EAST LANSING, Mich. – In front of a program-record crowd of 5,145 fans, fifth-ranked Michigan State women’s soccer used a late penalty kick to knock off Michigan, 1-0, Saturday night at DeMartin Stadium.
MSU moves to 9-0-4 (4-0-2 B1G) with the win, extending its program-record unbeaten streak to begin the season to 13 games. Michigan drops to 2-10-1 (1-4-0 B1G). The Spartans’ 13-game unbeaten streak is tied with Utah State for the longest in the country in 2024.
“I thought we were great tonight,” said head coach Jeff Hosler. “The intensity piece, right from the start, I thought that we were really sharp. The energy was there, the intensity was there, I thought that we were really sharp in the way that we were playing. We knew that Michigan was going to be really tough out there today. We had a whole week to prepare, it’s a single game in a week and you’ve got 90 minutes to play instead of 180, you just approach it differently. Our mentality all week has been ‘all gas no breaks’ right from the start, and I thought our group did an excellent job doing that. Again, I think that the crowd drove us. What an incredible environment to see standing room only, you’ve got people creeping around corners everywhere, and I don’t think there was a seat to be had fifteen minutes before kickoff.”
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