Keeping momentum through the open week

After nine games senior goalkeeper Kaitlyn Collin leads the Big Ten in saves with a total of 58, while also leading with a 6.40 saves per game average. MSU will host Maryland, Sept. 29, the game is slated for 4 p.m. Michigan State will then welcome Rutgers, Oct. 2. Until then, Durkin plans to work on improving a squad that needed double overtime to get past Central Florida last weekend. “We have to take practices way more seriously”, Washington said. “We finish with a great opponent – a good, tough opponent that is going to get us prepared for this Big Ten schedule we have coming up, playing these great Big Ten teams”. “There are plenty of those”.

Ohio State’s wide receivers were confused at the line of scrimmage for what seemed like the 100th time on Saturday, so people thought J.T. Barrett should’ve done something. He would prefer to build on the momentum created by a 3-0 start.

“I am one of those guys that I wish we would keep going”.

Throughout the 2016 campaign, Michigan State will play against six different schools who were in the 2015 NCAA Division I College Cup, including last year’s National Champions, Penn State. That’s the schedule, so Badgers coach Paul Chyrst is just going to deal with it.

The way the conference is faring this year, every week from here on out will be a challenge.

Just three non-conference games remain for Big Ten teams (with Saturday also showcasing Purdue hosting Nevada and Michigan State hosting BYU for an October 8 matchup) and the Hoosiers will join five Big Ten brethren already 3-0. Other top 25 teams in action are No. 4 MI and No. 20 Nebraska. No. 20 Spartans will head into their matches with an 11-1 record and the prestige of being a ranked team for the second straight week.

While Northwestern has already had its fair share of difficulties this season, head coach Mike Riley is not taking the team lightly. “We’ll see how we can capitalize on that”.

HN’s Iowa Beat Writer Rob Howe brings you his preview & prediction for Saturday’s Rutgers game. The Big Ten has played as well or better as any league so far.

The Michigan State women’s soccer team rounds out its three-game road stretch travel¬ing to Ann Arbor to take on Michigan in its in-state rivalry battle on Saturday, Sept. 24. “But it’s better to have one early than to not have one at all”. The Cornhuskers have rung up 130 points, including 85 after halftime.

The junior has thrown 10 touchdowns to 1 interception, passed for 650 yards, and ran for 159 more.

“They’ve been very explosive” Wildcats coach Pat Fitzgerald said. “Of all the things great quarterbacks do, I’d put that up there as one of the most important things”. “All he does is win”. “A historic program, a historic stadium”. “In the first week you are a little bit out of the routine because you come out of camp. You embrace it, you look forward to it”. “Any team can win in the Big Ten and we want to be one of those teams”.

This version of the story corrects Michigan State record to 2-0.