East Lansing, Mich. – Coming off a trio of top-five finishes, Michigan State's men's golf team begins play in the Hoosier Collegiate Invitational on Saturday, April 6.

The two-day, 54-hole tournament tees off on Saturday morning with a 9 a.m. shotgun start and 36 holes of continuous play on the par-71, 7,355-yard Pfau Course at Indiana University. The third, and final, round tees off on Sunday morning at 8:30 a.m.
HOOSIER COLLEGIATE INVITATIONAL
Dates: Saturday, April 6 – Saturday, April 7
Course: Pfau Course, Bloomington, Ind.
Par/Yardage: 71 / 7,355
Format: Stroke play, 54 holes / Play five, count four
Live Stats: Golfstat
Schedule – Saturday – 36 holes of continuous play beginning with a 9 a.m. shotgun start
Sunday – 18 holes with tee times beginning at 8 a.m.

MSU LINEUP
No. 1 – Ashton McCulloch
No. 2 – Drew Hackett
No. 3 – August Meekhof
No. 4 – Bradley Smithson
No. 5 – Lorenzo Pinili
IND – Pierce Morrissey

THE FIELD
Indiana (No. 48), Butler, DePaul, Eastern Kentucky, Evansville, High Point, IUPUI, Michigan (No. 76), Michigan State (No. 79), Murray State, Northwestern (No. 40), Notre Dame (No. 27), Purdue Fort Wayne, Rice, Southern Illinois, Valparaiso

RESULTS
Live scoring for the event is available through Golfstat.

ABOUT THE SPARTANS
Michigan State enters the weekend with a string of top-five finishes over the team's last three tournaments since the start of March. MSU finished in fourth place among 11 teams at the Bridgestone Collegiate Invitational in Napa, Calif. on March 26, with junior Ashton McCulloch tying for fifth place at 4-under par 212. The Spartans also finished in third place at the Johnnie-O at Sea Island (21-under par 843) and tied for fifth place among 14 teams at the Colleton River Collegiate (19-under par 845).
McCulloch has led the Spartans throughout the year and carries a 70.91 scoring average over 23 rounds, including two top-five finishes and five among the top-20. His 70.91 scoring average currently ranks as the best single-season mark in program history. Graduate student Drew Hackett is second on the team with a 71.90 scoring average and has four top-20 finishes, including a tie for sixth place at the Johnnie-O at Sea Island at 7-under par 209. Senior August Meekhof is third on the team with a 72.46 average and classmate Bradley Smithson carries a 72.70 average, including a season-best 11th place finish at the Bridgestone Collegiate Invitational (even-par 216).

LUBAHN'S THOUGHTS
"The last few weeks I've seen our guys play the way we kind of expected them to all year and the way we saw them play when the season opened in September. Sometimes the season can be a grind and it can take a while for you to find who you are. We've kind of done that over the last few tournaments and it's restored some of that confidence we had coming into the season. This field at Indiana will be a good barometer for where we are and I'm confident our guys will respond."

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EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State women's tennis looks to carry its momentum into its match against B1G rival No. 2-ranked Michigan on Saturday, April 6. Action is set to begin at 4 p.m. as the Spartans look to compete outside for the first time in East Lansing at the MSU Outdoor Tennis Center.

LAST TIME OUT

In its last outing against Purdue and Indiana. Michigan State pushed the visiting No. 65-ranked Boilmakers to the limits, but came up short losing, 4-1, Saturday afternoon inside the MSU Indoor Tennis Center. Following a night's rest, the Spartans shifted focus to the visiting Hoosiers, fueled by an electric doubles point, the Green and White blanked Indiana, 4-0.

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FIVE YEARS

With its B1G victory over the Hoosiers, Michigan State eclipsed the 10-win threshold for the first time since the 2018-19 season. Already surpassing last season's win total, the Spartans still has five dual matches remaining with three on their homecourts.

MOVING ON UP

In the latest ITA rankings, the Spartan duo of graduate student Nicole Conard and senior Ayshe Can continues to climb the charts. The pairing has amassed an impressive 8-2 record and are 4-1 in their last five completed matches.

