After five days of drawing blood from donors, the American Red Cross has collected 618 pints of blood from the MSU community.

With one week remaining in the seventh annual MSU-Penn State Challenge, the Spartans are leading the Nittany Lions by 92 units.

A new registration format via e-mail has improved the process. Lovelady said about 40 to 60 percent of donors have registered by sending an e-mail to spartanblood@hotmail.com.

While the Red Cross still needs 1,282 pints to reach its goal, Lovelady remains confident.

“Based on the turnout, it looks like we will reach 1,900 pints,” she said.

MSU is attempting to beat Penn State for the third time since 1994, when the challenge began. The winner will be announced at the Nov. 24 MSU-Penn State football game during halftime.