Michigan State University has eliminated Michigan early in the Big Ten Tournament for the second straight year.
The eighth-seeded Spartans blanked the top-seeded Wolverines 7-0 in a rain delayed Big Ten quarterfinal that didn't begin until 11 p.m. Friday night in Madison, Wisconsin.
MSU (26-25) advances to face the winner of Northwestern and Iowa, while No. 16 Michigan (43-11) will wait until Selection Sunday to find out which NCAA Regional it will be headed to.
The Spartans, who also knocked off the Wolverines in the Big Ten quarterfinals last season, scored two runs in the second inning and five in the fifth against freshman pitcher Meghan Beaubien, who entered the game sixth in the NCAA with a 0.