KNOW THE FOE: MICHIGAN

Michigan enters as the No. 2-ranked team in the country in the latest ITA rankings with a 18-3 record and a perfect 6-0 conference record. All three losses came from nationally ranked opponents, two times against No. 3 Oklahoma State and its most recent loss on Feb. 18 against No. 17-ranked USC.

The Wolverines has seven individuals entering the weekend: No. 3 Kari Miller, No. 19 Julia Fliegner, No. 61 Gala Mesochoritou, No. 73 Lily Jones, No. 109 Piper Charney, No. 112 Jaedan Brown and Bayley Sheinin rounds out the list at No. 118. On the doubles side, Brown and Miller cracks the top 10 as the No. 7-ranked duo with a 16-8 overall record.

HISTORY AGAINST MICHIGAN

Michigan has won 23-stragiht matches against MSU that included a 4-0 shutout in Ann Arbor last season. The Wolverines own a commanding 58-17 lead in the all-time series against the Spartans.

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EAST LANSING, Mich. – 16th-ranked Men's Tennis will host it's final home matches of the regular season, taking on Purdue on Saturday before facing off with No. 62 Indiana for senior day on Sunday, with first serves set for 12 p.m. ET.

Saturday's match is likely to be inside the MSU Indoor Tennis Center while Sunday's senior day match will be at the MSU Outdoor Tennis Courts; updates will be provided via @MSU_Mtennis on X and Instagram.

Michigan State will honor five graduating seniors between the doubles and singles point of Sunday's match: Luke Baylis, Sebastien Collard, Reed Crocker, Ronald Hohmann III and Graydon Lair.

Record Watch

• 18-3 overall on the season, the Spartans will chase history as they attempt to collect win number 19 on the season, which would make this the winningest season in program history.
• The 4-0 start in conference play marks the Spartans' best start to a conference season since the 1967 team won the Big Ten Championship with a 9-0 record.
• Two wins on the weekend will secure MSU it's most B1G wins since going 6-5 in the 2013 season and tied-second most since the 7-2 1970 season with three matches still to play in MSU's 2024 B1G slate.

Comeback Hero Baris Garners Big Ten Player of the Week
Sophomore Ozan Baris was named the Big Ten Men's Tennis Player of the Week on Wednesday, April 4, for his clinch in MSU's comeback against No. 19 Illinois and win on main court against No. 60 Northwestern.

Baris, a native of Okemos, Mich., claims his second player of the week honor after having won the award on April 19, 2023 and is the second Spartan to garner the award this season following Ronald Hohmann III on Feb. 28.

They've got Chemistry
In 21 matches second-year head coach Harry Jadun has lined up 18 different doubles pairings, all of which have recorded at least one win while 11 of the duos have winning records.

Scouting Purdue
Purdue is 6-10 on the season, 0-6 on the road and 1-2 in conference play coming off its first win in five matches, 6-1 over Penn State on March 31. No Boilermakers are ranked in neither the ITA singles nor doubles rankings.

Series History vs. Purdue
MSU owns the all-time series 52-32 over Purdue, a 23-11 split in the home confines of East Lansing. The Spartans have taken the last six matchups against the Boilermakers, including 4-1 in the first round of last year's Big Ten tournament.

Scouting No. 62 Indiana
Ahead of playing at Michigan Friday, Indiana is 13-6 and 1-2 in the Big Ten. Against common non-conference opponents the teams have faired similarly with wins over Boise State, Middle Tennessee State, Ball State, Bellarmine and Brown while having lost to Cornell.

In the ITA collegiate tennis rankings, the Hoosiers are represented by sophomore Sam Landau in singles, slotted at No. 69 nationally. In doubles, seniors Michael Andre and Ilya Tiraspolsky combine to make the 61st-ranked pairing.

Series History vs. Indiana
The Hoosiers hold a 24-63 all-time series lead over the Spartans, also having taken 14 of 37 matches played in East Lansing. Michigan State has however come out on top in the previous two meetings between the two sides.

