1 month ago

Michigan State women’s soccer head coach Jeff Hosler announced the hiring of Allison Mack as an assistant coach. “I’m really excited to welcome Allison to our Michigan State family,” said Hosler. “She has coached at different levels, regions and had a wide variety of roles that has all helped to develop one of the young bright minds in the game. It’s evident that she has the passion, work ethic and knowledge to add great value as we continue to elevate our program.”

Source: Michigan State University Athletics

1 month ago

Michigan State women’s soccer has been one of the more exciting teams in East Lansing in recent years. They struggled for many years to find any success on the field, but that changed as soon as the Spartans hired current head coach Jeff Hosler. Hosler has been the head coach for three seasons, which have been the best in program history. His first season saw MSU finish fourth in the Big Ten after they were predicted to finish 13th.

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3 months ago

Michigan State women’s soccer senior Justina Gaynor earned First Team Academic All-America honors from the College Sports Communicators (CSC), as announced by the organization Wednesday. Following a standout season in the Spartan midfield that saw the Shelby Township, Michigan, native earn all-conference, all-region and Big Ten Midfielder of the Year honors, Gaynor becomes the fourth CSC Academic All-American in program history and second in the last two seasons.

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4 months ago

Three Michigan State women’s soccer players collected All-North Region nods from the United Soccer Coaches, as announced by the organization Tuesday. Graduate defender Raegan Cox and senior midfielder Justina Gaynor earned All-North First Team honors, each collecting their second-straight All-Region accolades after being named to the All-North Second Team last season. Graduate defender Celia Gaynor landed a spot on the All-North Third Team for the first United Soccer Coaches regional award of her career.

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4 months ago

Fifth-seeded Michigan State women’s soccer got on the board first with an early second-half goal but was unable to mount a comeback after three-straight goals from top-seeded BYU, falling 3-1 to the host Cougars in the NCAA Women’s Soccer Tournament Third Round Saturday night in Provo.

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4 months ago

20th-ranked and fifth-seeded Michigan State women’s soccer takes on top-seeded and region host BYU on Saturday, Nov. 18 at 8 p.m. ET/6 p.m. MT in the NCAA Third Round at BYU’s South Field in Provo. Saturday’s match will stream on ESPN+.

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4 months ago

The Spartans have made program history reaching the third round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history thanks to a 50th-minute penalty spot goal from senior midfielder Justina Gaynor. Michigan State took to the field in Provo, Utah and defeated Harvard 1-0 in the round of 32.

Source: State News

4 months ago

Michigan State’s women’s soccer coach Jeff Hosler had no way of knowing that his team would be headed to Provo, Utah, for the biggest matches of its season — a second-round NCAA tournament date with 4-seed Harvard at 6 p.m. (ET) Thursday, before a potential matchup with top-seed and host BYU on Saturday.

Source: Lansing State Journal

4 months ago

Led by a brace from freshman Bella Najera, fifth-seeded and 20th-ranked Michigan State women’s soccer knocked off Ohio, 3-0, in the first round of the 2023 NCAA Women’s Soccer Tournament Friday night at DeMartin Stadium.

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4 months ago

20th-ranked and fifth-seeded Michigan State women’s soccer hosts Ohio in the first round of the 2023 NCAA Women’s Soccer Tournament on Friday, Nov. 10 in a 6 p.m. kickoff at DeMartin Stadium. Friday’s match will stream on ESPN+ with live stats on MSUSpartans.com. Gates will open at 5 p.m.

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4 months ago

For the second-consecutive season, Michigan State women’s soccer has earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Women’s Soccer Tournament, as announced Monday. The Spartans are the No. 5 seed in the Provo region and will host Ohio in the first round at DeMartin Stadium the weekend of Nov. 10-12. Date, time and streaming information will be announced shortly.

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5 months ago

A pair of early second-half goals from Iowa proved to be too much to overcome for Michigan State women’s soccer, who fell, 2-1, in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals Sunday afternoon at DeMartin Stadium. MSU drops to 12-4-3 with the result, while Iowa moves to 10-4-4.

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5 months ago

12th-ranked and top-seeded Michigan State women’s soccer hosts No. 8 seed Iowa in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament on Sunday, Oct. 29 at 1 p.m. at DeMartin Stadium. Sunday’s quarterfinal will stream on B1G+ with live stats available on MSUSpartans.com.

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5 months ago

The Spartans collected a pair of individual Player of the Year awards as voted on by the league’s 14 coaches, with senior Justina Gaynor collecting the program’s first Midfielder of the Year honor and rookie sensation Bella Najera earning the league’s Freshman of the Year award. With Gaynor and Najera’s selections, the Spartans have now collected all six individual accolades over the last two seasons after earning the Coach, Forward, Defender and Goalkeeper of the Year awards in 2022.

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5 months ago

Michigan State women’s soccer’s Justina Gaynor earned a spot on the College Soccer News National Team of the Week, while Bella Najera was tabbed the league’s Freshman of the Week for the fourth time this season, both organizations announced Tuesday. Gaynor and Najera played a key role in MSU’s wins over Illinois and Iowa last week as the Spartans clinched their second-straight Big Ten title and earned the No. 1 seed in next week’s Big Ten Tournament.

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5 months ago

No. 14 Michigan State women’s soccer dominated Iowa, 3-0, Sunday afternoon at DeMartin Stadium en route to the program’s second-straight Big Ten title. With the win, MSU shares the conference title with Nebraska, who defeated Illinois Sunday afternoon to match the Spartans’ 23 points. By virtue of a tiebreaker, MSU earns the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament in back-to-back seasons and will face eighth-seeded Iowa on Sunday, Oct. 29 at DeMartin in the tournament quarterfinals.

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5 months ago

A dominant performance on both sides of the ball lifted No. 14 Michigan State women’s soccer to a 2-1 win against Illinois at a rainy DeMartin Stadium Thursday night. The win moves MSU to 11-3-3 (6-1-2 B1G) with one game remaining in the regular season.

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5 months ago

For the third time this season, Michigan State women’s soccer freshman forward/midfielder Bella Najera has been named Big Ten Freshman of the Week, the league announced Tuesday afternoon. With Tuesday’s award, Najera becomes the first Spartan in program history to earn three or more Freshman of the Week honors. Her three weekly honors are the most of any freshman in the league this season.

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5 months ago

Goals from Bella Najera and Celia Gaynor propeled No. 20 Michigan State women’s soccer to a 2-0 victory Sunday afternoon at RU’s Yurcak Field in the Spartans’ regular-season road finale. MSU moves to 10-3-3 (5-1-2 B1G) with the win.

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5 months ago

20th-ranked Michigan State women’s soccer (9-3-3, 4-1-2 B1G) concludes its three-game road stretch at Rutgers (7-5-3, 3-3-1 B1G) on Sunday, Oct. 15 at 1 p.m. at Rutgers’ Yurcak Field. Sunday’s match will stream on B1G+ with live stats on MSUSpartans.com.

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