Spartan Brew 3/13: College Softball HQ

Softball opens Big Ten play against Minnesota in Oklahoma City today!

What else do we have brewing today?

🎾 Top-10 win
🥎 B1G in OKC
💚 And much, much more

🔼 Top-10 Triumph. No. 36 Michigan State men’s tennis earned its third ranked win in a row on Wednesday, beating No. 10 Arizona, 4-3, in East Lansing.

The Spartans dropped the doubles point, but earned singles wins from Aristotelis Thanos, Max Sheldon, Matthew Forbes and Vuk Radjenovic to earn the victory over the Wildcats.

🔼 Hardware Hopefuls. Michigan State hockey has four major Big Ten postseason award finalists!

Isaac Howard — Player of the Year finalist
Trey Augustine — Goaltender of the Year finalist
Matt Basgall — Defensive Player of the Year finalist
Adam Nightingale — Coach of the Year finalist

🔼 Softball HQ. Michigan State softball is at the home of college softball this weekend, opening up Big Ten play in Oklahoma City today against Minnesota at 5 p.m. ET.

The Gophers are 11-13 so far this season.

🔼 B1G’s Best. Michigan State women’s tennis’ Oriana Parkins-Godwin is the Big Ten Player of the Week!

Parkins-Godwin had a strong performance at singles No. 6 against No. 44 Nebraska, coming back against Lucy Loy, 6-2, 6-7 (6-8), 6-4. 

🔼 B1G Opener. Michigan State baseball dropped its Big Ten opener to Michigan on Wednesday, 11-7, in East Lansing.

Randy Seymour drove in two runs for the Spartans, who also got RBI from JT Sokolove, Nick Williams and Parker Picot.

🤔 SPARTAN TRIVIA

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💚 ONE BIG THING

🔼 One Step Closer. "We're just at where out feet are at, and that's in winter conditioning right now, and that's gonna be in spring ball."

The goal hasn't changed for Michigan State Football. Now, in the offseason, is when they start working towards it.

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📅 UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Thursday, March 13
🥎 Softball vs. Minnesota @ 5 p.m. ET (Oklahoma City) | B1G+

Friday, March 14
👟 NCAA Indoor Championships — Virginia Beach, Va.
🥎 Softball vs. Minnesota @ 5 p.m. ET (Oklahoma City) | B1G+
⚾️ Baseball at Iowa @ 5:05 p.m. ET
🎾 Men’s Tennis at Wisconsin @ 5:30 p.m. ET

Saturday, March 15
👟 NCAA Indoor Championships — Virginia Beach, Va.
⛳️ Women’s Golf at Valspar Augusta Invitational — Augusta, Ga.
🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. Penn State @ noon
⚾️ Baseball at Iowa @ 3:05 p.m. ET
🥎 Softball vs. Northwestern @ 5:30 p.m. ET (Oklahoma City) | B1G+
🏒 Hockey vs. Notre Dame @ 6 p.m. (B1G Tournament) | BTN | Listen

Sunday, March 16
⛳️ Women’s Golf at Valspar Augusta Invitational — Augusta, Ga.
🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. Ohio State @ noon
🎾 Men’s Tennis at Nebraska @ 1 p.m. ET
🥎 Softball vs. Northwestern @ 1:30 p.m. ET (Oklahoma City) | B1G+
🤸‍♀️ Gymnastics vs. Bowling Green @ 2 p.m. | B1G+
⚾️ Baseball at Iowa @ 2:05 p.m. ET

💚 Have a great Thursday, everyone!