Spartans in ITA DI Men's Tennis Rankings Update (March 19, 2024)
Singles

• No. 10 – Ozan Baris
• No. 41 – Ronald Hohmann III

Doubles

• No. 5 – Max Sheldon/Ozan Baris
• No. 63 – Ronald Hohmann III/Sebastien Collard
• No. 66 – Ozan Baris/Ronald Hohmann III

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Michigan State is in Gainesville for NCAA Regionals today against Utah, Towson and Maryland. Top two will advance to the Regional Final on Sunday.

I will provide updates here.

You can stream the meet on ESPN+

"I talked to (Joe) Rossi and other coaches on their standpoint of me, and they like me and see me playing at MSU.”

2026 four-star LB Cincere Johnson recaps his debut visit to Michigan State, his reaction to getting offered by head coach Jonathan Smith, and more:

Four-star tight end JC Anderson, one of the top overall prospects in the 2026 class, took an unofficial visit to Michigan State on Thursday.

Anderson, who currently attends Mt. Zion High School, ranks as the No. 1 player in the state of Illinois, the No. 7 tight end and the No. 133 recruit regardless of position in the 2026 cycle.

He made the trip to East Lansing with his father, Jeff, and his mother, Becky. While on campus, Anderson was able to spend one-on-one time with Michigan State head coach Jonathan Smith and tight ends coach/recruiting coordinator Brian Wozniak. He also was able to watch the Spartans practice.

Anderson took some time to chat with Spartans Illustrated about the experience.

"I got to meet with Coach Wozniak and Coach Smith one-on-one and those two meetings were probably my favorite part of the visit," Anderson explained.

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I continue to think about seat license fees and what they look like going forward. I have supported them and paid them for many years knowing they supported the players by helping pay for scholarships, etc. As players continue to make more and more money, a few of them being in the “1%”, are you cool with average Joes having to pay to help these “poor” college students make their way through school? It is becoming an issue for me. I don’t want it to be, but am struggling with the whole concept. I did not want to give up on the student athlete concept but I have been told over and over that the “student athlete” concept is a joke. I am starting to believe that. If true, why I am paying for them to be student athletes? Tv revenues should pay for everything. This is madness.

Comeback Hero Ozan Baris Named Big Ten Men's Tennis Player of the Week​

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EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State Men's Tennis' Ozan Baris was named the Big Ten Men's Tennis Player of the Week on Wednesday, April 4, for his clinch in MSU's comeback against No. 19 Illinois and win on main court against No. 60 Northwestern.

Baris, a native of Okemos, Mich., claims his second player of the week honor after having won the award on April 19, 2023. The sophomore was also Big Ten Men's Tennis Freshman of the Year in 2023 and first team all-conference. He is the second Spartan to garner the award this season after graduate student Ronald Hohmann III did on Feb. 28.

Baris went 2-0 at the top singles spot in Michigan State's pair of ranked wins to start the Big Ten road slate and continue their perfect start in conference play. The singles wins boosted Baris to No. 10 in the ITA collegiate tennis rankings, remaining the top-ranked singles player in the Big Ten. The team wins improved MSU to 18-3 and 4-0 in conference play, just the third time the program has reached 18 wins in a season and best start to a conference season since winning the 1967 B1G Championship at 9-0.

On Saturday, Baris won the crucial deciding point as MSU came back from down 0-3 to beat No. 19 Illinois 4-3. Everything would come down to the main court matchup between the MSU sophomore Baris and Illinois' 31st-ranked Karlis Ozolins. Baris dropped the first set 2-6 but congruently with his team, bounced back, winning the second set 6-4. In the deciding third set, down 1-3, Baris broke Ozolins twice and held serve to clinch the set 6-4, the match and the victory for MSU.

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The win was the Spartans' first over Illinois since March 24, 1997 as the Illini had claimed the previous 30 prior matchups prior. The last time MSU came back from three down to clinch the first-to-four victory was over Drake on Feb. 21, 2020.

On his 20th birthday Sunday, Baris and the Spartans defeated their counterpart in No. 60 Northwestern, 5-2. Baris came out on top in a hard-fought super tiebreaker at No. 1 singles, 7-6 (7-2), 5-7, [10-8], his fourth win in as many Big Ten matches as he secured his team-best 12th win of the Spring season. His singles season record now stands at 12-3 and 3-2 against ranked opponents.

