A huge hockey victory. Four straight Big Ten volleyball wins. A chance for a men’s soccer conference championship. That’s some decent salve for the wounds MSU fans incurred from Friday’s men’s basketball loss to Connecticut in Germany.
Let’s start with hockey. MSU took it to bitter rival Michigan, avenging Friday night’s four-goal loss in Ann Arbor with a 7-2 victory Saturday at Munn Arena. The blowout was never in question, starting with Matt Berry’s goal 34 seconds into the game. The sophomore right wing finished with a hat trick in front of a record crowd of 7.225 that even got to exact some revenge on the visitors.
Near the end of Friday’s 5-1 loss in Ann Arbor, Michigan’s student section began chanting “little brothers” at the Spartans. Saturday, the MSU students responded with a “little sisters” chant and took it a step further with a “back to Wal-Mart” heckling of the Wolverines.
Anastos said the crowd impacted his team’s energy level, which he admitted was its best all season. It reminded him and me of the days when Munn was sold out for 323 consecutive games over more than 17 straight seasons from the mid-1980s to the early 2000s. The goal, the second-year coach said, is to return the arena to that type of intensity for more than just the Michigan games.
VOLLEYBALL: MSU took out Wisconsin in three sets for its first four-game Big Ten win streak since 2003. The Spartans are now 21-7 overall and 9-7 in the grueling conference, with three of their final four regular-season games on the road. That lone home match? Against Michigan on Nov. 21 at Jenison Fieldhouse. MSU seemingly is assured of its second straight NCAA Tournament berth under coach Cathy George.
MEN’S SOCCER: The Spartans’ stunning Big Ten Tournament run, which included an upset over No. 1-seed Penn State, culminates at 1 p.m. Sunday in the championship game against – you guessed it – Michigan. MSU (10-9-1) is going for its third conference championship since 2006 and the conference’s automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament. Sunday’s game will air on the Big Ten Network live from Evanston, Ill.
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Great news, I hold the wolverine in low regard.
Yes, and I’m glad the Munn Arena crown had fun with the scUM fans there, yost arena is a pitt and the fans are some of the worst in the nation.
Did anyone get a chance to watch the N.W. game?
“Back to Wal-Mart.”
nope I had better stuff to watch, like Wis pounding IU to go back to the big ten title game, somewhere scUM will miss out on AGAIN, and more than likely not see in the near future…..
Maybe they get to meet a disapointed #5 Georgia in a beat down at the Cap One.
well after osu beats down scum in 2 weeks, i’m sure the cap one will still take the stinky weasels, it will be fun to watch georgia pound them into oblivian
They better play better than they did at that sh** hole in EL if they want to beat big brother.
One thing for sure they are going to a bowl game! Not so sure about MOO U they’ll be 5-6 after Saturday.
Today is Damon Rensing’s birthday. His MSU men’s soccer team just defeated UM 2-1 late in overtime to win the B1G Tournament.
Outstanding go green
Sweet! Congratulations to the Spartan Men’s Soccer Team, B1G Champions!
sweet, beating scUM in anything is always good
Absolutely loved the MSU uniforms for the game last Friday. Dave Pruder and Nike did another stellar job, AND they are not done yet: http://tinyurl.com/bfne9do
Nice thanks for sharing that, nice that the unis were given to the troops.
THANKS Chris… I needed that.