SPORTS
Vastag scores big as freshman
Freshman Dora Vastag’s competitive spirit has put her at the forefront of MSU’s women’s tennis team.
VOLLEYBALL
Spartans face two top teams at home
With just two matches remaining in the first half of the Spartan volleyball team’s conference schedule, they have a chance to issue a major statement. The Spartans face two of the Big Ten’s finest in No.
ICE HOCKEY
Team stays No. 1, featured on ESPN show
MSU kept its top spot in both of this week’s national polls after sweeping a two-game series with Lake Superior State by a combined score of 11-1 last weekend.The Spartans (2-0-1 overall, 2-0-1 CCHA) garnered 31 first-place votes and 587 points in the USCHO.com poll, keeping them well ahead of No.
FOOTBALL
Shaws interceptions raising eyebrows
With all the position shuffling this season, a handful of MSU’s players have used their athleticism to compensate for the team’s personnel losses on the field.
BASKETBALL
Izzo has high hopes
As MSU men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo enters his seventh season at the helm, he said he plans on taking the same course he used to win four straight Big Ten titles.“What I think what we’ve done, we have a blueprint of what it takes,” Izzo said at media day Wednesday.
BASKETBALL
Mens basketball tickets still on sale, Holiday Packs give admission over break
The MSU men’s basketball team has a three-game ticket plan for home games during the holiday break that are not part of any student ticket plan. The “Holiday Pack” goes on sale Monday at the Jenison Field House Ticket Office and includes tickets to home games against UNC-Asheville on Dec.
SPORTS
Berkowitz Basketball Complex almost complete, Izzo says it will bring recruits
Construction of the $7.5 million Berkowitz Basketball Complex is nearing its final stage. The new auxiliary gymnasium will allow both the men’s and women’s basketball teams room to practice while the main arena of Breslin Center is in use.
VOLLEYBALL
Schram lets her off-beat personality show on court
Freshman outside hitter Kim Schram misses life in London, Ontario. She wishes she could be around her friends, her family and especially her Smarties.“I need my Smarties,” she said.She doesn’t mean the sugary discs abundant on Halloween.
FOOTBALL
Pundits show know-how, pick winners by teams mascots
Last week Racy Lacy had the first perfect week going 5-0, putting him at 19-12. But he’s still behind Vanilla Rice, who is 21-10.
VOLLEYBALL
Erbe cancels match with Gators because of miscommunications
Spartan head coach Chuck Erbe wants to see volleyball become a more popular and television-friendly sport.So he scheduled an exhibition game for Oct.
ICE HOCKEY
The Cold War to be featured on ESPN
The Spartan hockey team will receive even more national exposure this week, stemming from its record-setting outdoor hockey game on Oct.
FOOTBALL
Spartan Stadium will be torn apart in spring, growing by mid-June
Deadlines need to be met for the Spartans to enjoy their first full season on natural turf in 32 years.Associate Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Greg Ianni - one of the masterminds behind the $2 million Spartan Stadium transformation - said the project should begin next spring if weather permits.
FOOTBALL
Rayner wins starting spot
MSU freshman kicker David Rayner didn’t have extensive kicking coaching in high school. He knew his chances to play this year would be slim.
SPORTS
Toughman Contest to pit rivals
If Spartan fans feel they haven’t proven their dominance over Michigan, their chance is coming. The “Toughman Contest,” an amateur boxing event seen on Fox’s FX Network, is challenging fans, students and alumni of MSU and U-M to represent their schools in the ring on Jan.
FOOTBALL
Football recruit shows interest in U, likes coaching staff, players
Kyle Brown, a 6-foot-1, 195-pound wide receiver from West Bloomfield High School is so highly sought that football powerhouses around the nation didn’t renege scholarship offers after he tore his anterior cruciate ligament early this season.
SPORTS
Mason wrestler gives verbal to Spartan team
MSU’s wrestling squad landed its third recruit from the area, when Mason’s Tony Greathouse verbally committed to the Spartans on Monday.Greathouse - No.
ICE HOCKEY
Goodenow puts health problems behind him
Reporters weren’t asking Joe Goodenow the questions he expected to hear in his first three seasons at MSU.Instead of queries about hat tricks, tape-to-tape passes or bone-rattling body checks, Goodenow has had to explain separated shoulders and groin pulls.Those are certainly not the topics the 5-foot-10, 196-pound Toronto native wants to be synonymous with his collegiate career.“The last four years have really been a struggle to be healthy,” said Goodenow, a senior left wing and center.
VOLLEYBALL
Win at Indiana solid before problems begin at Illinois
Champaign, Ill. - Unforced errors cost the Spartan volleyball team a perfect weekend, as it settled for a split after Illinois swept MSU 3-0 in Champaign, Ill., on Saturday.The Illini handled the Spartans for all three games of the match winning 30-27, 30-26 and 30-22.The Spartans (11-4, 4-4 Big Ten) suffered more serve and pass breakdowns against the Illini, recording 12 service errors and 13 return errors.
SPORTS
Toloff leads mens cross country team to sixth place
The No. 16 MSU men’s cross country team ran to 234 points and a sixth-place finish out of 35 teams Saturday at the Pre-NCAA Meet in Greenville, S.C.No.
SPORTS
Womens cross country tops No. 1 Colorado
The No. 13 women’s cross country team beat the top-ranked team in the country, by placing second out of 34 teams with 118 points at the Pre-NCAA meet in Greenville, S.C.No.