With the first regular season game of the season Friday night, the MSU volleyball team has high hopes for what their young team can accomplish this season.
The MSU athletics department announced the hockey, wrestling and volleyball schedules for the upcoming 2012-13 seasons this week.
The awards keep rolling in for MSU volleyball senior outside hitter” Jenilee Rathje”:http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/w-volley/mtt/rathje_jenilee00.html, who was named an AVCA third team All-American on Tuesday. Rathje’s selection makes her the ninth All-American in MSU history and she becomes the first top-three team selection since Ashley Schatzle in 2007 — Rathje’s freshman year. In her final season with the team, Rathje led the Spartans in kills with 505, a career best which also was good enough for third in the Big Ten and in the top 25 in the nation.
The State News spoke with head coach Cathy George to talk about what the season meant for the program, and what fans can expect to see next year.
Head coach Cathy George’s squad accrued a 22-12 record and notched its first tournament win since 2007 with a 3-1 win over Arizona on Friday night. MSU had some quality wins, including 3-1 victories over then-No. 22 Michigan and then-No. 7 Illinois.
The honor was the latest in a string of awards for senior outside hitter Jenilee Rathje, who recently was named a unanimous All-Big Ten first team selection.
Despite holding off Arizona 3-1 in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday, the MSU volleyball team’s season ended in Austin, Texas, when it dropped three straight sets to No. 1 seed Texas Saturday night.
After three months of the daily grind of the regular season, the MSU volleyball team will open the postseason at 5:30 p.m. today in Austin, Texas, when it faces Arizona in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Going into the NCAA Tournament, the MSU volleyball team will have to prepare for facing some of the best teams in the nation.
Senior outside hitters Jenilee Rathje and Kyndra Abron both were honored for their play in the 2011 regular season, with Rathje claiming unanimous first team All-Big Ten honors while Abron raked in an honorable mention.
The Spartans (21-11 overall, 10-10 Big Ten) will face the Arizona Wildcats at 5:30 p.m. Friday in Austin, Texas. in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament
In the two games following its first weekend sweep of the Big Ten season, the MSU volleyball team was swept in its final weeklong stand, losing to No. 22 Michigan and No. 9 Penn State during the course of four days.
ANN ARBOR, MICH. — In its final road game of the regular season, the MSU volleyball team was overmatched by No.
As most MSU students will be headed home for Thanksgiving Wednesday night, the MSU volleyball team still has one last order of business to take care of before the holiday weekend.
During the MSU volleyball team’s most triumphant weekend of the season, freshman libero Kori Moster also raked in some individual praise.
For the first two sets of its Saturday match against Northwestern, the MSU volleyball team appeared to be suffering from a post-big game hangover. On Friday night, the Spartans won their 20th game of the season in a 3-1 rout of No.
In what may prove to be one of the biggest wins of the season, the MSU volleyball team toppled No. 7 Illinois, 3-1, Friday at Jenison Field House. Led by the play of its three senior outside hitters, Michigan State (20-9 overall, 9-8 Big Ten) shocked the Fighting Illini and earned its first 20-win season since 2007. The victory is the second time that MSU has beaten the number seven team in the nation under head coach Cathy George, who is in her sixth year with the program.
A little more than a month after losing to then-No. 1 Illinois, the Spartans (19-9 overall, 8-8 Big Ten) will get another shot when they host the Fighting Illini at Jenison Field House on Friday night. They will follow that game up by taking on the Northwestern Wildcats Saturday evening.
While the MSU volleyball team is approaching the end of the regular season and must begin to think about its postseason chances, the Spartans already are looking toward their future. Head coach Cathy George and the Spartans received National Letters of Intent from three recruits to play for MSU in 2012.
Behind a strong performance by sophomore middle blocker Alexis Mathews, the MSU volleyball team from a midweek loss to hand Wisconsin a 3-1 loss on the Badgers’ home turf.