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BASKETBALL

Raymar Morgan speaks about his Israel experience

Derek Blalock
April 16, 2012

Some of the best memories of Raymar Morgan’s life came during his time at MSU. After playing basketball overseas for the past two years, he came back to the campus where he spent four years on the MSU men’s basketball team and speak to Jewish students about his time in Israel. Morgan spoke to students at the RCAH Theatre in Snyder and Phillips halls on Monday night. The Israel on Campus Coalition and MSU Hillel organized the event.

FOOTBALL

Walk-on Wideout

Jesse O'Brien
April 16, 2012

You don’t know John Jakubik. You might not notice the 6-foot-1, 190-pound Jakubik if you sat next to him on the bus, saw him at a party or even worked with him on a group project. But he’s getting noticed somewhere else. As a walk-on sophomore wide receiver, Jakubik quickly has made a name for himself within the MSU football coaching staff.

BASEBALL

Baseball stresses importance of midweek nonconference games

Dillon Davis
April 16, 2012

In recalling the way his season ended a year ago, Justin Scanlon doesn’t want to overlook the importance of midweek games. The then-junior shortstop of the MSU baseball team was part of a group that was on the outside looking in as co-Big Ten champion Illinois nabbed the only Big Ten slot in the NCAA Tournament.

SOFTBALL

Wolverines keep MSU scoreless in series win

Jesse O'Brien
April 15, 2012

Three up, three down. The MSU softball team remains the lone Big Ten team without a conference win as it was swept by No. 20 Michigan in a three-game weekend series in which the Spartans (11-30 overall, 0-12 Big Ten) were unable to score a single run.

BASEBALL

Spartans’ hot hitting leads to Indiana series win, 2-1

Jeremy Warnemuende
April 15, 2012

Looking to keep pace in the Big Ten race, the MSU baseball team took both games of a doubleheader Sunday against Indiana 6-0 and 20-10, in Bloomington, Ind. Although head coach Jake Boss Jr. was pleased with the Spartans for registering a big day at the plate with 26 combined runs and 38 hits, he was most excited his team won two of three games in its first series spent entirely away from East Lansing.

Katie Harrington ·
VOLLEYBALL

Sigma Pi hosts volleyball tournament for charity

Katie Harrington
April 15, 2012

More than 200 members of the greek community laughed and smiled as volleyballs flew through the air during Sigma Pi’s annual volleyball tournament Saturday afternoon to raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project, a charity that provides aid to servicemen, servicewomen and their families. The event raised about $1000 from entrance fees, donations and sunglasses the fraternity was selling.

SOFTBALL

Softball struggles to hang on, falls to Michigan 8-0

Jesse O'Brien
April 14, 2012

For the first four innings, the MSU softball team was step-for-step with No. 20 Michigan at Secchia Stadium at Old College Field. But then came the fifth. Freshman pitcher Carly Nielsen threw four innings of shutout softball before letting up a one-out, two-RBI single to U-M’s Haylie Wagner that sparked an eight-run fifth inning that ended the Spartans’ day early, falling at home 8-0.

FOOTBALL

Dantonio pleased with players adjusting to position changes

Jesse O'Brien
April 13, 2012

Seven practices in, the MSU football team prepared for its first scrimmage of the spring football season, and there has been some movement at several different positions. Head coach Mark Dantonio spoke briefly about his decision to move junior Denzel Drone from defensive end to tight end and indicated the switch could be permanent.

BASEBALL

MSU hopes to get on winning track at Indiana

Dillon Davis
April 12, 2012

After dropping two out of three against Michigan last weekend and a lopsided loss at the hands of Eastern Michigan on Wednesday, the MSU baseball team will look to right the ship in Big Ten play on Friday with the first of three games against Indiana in Bloomington, Ind. With Wednesday’s 13-5 walloping by the Eagles in the past, the Spartans (20-11 overall, 3-3 Big Ten) are challenged to raise the level of fervency in their play against the Hoosiers (15-18, 5-4).

Lauren Gibbons ·
BASKETBALL

Nix reinstated after guilty plea

Jeremy Warnemuende  and  Lauren Gibbons
April 12, 2012

MSU basketball player Derrick Nix pled guilty to a charge of impaired driving Thursday morning in East Lansing’s 54-B District Court, a court spokeswoman confirmed. Nix, a junior center on the basketball team, pled guilty to the reduced charge of impaired driving, lowered from a charge of operating under the influence of drugs.

SOFTBALL

Softball loses to Eagles 6-3

Jesse O'Brien
April 11, 2012

Two batters in, it became clear that the MSU softball team was in for an interesting game. With Eastern Michigan’s Jessica Richards perched on third, the Eagles’ Katy Blaharski attempted a steal from first base. However, the throw from MSU senior catcher Brett Williams was mishandled, allowing Richards to go home and Blaharski to return to first base safely. The score was the first in what would be a five-run first inning from which the Spartans (11-27 overall, 0-9 Big Ten) would be unable to recover, as they fell to the visiting Eagles 6-3 Wednesday afternoon.

BASEBALL

Baseball fails to come back, loses to Eastern Michigan

Jeremy Warnemuende
April 11, 2012

For the first four batters of Wednesday’s game against Eastern Michigan, the MSU baseball team appeared to be on the way to a solid day at McLane Baseball Stadium and Old College Field. After senior right-hander Tim Simpson retired the Eagles in order on nine pitches in the top of the first, junior outfielder Jordan Keur led off the Spartans’ half of the inning with a double to left-center field.

BASEBALL

Spartans defeat Notre Dame 8-2

Dillon Davis
April 10, 2012

Even in understanding the nature of the game, Jordan Keur has grown tired of hearing about the faults of the MSU baseball team on offense. At some point, something had to give. After stranding 34 runners on base in the weekend series with Michigan, the junior left fielder and the Spartans’ (20-10 overall, 3-3 Big Ten) bats overcame frigid weather and an offensive slump to beat Notre Dame 8-2 on Tuesday at McLane Baseball Stadium at Old College Field.

SOFTBALL

Softball looks to escape slump against Eagles

Jesse O'Brien
April 10, 2012

After the MSU softball team took a step forward by snapping its seven-game losing streak with a win at Central Michigan last Wednesday, it took three steps backward when the Spartans were swept by Penn State during the weekend. Now, MSU (11-26 overall, 0-9 Big Ten) is looking to right the ship once again as it prepares for a midweek game Wednesday at 4 p.m. in Secchia Stadium at Old College Field against Eastern Michigan, before it gears up to face in-state rival Michigan for a three-game series this weekend.

BASKETBALL

Column: Nix could use arrest to boost leadership role

Pat Evans
April 9, 2012

The recent trouble Derrick Nix got himself into with a traffic stop and drugs in the car could have a lot of people wondering what’s at stake for the MSU men’s basketball team’s future. Although the issue will affect the junior center and his future, I’m not sure his legal troubles will change the outlook of the team too much next season.

BASEBALL

Spartans hope momentum continues throughout week

Jeremy Warnemuende
April 9, 2012

For the MSU baseball team, last weekend was a disappointing one. Not only did the Spartans (19-10 overall, 3-3 Big Ten) drop two of three games, they did so against rival Michigan. MSU’s one win in the series came Sunday in a 10-8 thriller that lasted 13 innings, and junior Tony Wieber, who was the winning pitcher against the Wolverines, said he hopes that springboards the Spartans forward as they prepare for a 3:05 p.m. matchup with Notre Dame on Tuesday at McLane Baseball Stadium at Old College Field.