Up next, Baris and the Spartans are in East Lansing for their final home weekend of the regular season, hosting Purdue on Saturday, March 6 and Indiana on Sunday, March 7.

The Spartans chase history as their next win will be number 19 on the season, a mark that has never been reached by the program before. Michigan State will honor its five seniors between the singles and doubles points of Sunday's match. First serves are set for noon ET and whether the matches will be played at the indoor or outdoor courts is yet to be determined.

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Gabi Stephen suffered an unexpected cut to her foot 30 minutes before the Big Ten Championships began. Here is the story of how - with the help of her teammates, coaches & trainers - she recovered & delivered 4 clutch performances to help MSU make history.

Michigan State head football coach Jonathan Smith had plenty of thoughts to share about his team roster, particularly QBs and on injuries, along with the roster's adjustment to the new regime seven practices into spring ball.

Catch his remarks now, article by @ebartlett:

Lots of Paul VI players in D1 programs, but i suspect he won’t be influenced by that.

Expect an exodus at UM

Thursday was a special day for class of 2025 three-star Ohio tight end Brody Lennon. He made the roughly three-and-and-half-hour trip from Cleveland up to East Lansing for an unofficial visit, and by the time he left Michigan State's campus, Lennon received a scholarship offer from the Spartans.

He took the trip with his father Pat, and his mother, Michelle.

While on the visit, the Gilmour Academy standout spent time with head coach Jonathan Smith, tight ends coach/recruiting coordinator Brian Wozniak, offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Brian Lindgren and others. He also got to tour campus and watch the Spartans practice.

Lennon — who currently ranks as the No. 26 player in the state of Ohio for the 2025 class — spoke to Spartans Illustrated about the offer, the visit and his overall thoughts regarding Michigan State.

"We got one-on-one with both Coach Smith and Coach Wozniak, and also the offensive coordinator (Lindgren) and I feel like my relationship is great with them," Lennon explained. "I definitely still want to build on it, but they really like me and like my skill set at tight end."

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If Izzo wants to avoid another .500 BIG season, and worrying about getting a NCAA bid, go to portal and get a bid. No exceptions. NONE. After 4 years of mediocrity, change is needed. So many of the other BIG programs have done it and succeeded. Please, Izzo do what has to be done. Please.

Michigan State hosted ascending 2026 three-star offensive lineman Esun Tafa on campus on Tuesday, and the Utah native left East Lansing with a scholarship offer.

Tafa hails from Draper, Utah and currently plays for Corner Canyon High School. He is ranked as the ninth player in the state of Utah for the 2026 cycle, as of press time.

While on the trip, Tafa was able to bond with Michigan State offensive line coach/run game coordinator Jim Michalczik, defensive line coach Legi Suiaunoa, head coach Jonathan Smith and others.

The offer was special for Tafa, and the visit was a memorable one for the young offensive lineman. He went into further detail with Spartans Illustrated about his experience at MSU.

"It felt really good getting an offer from them," Tafa said about the Spartans. "The visit went great! I really enjoyed the tour. The facilities are nice! The highlight was meeting Coach M and Coach Legi. They were awesome and made me feel at home.

"I’m glad I made this visit. Looking forward to building my relationship with Coach M. A lot of exciting things happening for the program, especially the O-line."

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For Michigan State junior safety Jaden Mangham, the new coaching staff and the new year are both opportunities for redemption.

“What we did last year just wasn't what we are, really.”

At the end of last year, the coaches and players put on a happy face, but now we are getting a chance to peal back the current a bit and learn a bit more about what went on and how the new era of MSU football might be different. Mangham was shockingly honest that he took too many plays off last year and that at times, no one really wanted to be there anymore. The energy feels different already.

There were also some interesting comments about the influx of West Coast know-how. Will the former Pac-12 members of the roster and staff generate at least a modest advantage over the new Pac-12 members? Will the west coasters adjust to the style and rivalries in the Big Ten? It is hard to say.

