inning, the MSU baseball team defeated Central Michigan, 16-9, in a mid-week slugfest Tuesday at Theunissen Stadium in Mt. Pleasant Mich.
After a season filled with a multitude of extreme highs and lows, MSU head coach Jacquie Joseph used one word more than any other to describe the 2010 campaign: Inconsistent. The Spartans finished the season with a 21-31 overall record and 5-15 in the Big Ten
The Spartans (32-17 overall, 10-11 Big Ten) have a chance to finish the season having taken at least three of four in-state series when they take on Central Michigan (30-19, 17-7 Mid-American Conference) at 3:05 p.m. Tuesday at Theunissen Stadium in Mt. Pleasant, Mich.
After taking the first two games in a vital three-game conference series against Indiana, the MSU baseball team had its four-game winning streak snapped Sunday at McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field, losing to the Hoosiers, 10-7.
The MSU softball team split its final series of the season, losing 6-1 on Friday but winning 11-3 on Saturday, the final game for senior pitcher Kelly Confer.