Receiver gives verbal commitment to U
MSU football coach Bobby Williams received his fourth verbal commitment and first from outside the state of Michigan for the 2001 season on Oct.
MSU football coach Bobby Williams received his fourth verbal commitment and first from outside the state of Michigan for the 2001 season on Oct.
The guru boys took a beating last week, both going 1-3. Like the Spartans, theyll be looking to rebound this week. Records to date: Arthole: (17-9) Special K: Too sorry to mention. Wisconsin (3-3) at MSU (3-2) Heres a matchup of two teams that can really feel each others pain.
Despite a 5-5-1 record, the MSU mens soccer team remains optimistic that its best soccer is still to come.MSU head coach Joe Baum said the teams record is not as good as they hoped, but they have reason to be hopeful after tying No.
Competitive sports is a stressful and demanding field as it often takes center stage at large-scale universities like MSU.
Herb Haygood knows he wouldnt be an MSU football player if it werent for Doug Bendel.He changed me from not caring about going to college, Haygood said, of his mentor back home in Sarasota, Fla.
With the Spartan offense sputtering lately, offensive coordinator Morris Watts said both quarterbacks, freshman Jeff Smoker and junior Ryan Van Dyke, will play Saturday against Wisconsin.
Izzone members and basketball fans from all over wont be the only people flocking to the Breslin Student Events Center on Friday. The mens and womens basketball teams and their coaches will be on hand for The Main Event, a midnight scrimmage that will kick off the 2000-2001 basketball seasons.
Monday was the first time new womens head basketball coach Joanne McCallie felt the connection - the one that meant for the first time that she wasnt a new coach teaching old players.They were a team.It happened after junior captain and forward Abby Salscheider bench pressed 150 pounds.
In the midst of a two-game skid with its toughest opponents still to come, the key to MSUs fortune may lie in having the right mentality. We have to stay positive as coaches, head coach Bobby Williams said.
MSUs new head coach Joanne McCallie can easily pinpoint what a successful womens basketball season would include this year.I want to see if we can all draw the most we can out of each other and see everyone improve, she said.
Because of dropping temperatures and the cold front that followed, the MSU mens tennis team found itself unexpectedly returning to East Lansing from the Indiana State Invitational on Sunday - a day earlier than previously anticipated.The tournament, held at Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Ind., was canceled on Sunday because of the lack of indoor tennis court and the unusually cold weather conditions, which were prevalent throughout the Midwest this weekend.
An ankle sprain suffered in practice Thursday forced freshman outside hitter Amy Sibbernsen out of the starting lineup this weekend for the first time all season. Entering the weekend, Sibbernsen had started every match for the womens volleyball team.
While the fans huddled together at Old College Field in an attempt to shield the cold Sunday, the womens soccer team braved the snow flakes while beating its in-state rival Michigan 1-0 to cap off a two-win weekend.Sophomore midfielder Heidi Lutz, who scored the game-winning goal, said the chilly weather conditions did not affect the teams play.
After a weekend full of upsets, only Ohio State remains undefeated in Big Ten volleyball. MSU dropped to 4-2 in conference play after splitting its weekend matches, but is still in the hunt for the Big Ten Championship.Senior middle hitter Jessica Sanborn said the Big Ten conference is interesting this year.
The mens ice hockey team had something to prove after being embarrassed in its first exhibition game, and Western Ontario was in the wrong place at the wrong time.Senior defenseman Jon Insana opened the scoring for MSU less than a minute into Fridays contest and the Spartans never looked back, smoking the Mustangs 7-0 at Munn Ice Arena.In beating Western Ontario, the Spartans split their two exhibition games.
IOWA CITY, Iowa - Two weeks ago, head coach Bobby Williams implored the special teams to put forth a championship effort if MSU was going to beat Notre Dame.
In my third season sitting in the student section of Spartan Stadium, Ive had an outstanding time.
The MSU womens volleyball team brings a two-match winning streak to Jenison Field House this weekend for Big Ten games against Penn State and Indiana.The No.
Jason Randall, a 6-foot-6, 240-pound tight end from Muskegon, verbally committed to join the Spartan gridders next fall. Randall, who is best noted for his size and running speed, is a top 20 in-state recruit and should be a nice compliment to MSUs team, said Bill Kurelic of the online recruiting service Rivals100.com.
As the mens and womens soccer teams enter the final stretch of Big Ten play this weekend, both teams have the opportunity to climb over the .500 mark in the conference.The womens team will face Northwestern at 4 p.m.