Read more about what Mangham had to say this week here:

The Eastern Airlines 767-300ER charter the team was supposed to fly to Phoenix today had some mechanical problems in Kansas City and caused the team to have to scramble for alternative options. The problem was the flight crew was going to time out before it could finish the trip to Windsor Locks and then Phoenix. So in the end, the team managed to finally secure a charter using an Allegiant A320 on its way there now from Cincinnati. What I don't understand at all is the team is expecting it will need to land to refuel... which, an A320 with the capacity Allegiant's seating layout has should still have more than enough range to avoid that given the flight route is only a little over 1,900nmi and the range on an A320 is well into the 5k nmi distance on paper.

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A lot of head coaches preach trust. Linebacker Jordan Hall wanted Michigan State’s first-year head coach Jonathan Smith to prove it.

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MSU Baseball Schedule Update: Spartans Game At Notre Dame Postponed​

A possible make-up date will be announced at a later date​

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Tuesday's Michigan State baseball game at Notre Dame has been postponed due to inclement weather in the South Bend area. The teams will work on a possible make-up date that will be announced at a later date.

MSU's next action will now be Wednesday, April 3 is the 16th-annual Crosstown Showdown when MSU meets the Lansing Lugnuts, the high A-affiliate of the Oakland A's, in an exhibition contest. First pitch from Jackson Field is at 6:05 p.m.

The Spartans return home to host Niagara in a three-game non-conference series, Friday-Sunday, April 5-7. Friday's series opener is at 6:05 p.m., before Saturday's game two at 3:35 and Sunday's series finale at 1:05 p.m.

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Spartans Downed By Lugnuts In Crosstown Showdown​

LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State baseball was defeated by the Lansing Lugnuts in the 16th Crosstown Showdown, presented by Delta Dental, on a rainy Wednesday night at Jackson® Field™ in a seven-inning exhibition.

Once again, Mother Nature made her presence known throughout the day and night, with rain and drizzly conditions throughout pre-game activities and during the game.

A crowd of 4,118 was in attendance, with the early fans receiving a Spartan green-colored Crosstown Showdown jersey.

"It's always a fun night, the weather was a bit questionable early, but we had a lot of people show up," MSU head coach Jake Boss Jr. said. "Always a lot of fun to play against the Lugnuts, it's a first-class organization. (Lugnuts manager) Craig [Conklin] does a great job with that group, and (Lugnuts general manager) Zac [Clark] and everybody on his staff just makes us really, feel welcome out here. It's one of those things that's an experience our guys are never gonna forget. You hear (MSU basketball head coach) Coach Izzo talk about it all the time that we're in the business of creating experiences for our guys, creating memories for our guys and this is definitely one of them."

The Lugnuts are the High-A Affiliate of the Oakland Athletics, and Wednesday night was their first action in Lansing, before beginning their 28th Midwest League season this weekend at Dayton, before their home opener next Tuesday, April 9.

Pre-game festivities included autographs from selected Spartan players, along with performances from the Spartan Spirit Squad and Spartan Marching Band, and Zeke the Wonderdog.

"It's an awesome atmosphere. We had a lot of people come out and it's super fun to play in front of a bunch of fans," junior designated hitter Christian Williams said. "Just being able to play in front of a park like this against such a good team. The experience is awesome, I always look forward to it every year."

The experience is equal parts memorable and educational for C.Williams and his teammates.

"I'll take away just being able to play in front of people, also just looking across to the guys across the field, seeing how they warm up, how they play the game. Ultimately, that's where I want to get to. Just being able to play on the same field as those guys it's an experience I'll always remember," C.Williams said.

Boss and the Spartan coaches use the Crosstown Showdown as a teaching tool as well.

"We talked about it a lot yesterday actually, the message is that you've got to come in here and pay attention," Boss said. "You've got to pay attention to how these guys prepare before the game, some of the adjustments that they make during the game, defensive positioning, adjustments within the at-bat from one pitch to the next. We said if you are not paying attention then you missed a great opportunity. Everybody wants to play at this level and it's kind of a taste of what it's like. Hopefully our guys learned a lot tonight."

In the game, the Lugnuts added a run in the first, before pulling away with a four-run second inning, then a one-run third, a five-run fourth frame, and seven runs in the fifth to break it open for the final 18-0 score in the seven-inning exhibition game with amended rules, limiting the Lugnuts' pitch count, so several of the Spartan innings at bat were shortened.

