Also in Gymnastics

• Coach stresses no pressure for regionals

  Updated 04/09/2008 8:33pm

  No pressure.

  That’s the message MSU head coach Kathie Klages wanted to drill into the heads of her gymnasts before the team heads to Oregon to compete in the NCAA West Regional Tournament on Saturday.

• MSU gymnasts pleased with 4th place finish in tourney

  Updated 03/30/2008 10:58pm

  It was all about having fun at Saturday’s Big Ten Tournament for the MSU gymnastics team. This was not the same team that showed up to last year’s tournament and left empty-handed with a dead-last, seventh-place finish.

• Positive attitude, focus on technique will be paramount for Big Ten Tournament

  Updated 03/27/2008 9:43pm

  Despite an injury and two straight losses, the MSU gymnastics team is optimistic about Saturday’s Big Ten Tournament in Ann Arbor.

• Weigle blasts grand slam in win, baseball postponed

  Updated 03/23/2008 7:43pm

  A combination of plenty of offense and solid pitching from senior Lesley Noel led the MSU softball team to a 2-1 showing at the Best Western Miami Invitational in Oxford, Ohio, to improve its record to 14-13.

• Spartan softball splits series, MSU gymnasts fall short vs. Auburn

  Updated 03/16/2008 9:11pm

  The MSU softball team finished the weekend just the way they started it with a one-run loss to Elon on Sunday in the Stetson Tournament. MSU (12-12), which went 2-2 on the weekend, also fell to Elon 5-4 in nine innings on Friday.

• Landing a perfect 10 'indescribable'

  Updated 03/12/2008 10:26pm

  Eighteen years of gymnastics paid off for senior Rhiannon Banda-Scott as she scored a perfect 10 on the vault at Sunday’s Senior Day, leading the Spartans to a 196.350-193.475 victory against New Hampshire.

• Senior gets perfect 10 on Senior Day

  Updated 03/09/2008 9:44pm

  Senior Rhiannon Banda-Scott ended her home MSU gymnastics career with a little taste of perfection by scoring a perfect 10 on the vault during Senior Night.

• Spartans continue to raise bar

  Updated 02/10/2008 8:31pm

  The MSU gymnastics team seems to have started a trend. For the fifth time in as many opportunities, the team achieved a season-high score Saturday in a victory against Maryland, giving the team a 6-2 record.

• 'Fight-for-it attitude' has Robinson near full health

  Updated 02/03/2008 10:36pm

  Sophomore gymnast Rochelle Robinson had a rough start to her season this year. After a bad dismount from the balance beam, Robinson suffered a high ankle sprain and some torn ligaments that took her of the floor for two months during her fall conditioning.

• High marks fall short vs. U-M

  Updated 01/27/2008 10:09pm

  The MSU gymnastics team is looking at a weekend loss to Michigan as a chance to improve its performance. The No. 23-ranked Spartans lost to the No. 6 Wolverines with a final score of 196.750 to 194.550.

• Klages 'not nervous' about meet with No. 6 U-M

  Updated 01/24/2008 11:16pm

  Trust in your preparation. Compete with your heart. Assistant gymnastics coach Katie Teft said she hopes her team can keep this mantra in mind as her athletes compete against U-M at 6 p.m. Saturday at Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor.

• MSU gymnasts win season-opener

  Updated 01/13/2008 9:33pm

  Despite a Friday night triumph over Western Michigan at Jenison Field House, the MSU gymnastics team still has work to do.