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Michigan State baseball downs Notre Dame, sweeps season series

MSU finished off a season sweep of Notre Dame on Tuesday

Michigan State baseball is having a strong year in Jake Boss’s fifteenth season with the program. The Spartans are 25-13 and have played very competitive baseball so far. That sentiment was cemented, when the Spartans took another win against Notre Dame, a strong program in their own breathe.

Michigan State knocked off the Fighting Irish 12-5 in East Lansing, their second win of the season against Notre Dame, sweeping the season series.

Watch highlights from the exciting win:

Some lunchtime highlights from last night's 12-5 Victory For MSU over ND, as the Spartans swept the season series with the Irish!!#VictoryForMSU | #SpartanStrong pic.twitter.com/X74ftRcCqy

— Michigan State Baseball (@MSUBaseball) April 26, 2023

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Michigan State baseball downs Michigan, evens season series

MSU took down Michigan in convincing fashion on Sunday

Michigan State and Michigan clashed on the diamond for the last time of the 2023 regular season. Michigan played host to the Spartans on a cold afternoon in Ann Arbor. The cold didn’t keep the Spartans bats from getting hot, as the Spartans scored in 6 of 9 innings en route to a 14-2 victory over Michigan. The win evened the season series between the two teams at 2-to-2.

VICTORY FOR MSU!!!!!!

Final score from Ann Arbor:
Michigan State 14, Michigan 2

Spartans post their largest winning margin over the Wolverines since an 18-3 win in 1969!!#VictoryForMSU | #SpartanStrong pic.twitter.com/HyIbAZcmFN

— Michigan State Baseball (@MSUBaseball) April 23, 2023

Michigan State, Illinois make softball history on Friday

History was made on the softball diamond between Illinois and Michigan State on Friday

History was made on Friday when the Spartans and the Illinois Fighting Illini met on the softball diamond. It is believed to be the first time in history that two power five teams will have met in game action with both being led by African-American head coaches.

History = Made ✅#GoGreen | #UNLEASH pic.twitter.com/Nxkr5X1nSV

— MSU Softball (@MSU_Softball) April 21, 2023

MSU is led by first year head coach Sharonda McDonald-Kelley while Tyra Perry is in her fourth season at the helm of Illinois softball.

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Award winning week for Michigan State baseball

Two Spartans took home awards from MSU’s outstanding week:

Michigan State had an outstanding week on the field this past week. The Spartans defeated Notre Dame in an extra inning thriller on Tuesday, before defeating Oakland on Wednesday heading into a weekend sweep over Western Illinois.

With the outstanding week comes winning awards. The Spartans won two big awards for their performance this past week.

Bryan Broecker was named to the Collegiate Baseball Players of the Week List while Jack Frank won the Big Ten’s Player of the Week award.

Congrats to Bryan Broecker & Jack Frank for both earning Weekly Award Recognition:

Broecker: @CBNewspaper Players of the Week List
Frank: @B1Gbaseball Player of the Week

📰: https://t.co/qAD5RBbppK #GoGreen | #SpartanStrong | @BryanBroecker | @JackF_22 pic.twitter.com/nkuOFb1KB9

— Michigan State Baseball (@MSUBaseball) April 17, 2023

Michigan State baseball coach records 400th win, reflects on milestone

MSU head man Jake Boss discussed the significance of his 400th win

Michigan State baseball coach Jake Boss hit a huge milestone in his 16 year coaching career. The Spartans head man has eclipsed 400 wins in his career. After spending the first year of his coaching career at Eastern Michigan, Boss is in his 15th season with the Spartans.

Following the 400th win, Boss went on to Big Ten Network to discuss the significance of his career accomplishment:

4⃣0⃣0⃣wins 🙌

Jake Boss reflects on the significance of reaching the career milestone with @MSUBaseball.

Full #B1Gtoday interview ➡️ https://t.co/PsKsM61SYk pic.twitter.com/lNocPlwvyj

— Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) April 11, 2023

Michigan State hockey gains blue line portal commitment

Adam Nightingale has gone into the portal to get another piece, this time bolstering the blue line:

Adam Nightingale’s roster overhaul has continued in impressive fashion, this time giving his team some help on the blue line. James Crossman has made the decision to commit to Michigan State. Crossman has spent the last four seasons patrolling the blue line at Brown University.

Crossman will provide a veteran leadership on the blue line, while giving the Spartans an offensive-minded force at defense.

