For the second year in a row, MSU swept No. 14 Ohio State on Friday, 25-18, 25-20, 25-23. From the beginning of the game the Spartans led, and in certain plays they made OSU looked confused on the floor.
The No. 21-ranked MSU volleyball team was back in action over the weekend at Jenison Field House, hosting two conference opponents — the No. 14-ranked Ohio State University and the University of Maryland, marking their third week of Big Ten play this season.
On Friday and Saturday MSU Volleyball will play back to back Big Ten matches against No. 14 Ohio State and Maryland.
Among a roster of 17 players for the MSU volleyball team, two teammates, redshirt-junior Autumn Bailey and senior Allyssah Fitterer, share extremely common roots. Both players, native to Canada, were familiar with each other before arriving at MSU.
Over 7,500 people came to Jenison Field House over the weekend to watch the No. 20-ranked MSU volleyball team start off their conference schedule, splitting the two games. On Friday MSU ousted the University of Iowa (10-4, 0-2 Big Ten) before falling to the No. 1 University of Nebraska (11-0, 2-0 Big Ten) on Saturday.
After the MSU volleyball team had a successful non-conference season, the team will look toward starting Big Ten conference play on Saturday. The No. 20-ranked Spartans will head into their matches with an 11-1 record and the prestige of being a ranked team for the second straight week.
The MSU volleyball team concluded their non-conference schedule when they wrapped up their last home invitational — the Spartan Classic— at Jenison Field House.
The MSU volleyball team will conclude their non-conference season when they host one last tournament, the Spartan Classic, Sept.
The MSU volleyball team won their second tournament of the season Sept. 9-10 at the Western Kentucky Invitational.
In episode three, The State News sports editor Casey Harrison and Stephen Olschanski talk Tom Izzo's induction into Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, the absurdity of the NFL, MSU football's bye week and give you their picks for college football's biggest games of the weekend.
When the MSU volleyball team trots out onto the court right before the game, they come out of the locker room wearing the same colored jerseys -- except for one player.
The MSU volleyball team will continue their non-conference schedule as they head to Bowling Green, Ky.
In front of over 3,600 people, the MSU volleyball team hosted the No. 7 team in the nation, the University of Florida, over the weekend in the Auto-Owners Spartan Invitational. While the Spartans fell in straight sets to Florida, they had a winning weekend, going 2-1.
The MSU volleyball team lost on Sunday to #7, University of Florida Gators, and were swept in three sets. The Gators beat the Spartans 25-13 in the first set, 25-16 in the second and completed the sweep with 25-19 set victory in the third. Florida was the highest ranked opponent MSU faced during the SPartan Invitational, after sweeping both Morgan State and Central Michigan on Saturday.
The MSU volleyball team swept both games Saturday against Morgan State University and Central Michigan University. MSU held both team to 10% and under success rate, Morgan State had 8.2%, while Central Michigan had a 10% success rate throughout the game, compared to the Spartans 30.7% and 31.5%.
As students flock back onto campus and incoming freshman take in the wonders of MSU’s massive landscape, they might hear a rumbling noise coming from Spartan Stadium or Jenison Fieldhouse. Just as students return to their dorms and houses, the student athletes embark on a new season of fall sports.
The MSU volleyball team started off their regular season going undefeated after they traveled to San Diego, Calif. to compete in the San Diego State Aztec Invitational. There, they took part in a round robin style tournament as they faced the University of Denver, Marist College, and host, San Diego State University.
The MSU volleyball team held it's annual media day press conference Monday and shortly after the Big Ten released a poll which ranked the Spartans seventh in its first preseason conference poll, according to the MSU Athletic Department.
Meet MSU graduate Kristin Porter. Porter is the founder of FAB, also known as Females in Athletic Business. FAB is a women’s empowerment organization that is aiming to unite both students aspiring to pursue a career in sports business and professionals already in the industry to expand the growing number of females pursuing jobs in sports business.
MSU volleyball and head coach Cathy George has signed on a new assistant coach, Jonathan "JT" Wenger, according to a Spartan Athletics press release.