Good morning! There’s nothing like a good ol’ crowd surf!

What else do we have brewing today?

⚽️ Unbeaten streak grows
🏒 Season-opening sweep
💚 And much, much more

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Only Takes One. More than 5,000 fans came out to DeMartin Stadium on Saturday night to watch No. 5 Michigan State women’s soccer win 1-0 over rival Michigan!

The Spartans, who received a penalty-kick goal from Justina Gaynor in the 76th minute to secure the victory, moved to 9-0-4 on the season and 4-0-2 in Big Ten play. The 13-game unbeaten streak the Spartans are currently on is tied for the longest in the country with Utah.

⚽️ RECAP: Gaynor’s Penalty Kick Sends No. 5 Spartans Past Wolverines, 1-0, In Front Of Program-Record Crowd

🔼 Off And Winning. No. 4 Michigan State hockey traveled to Sault Ste. Marie over the weekend to kick off the 2024-25 season against Lake Superior State and came home with a pair of victories!

The Spartans won in different ways, earning a 2-1 overtime victory in Game 1 thanks to a Daniel Russell game-winner and pulling away in a 5-1 win in Game 2.

🏒 RECAPS: Game 1 | Game 2

🔼 Western Expansion. Michigan State football played its second consecutive top-10 opponent on Friday night, traveling to the west coast to play No. 6 Oregon. The Spartans fell 31-10 to the Ducks. Here’s the postgame coverage from Eugene:

🏈 RECAP: Michigan State Falls At No. 6 Oregon, 31-10
📝 POSTGAME NOTES: Michigan State Football at Oregon

🔼 Just Short. In a matchup of the two top teams in the Big Ten standings, Michigan State men’s soccer fell in a tightly-contest match against No. 12 Maryland over the weekend.

The Spartans broke through first, with Will Eby heading a ball into the net in the 59th minute to give his team the momentary lead. The Terrapins answered with two late goals to steal the victory, however.

⚽️ RECAP: Spartans Nipped By No. 12/7 Terps, 2-1, Saturday Night

🔼 Road Trip. Michigan State volleyball played its fifth and sixth consecutive road matches this weekend, traveling to Indiana to play the Hoosiers and No. 10 Purdue.

The Spartans fell in four sets to the Hoosiers and in three against the Boilermakers.

A home stand comes next for Michigan State, with its next four matches set to be played at the Breslin Center.

🏐 RECAPS: Michigan State at Indiana | Michigan State at Purdue

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🔼 Fast Group. Michigan State cross country ran well at the ultra-competitive Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational on Saturday, with both the men and women posting top-10 finishes.

Rachel Forsyth was the top finisher for the Spartan women, running the 6K race in 16:45.7. The men were led by Andrew Nolan in the 8K race, finishing 19th with a time of 23:06.8.

👟 RECAP: MSU Cross Country Earns Top 10 Finishes At Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational

🔼 Sunday Shootout. Michigan State field hockey played its third consecutive double-overtime non-conference game on Sunday, falling 4-3 to Kent State at Ralph Young Field in a penalty shootout.

The Spartans trailed in the final moments of the fourth period, but a goal from Maddie Lawlor forced the extra period.

🏑 RECAP: MSU Falls To Kent State In Penalty Shootout

🤔 SPARTAN TRIVIA

💚 ONE BIG THING

🔼 Madness Was Witnessed. Michigan State men’s and women’s basketball celebrated the start of college basketball season with its annual MSU Madness on Friday night — check out the highlights!

🏀 READ MORE: Michigan State Basketball Hosts MSU Madness

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This season, Abbott and the Big Ten are pitting school against school in the largest blood donation competition of our lifetime to fight the largest blood shortage in a generation.

The Michigan State Blood Drive is on October 30th. Want Michigan State to win? Then don't give up. Give blood. Every donation scores one point for your school on the leaderboard.

The winning school will receive $1 million to advance student or community health. Individual donors will be offered a free one-month subscription to B1G+ and will be entered to win a trip to the 2024 Discover® Big Ten Football Championship Game on December 7, 2024.

📅 UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Monday, October 7
⛳️ Men’s Golf at Fighting Irish Classic — South Bend, Ind.

Tuesday, October 8
No scheduled events

Wednesday, October 9
No scheduled events

Thursday, October 10
🎾 Women’s Tennis at ITA Regional Championships — Columbus, Ohio
🎾 Men’s Tennis at ITA Regional Championships — East Lansing, Mich.
⚽️ Women’s Soccer at Oregon @ 9:30 p.m. ET | BTN

💚 Have a great Monday, everyone!