C.Williams knocked a double, while freshman infielder Ryan McKay added a single.

With Wednesday being an exhibition and not an official game to count toward the record, the Spartans had a total of 23 players see action.

At the plate, sophomore outfielder Jake Dresselhouse, freshman outfielder Jayden Holloway, redshirt-sophomore Jayden Terres and junior catcher Noah Bright all came on as substitutes.

Senior pitcher Harrison Cook opened on the mound, before turning the ball over a rotation of Spartan pitchers. Redshirt-sophomore Aidan Arbaugh, junior Dominic Pianto, sophomore Robert Klann, freshman Sam Bassett-Kennedy, freshman Gavin Moczydlowsky, redshirt-freshman Stephen Ruhle, sophomore Nolan Higgins, freshman Garrett Brewer and freshman Jaxon Huffman saw action on the mound.

For the Lugnuts, starter Grant Judkins played at Iowa from 2017-19, and he pitched against MSU on May 12, 2019, going 6.0 IP with 5 H, 1 R, 1 BB and 7 Ks.

The Spartan starting pitcher in the match-up in that 2019 match-up was Caleb Sleeman – currently Michigan State's pitching coordinator filling in for pitching coach Mark Van Ameyde, who is away from team for medical reasons after a kidney transplant on March 20.

In that Spartans vs. Hawkeyes, the Spartans rallied late for a 7-5 Victory for MSU.

Judkins also played against MSU in 2017 as a DH, going 2-for-12 with two RBI in the three games with Iowa winning 3-2 in opener before a 2-1 Victory for MSU in game two and Iowa won the series with a 9-4 triumph in the finale.

The Spartans now return home to host Niagara in a three-game non-conference series, Friday-Sunday, April 5-7. Friday's series opener is at 6:05 p.m., before Saturday's game two at 3:35 and Sunday's series finale at 1:05 p.m.

Fans can follow this week's action with "Tickets," "Watch Live," "Listen Live" and "Live Stats" links at MSUSpartans.com.

Michigan State's schedule is subject to change, stay tuned to MSUSpartans.com and @MSUBaseball on Twitter for schedule updates.

Game recap courtesy of MSU Athletics.

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The four-star 2026 OT took a recent trip to Michigan State and has gotten some good advice from his dad who played at MSU:

Right now we have 3 players who will not be back because eligibility is used up. The question marks are Hoggard who probably will not return and Sissoko. We also don't know who might decide to enter the portal. Going on the assumption that AJ and Mady don't return we have 2 scholarships available since we have 3 incoming freshmen.
The talk is that Izzo is looking at Hadley as a wing because of his 3 point ability. I thought that Normand who red shirted was a good shooter. Is there a possibility that he might hit the portal? What do we do about the center position? Stay with Cooper and Kohler? Or do we go for a big who has more upside?
Good points for a discussion. Your thoughts?

Michigan State could be surging in his recruitment:

Quarterback Aidan Chiles wasn't the only Oregon State transfer player who decided to follow head coach Jonathan Smith and company to Michigan State. Fellow former Beavers Tanner Miller (center/interior offensive lineman) and Jack Velling (tight end) also enrolled at MSU this past January and now call East Lansing home.

Following spring practice on Tuesday, Miller and Velling had a chance to detail their transfer portal decisions and experiences at Michigan State thus far.

"It's kind of a no-brainer because I know the culture, I know the system ... We're gonna hit the ground running," Miller said. "These guys took a chance on me when no one else did. So, I believe in these guys, (wholeheartedly)."

"I think he's a winner," Velling said about Smith. "He's a program-changer. He knows what it takes to win. He's a great guy — the more I get to know him, the better he gets. He cares about his players, his staff. Me and him created a great bond at Oregon State, and I wanted to continue it."

A lot more from Velling and Miller on their journeys here:

The Wolverines are reportedly initiating action to move women's hockey from the club level, to varsity. Do you think it's time Michigan State does the same? The recent additions to Munn made space for women's locker rooms.

