MSUSpartans.com staff writer
EAST LANSING – Michigan State rebounded from Friday’s turnover-filled 6-3 loss to Wisconsin with a strong, highly competitive and feisty performance in Saturday’s series finale.
The Spartans had one of their best first periods of the season, and fought through some adversity to overcome a 1-0 deficit. They earned a 2-1 lead in the second period, only to lose it in the third period and then rallied late to tie the game 3-3 and send it into overtime.
But the Spartans’ old bugaboo – a turnover – spoiled the night as the Badgers capitalized 1:34 into overtime to hand Michigan State a heartbreaking 4-3 defeat in front of 5,284 fans at Munn Arena.