Defenseman James Crossman of Brown is headed to Michigan State as grad transfer. He can fire the puck — 9 goals in '22-23

— Mark Divver (@MarkDivver) March 30, 2023

Michigan State baseball opens Big Ten play with series win

Michigan State opened up Big Ten play with a bang:

Michigan State has came home to East Lansing to open Big Ten play inside of McLane Stadium at Kobs Field against the Purdue Boilermakers. The Spartans came into the Big Ten opening series with a 11-7 record in the nonconference.

Fortunately for the Spartans, they came to play against the Boilermakers, winning the three game series.

The Spartans fell in game one to Purdue, 5-4, in a close contest from start to finish.

Final score from McLane Stadium at Kobs Field:

Purdue 5, Michigan State 4

G2 of series scheduled for Sat at 3:35 pm.#GoGreen | #SpartanStrong pic.twitter.com/uBQpJKHjta

— Michigan State Baseball (@MSUBaseball) March 24, 2023

After a Saturday postponement, the Spartans and Boilermakers squared off in a double-header on Sunday. MSU swept that double header, winning game one, 5-4, and taking game two 12-6.

Sunday Doubleheader Spartan Sweep!!

Final scores from Sunday's twinbill at McLane Stadium at Kobs Field:

G1: MSU 5, Purdue 4
G2: MSU 12, Purdue 6

Spartans win the @B1Gbaseball opening series!!#VictoryForMSU x2 | #SpartanStrong | @JackF_22 | @caseymayes3 | @JakeDresselhou1 pic.twitter.com/wsN9IMjLTf

— Michigan State Baseball (@MSUBaseball) March 27, 2023

The Spartans are back in action on Wednesday against Western Michigan before traveling to New Jersey for a weekend series against Rutgers.

Michigan State hockey lands transfer commitment from Detroit Red Wings draftee

MSU has landed a huge commitment out of the transfer portal

Adam Nightingale has made another splash in the transfer portal, this time landing a commitment from Miami University forward Red Savage. Savage is a Northville, Michigan, native and was drafted in the fourth round of the 2021 NHL Entry Draft by the Detroit Red Wings.

In his two years at Miami, Savage recorded 13 goals and 17 assists for 30 points in 67 games. He has also been a staple on the United States development program, wearing the stars and stripes.

Thank you to everyone at Miami for the past two years. It was a dream come true to play for the RedHawks. With that being said, I’m excited for my next chapter at Michigan State. Can’t wait to get to work. #GoGreen pic.twitter.com/QQWwbTBlPs

— Red Savage (@redsavage_19) March 22, 2023

Michigan State hockey lands portal commitment from Grand Rapids native

MSU has received a transfer portal commitment from a UMass transfer, Grand Rapids native:

Michigan State head hockey coach Adam Nightingale has a big offseason ahead of him, looking to further reconstruct the roster and compete for a spot in the postseason. He started his offseason acquisitions off with a bang, landing a commitment from Reed Lebster.

Lebster, a Grand Rapids native, has played his college hockey at UMass for four years before deciding to enter the transfer portal.

UMass transfer forward Reed Lebster has committed to MSU. Assistant coach Jared DeMichiel coached the Grand Rapids native for three seasons while at UMass.

8 goals and 14 assists for him this past season.

— Nathaniel Bott (@Nathaniel_Bott) March 21, 2023

Power Ranking the remaining teams in the Sweet 16

16 teams remain in this year’s NCAA Tournament but who has looked the best so far?

The NCAA Men’s Tournament is officially moving into the second week and the field has narrowed from 68 to just 16. It’s one of the more diverse Sweet 16 teams in recent memory.

Just two No. 1 seeds remain in Alabama and Houston, coincidentally, the top two seeds in the tournament. Beyond the Crimson Tide and Cougars, seven of the remaining teams are four seeds or higher in Texas, UCLA, Xavier, Gonzaga, Kansas State, and UConn. Then you have tournament long shots in Arkansas, Creighton, FAU, Michigan State, and Princeton.

A few things are clear after the opening weekend about the 16 teams remaining but plenty still remains unclear as well. You can view some of the biggest takeaways from the first two rounds in our article from earlier on Monday.

That being said, the one thing that for certain is that the parity in this year’s tournament is quite strong. While Alabama looks the part of a tournament favorite, beyond the Crimson Tide, there are strong arguments for five or six other programs to potentially come out on top next month in Houston. That makes it quite hard to power rank the 16 teams remaining heading into week two. That being said, we gave it a go and did just that.

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