VUMSO @ MSU

[VULB#62]

VU 1 MSU 1 at the 66' mark.

[KL31NY]

2-1 Full Time! WE WIN!!!

[valpospartan]

2-1 Full Time! WE WIN!!!

[vu72]

So now the women have a win against Northwestern, the men against Michigan State and Volleyball over Iowa.  Nice!   

[vuweathernerd]

So now the women have a win against Northwestern, the men against Michigan State and Volleyball over Iowa.  Nice!   

Making the B1G our ***** - now to get that to start happening in basketball too!

[bbtds]

The win over Mich St in men's soccer is real big. The Spartans were 2-0-0 going in and they won the Big Ten men's soccer tournament in Dec. 2012 which included National Champion Indiana. I don't know if they lost a lot to graduation but that has to be a huge win.

[valpotx]

Great job guys!  Let's climb the Commissioner's Cup standings this year by winning more championships!

[bbtds]

I understand that Mich State had a freshman midfielder phenom D Lewis that was Mr Soccer in Michigan and had scored a goal in the 4-0 win over Western Michigan. http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/dewey_lewis_857846.html

http://www.mlive.com/soccer/index.ssf/2013/09/former_mr_soccer_scores_as_msu_defeats_wmu_4-0_in_home_opener.html

He had also started in MSU's 1-0 win over Oregon State.















But I believe now Dewey Lewis has the News that
Valpo Soccer doesn't lose!!!

http://www.mlive.com/soccer/index.ssf/2013/09/college_soccer_msu_men_lose_first_game_of_the_season_2-1_versus_valparaiso.html

[agibson]

The win over Mich St in men's soccer is real big.

For sure.  Even the 0-0 draw against them (two years ago? was that the day they handed out the vuvuzelas?) was a quality result.

A great result this weekend!  The 1-1 result at Oakland wasn't so bad, either.  Good to see the team getting a couple of goals on the books.

Interesting that it wasn't Serratore in goal against MSU.

[VUfan]

Just anthere win against the Big ten.(Big Who?)

[historyman]

I noticed that after Valpo beat MSU they fell out of this poll after being ranked 24.

http://www.soccertimes.com/ncaa/top25/men.htm

Rank   School   Record   Pts   LW
1   Creighton (7)   3-0-0   368   2
2   North Carolina (6)   2-0-1   355   1
3   Connecticut (2)   2-0-0   352   3
4   Notre Dame   1-0-2   313   5
5   California   3-0-0   292   10
6   New Mexico   2-0-1   285   8
7   Saint Louis   3-0-0   269   12
8 (tie)   Washington   3-0-0   239   19
8 (tie)   Alabama at Birmingham   3-0-0   239   22
10   Akron   3-1-0   228   7
11   Louisville   2-1-0   201   6
12   UCLA   1-1-1   191   4
13   Tulsa   3-1-0   178   20
14   California State-Northridge   4-0-0   156   25
15   Georgetown   2-2-0   152   11
16   Wake Forest   2-1-0   126   18
17   Clemson   4-0-0   119   nr
18   Virginia Commonwealth   1-1-1   96   nr
19   Maryland   1-2-1   90   14
20   St. John's   3-1-0   86   nr
21   Indiana   1-3-0   75   9
22   Charlotte   2-1-0   72   17
23   North Carolina-Greenboro   3-0-0   58   nr
24   Maryland-Baltimore County   4-0-0   54   nr
25   Marquette   2-1-1   44   nr
Key: Pts - Total points. LW - Last week's ranking. t - tie. nr - no ranking

Dropped out: No. 13 Syracuse, No. 15 California-Santa Barbara, No. 16 Coastal Carolina, No. 21 Virginia, No. 23 Michigan, No. 24 Michigan State.

Others receiving votes: California-Santa Barbara 35, Syracuse 30, Michigan 28, Butler 23, Coastal Carolina 15, Northwestern 14, Elon 12, Stanford 9, William & Mary 8, Michigan State 7, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 7, Brown 5, George Mason 5, Gonzaga (Wash.) 5, South Florida 5, Virginia 4, Wisconsin-Milwaukee 2, West Virginia 1.

Voting panel: Louis Bennett, Marquette; Mark Berson, South Carolina; Bob Butehorn, Florida Gulf Coast; Sasho Cirovski, Maryland; Jim DeRose, Bradley; Dan Donigan, Rutgers; Mike Getman, Alabama at Birmingham; Kevin Grimes, California; Mike Jacobs, Evansville; John Kerr, Duke; Tim Lenahan, Northwestern; Ken Lolla, Louisville; Bobby Muuss, Denver; Ray Reid, Connecticut; Todd West, American.

Voting method: On each ballot, 25 points awarded for first place, 24 for second place, 23 for third, etc., to 1 point for 25th place.

[agibson]

I notice that in this poll too, Michigan State was RV in the pre-season, climbed into the top 25 at the beginning of the season, and then fell back out after losing to Valpo.