Category: Volleyball

Michigan State volleyball got back into the win column with a sweep over Rutgers (25-21, 25-18, 25-22) Saturday night inside the Breslin Center. MSU improves to 16-6 overall with the win and 6-6 in the B1G

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In a Halloween night thriller, Michigan State volleyball fell just short of a reverse sweep of No. 10 Purdue in a five-set loss (22-25, 16-25, 27-25, 25-23, 12-15) Friday night at the Breslin Center.  MSU falls to 15-6 overall and 5-6 in the B1G

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Michigan State volleyball dropped a three-set match to top-ranked and undefeated Nebraska (15-25, 15-25, 18-25) Saturday night inside Nebraska’s Bob Devaney Center. MSU drops to 15-5 overall and 5-5 in the Big Ten with the result, while Nebraska moves to 20-0 and 10-0 in the B1G. 

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Michigan State volleyball fell to Iowa in four sets (25-22, 25-27, 19-25, 22-25) Friday night inside Iowa’s Xtream Arena. MSU falls to 15-4 overall with the result and 5-4 in the Big Ten, while Iowa improves to 11-10 overall and 2-7 in the league. 

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Michigan State volleyball took down Maryland in a back-and-forth five-setter (25-18, 14-25, 25-20, 21-25, 15-13) Sunday afternoon inside the Breslin Center. MSU moves to 15-3 overall with the win and 5-3 in the Big Ten

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Michigan State volleyball fell in a three-set battle (25-15, 25-18, 25-20) to No. 1-ranked and undefeated Nebraska Friday night inside the Breslin Center. With 11,578 fans in attendance, the Spartans smashed the previous attendance record by over 2,500 fans and set a new record for the highest-attended volleyball match in the state of Michigan.

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Michigan State volleyball (14-2, 4-2) ends a four-match home stand this week, hosting No. 1 Nebraska on Friday, Oct. 17 at 7 p.m. before welcoming Maryland to the Breslin Center on Sunday, Oct. 19 at 1 p.m. Both matches will stream on B1G+. Fans can tune into John Kreger’s call of the action on MSUSpartans.com or via the Michigan State Athletics app for both matches.

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Michigan State volleyball earned its first ranked win of the season with a 3-0 victory (25-21, 25-19, 25-18) over No. 20 Indiana Sunday afternoon inside the Breslin Center. The sweep was MSU’s first over a ranked team since taking down No. 25 Missouri State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on December 1, 2017. MSU moves to 14-2 and 4-2 in the B1G with the win.

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Michigan State volleyball prevailed for a five-set victory (25-20, 25-15, 23-25, 21-25, 15-7) Friday night against Iowa inside the Breslin Center. MSU moves to 13-2 overall and 3-2 in the Big Ten with the win, while Iowa falls to 10-7 and 1-4 in the conference. With the victory, MSU also improved its home record to a perfect 7-0 this season. 

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Michigan State volleyball dropped a tightly-contested five-set match to Illinois (25-22, 24-26, 18-25, 28-26, 5-15) Sunday afternoon in Huff Hall. MSU drops to 12-2 overall and 2-2 in the Big Ten with the loss

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Michigan State volleyball earned its first Big Ten road victory of the season with a 3-1 win (15-25, 25-15, 25-20, 25-21) over Northwestern Friday night inside Welsh-Ryan Arena. MSU moves to 12-1 overall and 2-1 in the B1G with the win

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In front of a buzzing crowd of 5,072 fans, Michigan State volleyball earned a 3-0 sweep (25-14, 25-22, 25-21) over rival Michigan Saturday night inside the Breslin Center. MSU moves to 11-1 overall and earns its first conference victory of the season to move to 1-1 in the B1G.

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Michigan State volleyball (10-1, 0-1 B1G) returns to the Breslin Center for the first time since August to host Michigan (10-2, 0-1 B1G) on Saturday, Sept. 27 at 8 p.m. for the Battle at Breslin. Saturday’s match will air on the Big Ten Network with Chris Vosters (play-by-play) and Audrey Flaugh (analyst) on the call. Fans can tune into John Kreger’s call of the action on MSUSpartans.com or via the Michigan State Athletics app.

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Michigan State volleyball fell to 12th-ranked Minnesota in three sets (25-16, 26-24, 25-18) Thursday night in the Spartans’ Big Ten opener at Minnesota’s Maturi Pavilion.  Suffering just its first loss of the season, MSU falls to 10-1 (0-1 B1G) with the result

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Michigan State volleyball (10-0, 0-0 B1G) kicks off Big Ten play this week, traveling to Minneapolis to take on No. 12 Minnesota (10-1, 0-0 B1G) on Thursday, Sept. 25 at 8:30 p.m. ET inside Minnesota’s Maturi Pavilion on the Big Ten Network. Thursday’s match will mark the return to Minneapolis for MSU head coach Kristen Kelsay, who spent the previous two seasons as the Gophers’ associate head coach before taking over at MSU earlier this year.

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Michigan State volleyball earned a 3-1 win over SIUE Saturday night inside historic Jenison Field House on the final day of the Kathy DeBoer Invitational, closing out the non-conference portion of its 2025 schedule undefeated. MSU moves to 10-0 with the win, the Spartans’ first 10-0 start since the 2012 season

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Michigan State volleyball remained undefeated in 2025 with a 3-1 win over Bowling Green (25-20, 25-18, 24-26, 25-16) Friday night inside Jenison Field House on the second day of the Kathy DeBoer Invitational.  MSU moves to 9-0 with the win

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Michigan State volleyball earned a hard-fought three-set win over Binghamton (32-30, 25-12, 25-23) on the first day of the Kathy DeBoer Invitational Thursday night inside Jenison Field House. MSU moves to 8-0 with the win, while Binghamton drops to 4-7. The Spartans’ 8-0

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Michigan State volleyball (7-0, 0-0 B1G) closes non-conference action this week, hosting the third annual Kathy DeBoer Invitational presented by Auto-Owners Insurance inside historic Jenison Field House for alumni weekend. MSU begins play on Thursday, Sept. 18 at 6 p.m. against Binghamton and hosts Bowling Green on Friday, Sept. 20 at 6 p.m. before wrapping the weekend against SIUE at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 20.

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Michigan State volleyball setter Malayah Long was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week, the league announced Monday afternoon. The Lincoln, Nebraska, native is the first Spartan to earn Freshman of the Week honors since current junior Taylah Holdem on Nov. 6, 2023, and the first freshman setter from MSU to win the award since Julia Bishop on Nov. 8, 2021. 

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