If the possibility of knocking off the No. 1 team in the nation isn’t enough motivation for Lake Superior State tonight at Munn Ice Arena, they will also have revenge on their minds. Nine days ago, top-ranked MSU (20-1-4 overall, 13-1-3 CCHA) looted the Lakers on their home ice and stole four CCHA points from Sault Ste.
The MSU wrestling team rebounded from a tough loss last week at Oklahoma State with convincing victories over Division II Findlay (Ohio) and Grand Valley State.
In the first few weeks of the new year, MSU football has made a push to boost its 2001 recruiting class.News of their most recent addition came Tuesday when Robert Strickland, a four-star wide receiver out of Detroit’s Denby High School, verbally committed to the Spartans.Strickland, a 6-foot-4, 205-pound senior is ranked the twenty-ninth best wide receiver in high school football by popular recruiting publication www.rivals.com.
CBS has a good reason to be a little worried about televising Super Bowl XXXV.This year’s Super Bowl has the potential to be the “Super Bore.”The New York Giants versus the Baltimore Ravens doesn’t really send people frantically rushing to television sets.
John Nail’s surname used to be a good indication of his style of play on the ice - tough.But somewhere along the way, the senior right wing developed an effective scoring touch that has almost caused fans to forget about his hard-nosed reputation.He leads the top-ranked Spartans in game-winning goals with five, ranks second on the team with 11 total tallies and recorded his first career hat trick Saturday night against Miami.“It was a lucky night for me, I guess,” Nail said.
It only took freshman center Zach Randolph less than five minutes of play in Sunday’s win over Ohio State to realize it would be a crash course in “Humility 101.” Luckily the McDonald’s High School All-American earned a passing grade.After connecting on his first shot - a layup from sophomore forward Adam Ballinger - Randolph received a look from freshman guard Marcus Taylor two feet from the rim, only to see it smacked away by Buckeyes center Ken Johnson.
Injuries to seniors Andre Hutson and Mike Chappell will force MSU to go deeper into its bench Sunday against Ohio State.The No.
It’s been six years since a team has swept a series from MSU at Munn Ice Arena.But Miami, the most recent team to accomplish the feat, will be gunning for a repeat this weekend.In February 1995, the RedHawks stormed into Munn and departed with 1-0 and 3-2 wins, but this year’s Spartans (18-1-4 overall, 11-1-3 CCHA) are ranked No.
For the ninth-ranked MSU wrestling squad, Sunday will be a time to regroup from the past and refocus on the future.The Spartans will face Findlay (Ohio) and Grand Valley State in a doubleheader meet at Jenison Field House.
The MSU women’s basketball team isn’t in a desirable position.After a two-game home losing streak, the Spartans (8-8 overall, 2-3 Big Ten) will travel to West Lafayette, Ind., to face conference leader and No.
It’s a simple fact of college basketball; If you can’t stay on the court, you can’t help your team win.That’s been a constant battle for sophomore forward Aloysius Anagonye.In his freshman season, where he averaged a foul every 4.9 minutes, it seemed he was whistled just for stepping on the court.Not much has changed since this season began.
Graduating from Ithaca High in 1949, Duane Vernon had no idea what his future would hold. Vernon, 69, was traveling home from the MSU tournament basketball game vs.
Game films, bench seats and bruises in practice are what they are most accustomed to, but that could all change for MSU’s inexperienced frontline reserves.With senior forward Andre Hutson out indefinitely with pneumonia and senior guard Mike Chappell suffering a chipped bone in a finger on his shooting hand after the Jan.
On Jan. 9, the National Collegiate Athletic Association approved Division II pre-enrollment amateurism legislation allowing high school athletes to participate in certain activities previously not allowed under amateurism by-laws.Prior to full-time college enrollment, prospects can be drafted by a professional sports organization, enter into a professional agreement, receive compensation for athletic competition, participate on a professional team and accept prize money based on place finish, all activities that, once, would negate NCAA eligibility.However, those athletes who choose to participate in professional competition and do not enroll at a collegiate institution in the next academic term following their high-school graduation will begin to use up seasons of competition.For example, for every year of professional play, the athlete will lose one year of eligibility.However, if they choose to leave the pros for college, they must first fulfill a year of residence at the collegiate institution before being eligible to play.While the new legislation does not affect MSU, a Division I institution, the NCAA is currently working on a similar piece of legislation that would apply to all Division I schools.“There is a subcommittee within the NCAA that has been studying amateurism by-laws for three years,” said Jane Jankowski, NCAA assistant director for public relations.
Despite his promotion from assistant general manager of operations to general manager on Dec. 19, 2000, Greg Rauch has been actively involved in all facets of Lansing Lugnut operations.“When (Greg) first came here he was responsible for all of our ticketing operations; he then picked up all stadium operations; last year he picked up the marketing operations; now he will be the person responsible for running the entire organization,” said Tom Dickson, president and co-owner of the Lansing Lugnuts.Rauch began with the Lugnuts in 1996 as ticket director, coming over from the Oklahoma 89ers, where he began as an intern. “The general manager at the time, who was the previous general manager of the Oklahoma 89ers, hired me as an intern right out of college,” Rauch said.
While he is on a new team, in a new league, and in a different country, Morris Peterson’s game is still very much the same.
SAULT STE. MARIE - Something was weird in the Upper Peninsula this weekend. I don’t know if the stars were misaligned or there was an ion imbalance in the air or what, but this definitely was no ordinary trip to the Soo for the Spartan hockey team. First of all, it’s mid-January and I was walking around without a jacket.
The country’s best turf management school will strut its stuff on the football field.The administration unanimously agreed Friday to switch the turf on Spartan Stadium to natural grass.“I have felt very passionately about putting natural grass into the stadium,” Trustee David Porteous said.
SAULT STE. MARIE - MSU skated on a fine line of disaster for much of its weekend series with Lake Superior State, but three Spartan seniors’ late-game heroics salvaged a sweep.
Andre Hutson’s playing status for MSU’s Jan. 21 game against Ohio State is uncertain after the senior forward was hospitalized after Saturday’s win over Wisconsin.