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MSU gymnastics hits the road for a ranked meet against Michigan
EAST LANSING- Hot off a historic record-breaking meet against then-No. 5 UCLA, the No. 15 MSU gymnastics team looks to travel to Ann Arbor to face in-state rival No. 10 Michigan on Sunday. Despite falling short against UCLA, the Spartans earned a season-high 196.900, with a season-high on vault and their highest floor score on record of 49.350. The Spartans welcomed the Bruins into the Breslin Center last Sunday and set the school’s attendance record of 9,887 people. Senior Nikki Smith earned second in the all-around, only to Olympic Gold medalist Jordan Chiles of UCLA. Smith put up her own season-high of 39.400, 0.475 points behind Chiles. Senior Sage Kellerman finished second on vault with a season-high 9.925 and tied for third on bars with a score of 9.875. The Spartans land in the top 25 nationally on three out of four events. MSU ranks 18th on floor with 49.158, 12th on vault with 49.092, and 10th on beam with 49.175. Before Sunday’s meet, MSU’s attendance record was previously set on Jan. 17, 2025, in its meet against Michigan. The Spartans welcomed the Wolverines to the Breslin Center for the first time in school history in front of a crowd of 6,250 people. MSU handed Michigan a loss of 197.500-196.975.
Michigan State women set to clash with Michigan in top-15 showdown
East Lansing buzzed this weekend with a top-10 men’s basketball rivalry matchup between Michigan State and Michigan, but it is not the only high-profile showdown inside Breslin Center. Looking to avenge the men’s loss, No. 13 Michigan State women’s basketball welcomes No. 9 Michigan for a top-15 clash with major implications in the Big Ten race. The mention of both programs alone is enough to grab attention, but this season’s meeting is more than just a rivalry. It is a heavyweight battle between two teams evenly matched across the board: a matchup so close on paper that it marks the first top-15 meeting between the rivals. Historically, the rivalry has been dominated by the Spartans, who lead the all-time series 76–26, but the gap has narrowed in recent years. Since 2020, the Wolverines have won seven of the last 11 matchups. Three of Michigan State’s four wins during that stretch have come under head coach Robyn Fralick, who has quickly gotten the program back on track, losing to Michigan just once in her first two seasons.
Behind closed doors, MSU tackles antisemitism and Islamophobia through dialogue
In the wake of recent antisemitic and Islamophobic incidents in East Lansing, Michigan State University hosted its biannual conference broaching the topics on Friday morning. The event, hosted by MSU’s Office of Inclusive Excellence and Impact, featured multiple professors in conversation. Event organizers invited MSU students, faculty, and staff members to attend. Due to the “sensitive nature” of the topics discussed, the registration page stated that attendees were required to register ahead of time, and the media was barred from the event. MSU’s campus and the city of East Lansing have seen both antisemitic and Islamophobic incidents over the last year. MSU Chabad, a Jewish center located off campus in Downtown East Lansing, was vandalized in December 2025. The perpetrator, who is still at large, hurled rocks at the center’s windows and spray painted swastikas on the building’s front door. In April 2025, a video of several students burning a copy of the Islamic holy text, the Quran, which was originally filmed in the fall of 2024, circulated campus. A Muslim student who shared the video with The State News said the video gained traction because a similar incident involving the same individuals had happened that week. Events like Friday’s conference have been hosted by MSU for years, just in different formats. The conference, in its current form, launched in the spring of 2023. Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the Muslim Studies Program, Mohammad Khalil, said the forum’s origins reach back to 2016 — when two of his students, one Jewish and one Muslim, said they experienced forms of prejudice and discrimination.
MSU falters as Michigan takes sole lead in Big Ten
The No. 7 Michigan State Spartans played with emotion – maybe too much for a heated match-up against their rival. No. 3 Michigan came into the Breslin Center, stayed composed and took the first round of the rivalry match 83-71. The little things and an 18-point deficit in the first half became too much to overcome as MSU did not capitalize enough on UM mistakes. With the win, Michigan took sole possession of the Big Ten lead, while MSU fell to fourth place with its second conference loss. MSU did not fall apart in just one area of the game; instead, untimely turnovers, missed possessions and a juggernaut of an opponent that took over the Breslin Center eroded the Spartans’ confidence. MSU played sporadically and forced poor shots with little ball movement in the half-court. The Spartans’ over-eagerness to run in transition overshadowed their ability to set up plays against Michigan’s backcourt. After the game, head coach Tom Izzo said his team did not handle the emotions of a rivalry game well enough.