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SARASOTA, FL. – In the first competition under MSU Rowing Head Coach Stacey Rippetoe, all seven Spartan boats made finals and the 2V4 earned silver at the Sunshine State Invite Saturday.

"I thought the team did a good job making progress today," Rippetoe said. "We're really trying to establish what kind of racing we want to do this season and we need to focus on all the things that are controllable and nail those things down. I thought we did a really good job of that this weekend."

The Spartans finished fifth out of the field of 16 with 104 points, five points ahead of sixth-place Tulsa, one point behind fourth place North Carolina and 24 behind eventual overall competition winners Miami.

It was Michigan State's second varsity four that claimed the Spartans' first hardware of the season, finishing second in the 2V4 final in 7:25.85 on Saturday at Nathan Benderson Park. The Spartans finished eight seconds behind the race winners Iowa.

Two other boats, the third and fourth varsity eights just missed out on the podium, finishing fourth in both of their finals, posting season-opening times of 6:46.57 and 6:55.10 respectively. The fastest time of the day belonged to the varsity eight, who finished in 6:44.17.

Next, the Spartans head home for their lone duel of the season, a competition against the University of Michigan in Belleville, Michigan's Lake Belleville in a week's time on Saturday, April 6.

Complete Regatta Results

Michigan State Results

Varsity Eight:
Friday Prelim: 4th – 7:14.14
Saturday Final: 6th – 6:44.18

Second Varsity Eight:
Friday Prelim: 2nd – 7:16.93
Saturday Final: 4th – 6:46.57

Varsity Four (Varsity Four A):
Friday Prelim: 3rd – 7:49.44
Saturday Final: 8th – 7:28.17

Second Varsity Four (Varsity Four B):
Friday Prelim: 3rd – 8:08.25
Saturday Final: 2nd – 7:25.85

Third Varsity Four (Varsity Four C):
Friday Prelim: 4th – 8:16.81
Saturday Final: 6th – 7:52.00

Novice Eight (Racing in 3V8):
Friday Prelim: 3rd – 7:17.39
Saturday Final: 4th – 6:55.10

Second Novice Eight (Racing in 4V8):
Friday Prelim: 8th – 7:38.71
Saturday Final: 8th – 7:23.07

Lineups
Varsity 8+:
Coxswain – Lizzie Johnston, 8 – Jayden Schmaltz, 7 – Alice Bradley, 6 – Sabrina Gottschalk, 5 – Carolynn Garner, 4 – Ugne Rudaityte, 3 – Ella McKenzie, 2 – Jillian Cox, B – Maya Elbaranes
Second Varsity 8+:
Coxswain – Ellise Flessland, 8 – Sophia Ring, 7 – Sophia Parker, 6 – Ava Woodard, 5 – Ella Kubas, 4 – Freya Engel, 3 – Claudia Kingma, 2 – Abby Marek, B – Julie Armstrong
Varsity 4+:
Coxswain – Sophia Stauffer, 4 – Avery Rugg, 3 – Lucy Botting, 2 – Madisen Holtz, B – Lily Devereaux
Second Varsity 4+:
Coxswain – Kendall Gonya, 4 – Kaleigh Yunker, 3 – Kat Borders, 2 – Lillian Davidson-Walshe, B – Alaina Roush
Third Varsity 4+:
Coxswain – Grace Thomas, 4 – Kaylie Wright, 3 – Haley Rinehart, 2 – Isabelle Radakovich, B – Breanna Berry
Third Varsity 8+ (Novice):
Coxswain – Kate Heinecke, 8 – Georgi Hedberg, 7 – Lindsay Farrall, 6 – Ruby Vanden Boom, 5 – McKenna Reardon, 4 – Sarah Carlson, 3 – Reagan Korte, 2 – Kendyl Baron, B – Samantha Sweeney
Fourth Varsity 8+ (Novice):
Coxswain – Delaney Huiskens, 8 – Juliana Antovski, 7 – Emily Crofut, 6 – Avery Talley, 5 – Colleen Blackwood, 4 – Katie Delaney, 3 – Madylin Keigley, 2 – Kate Lillie, B – Sarah Wood

Recap courtesy of MSU Athletics.