The injury bug has bit the MSU hockey team once again as the team lost senior forward Mike Lalonde and sophomore defenseman Ethan Graham to injuries in the 4-0 win over then-No.
Everything Amanda Hantouli does from now on is in preparation for her first season with the MSU volleyball team. The Nebraska native signed a National Letter of Intent for the 2005 season with the Spartans last month.
Durham, N.C. - No. 10 Duke beat No. 11 MSU 81-74, Tuesday night in Cameron Indoor Stadium. Junior guard J.J.
As the MSU volleyball team bids farewell to its seniors and to one of its toughest seasons in a decade, the remaining Spartans are looking ahead with a hopeful eye for next year. "We've got a lot of work to do," head coach Chuck Erbe said, following the final match against Ohio State, a 3-0 loss Saturday. "So to speak, we need to put Humpty Dumpty back together again," he said. The team (12-16 overall, 7-13 Big Ten) struggled this season following the loss of junior middle Megan Wallin, who has been out since tearing the ACL in her right knee during the first conference match of the season. The team battled through leadership and rotation problems the first half of the season but were able to turn the second half of the season, in part, around - even considering NCAA Tournament goals. MSU finished eighth in the Big Ten and did not earn a tournament bid for the first time in 10 years.
Bobby Jones of North Dakota State College of Science transferred to MSU, becoming the 11th commitment to the 2005 Spartans football class. The 280-pound defensive end will arrive at MSU in January and join spring practice. Jones was one of the most-wanted junior college players this fall.
MSU basketball snatched another top player from the state next year. This time, it is the women's basketball team that will be getting the 2004 Michigan's Miss Basketball. Lansing Christian High School's Tiffanie Shives was voted the top female basketball player in all divisions of Michigan on Monday after coming off a senior season in which she averaged about 25 points per game. Shives is the first incoming Spartan to win Miss Basketball since 2001, when current junior forward Liz Shimek from Glen Lake won the coveted prep honor. According to Lansing Christian head coach Norman Randall, before Shives arrived at Lansing Christian, the school had not won any tournament games.
Head coach John L. Smith returned from his Thanksgiving holiday a little more optimistic about MSU's trip to Hawaii. Smith continues to lament the inordinate travel schedule and lost recruiting time, but there is a bright side to Saturday's game, he said.
MSU women's basketball team lost the championship game of the 26th annual Rainbow Wahine Classic to Texas Christian after failing to maintain a 10-point lead with less than 10 minutes left in the second half. The Lady Frogs improved to 5-1 after beating No.
For head coach Tom Izzo, Saturday's game against Nicholls State was a win, but the game did not go the way he would have liked. The No.
Were you disappointed by Saturday's basketball result? I mean, the Spartans only scored 102 points - two under their season average. What happened to the offensive juggernaut we saw in MSU's first two games when the Green and White put up 104 points against Florida A&M and Wisconsin-Green Bay? The Spartans had six players scoring in double figures against the Rattlers and Phoenix, but only five against the Nicholls State Colonels. No Spartans team has ever eclipsed the century mark more than once in a season before, much less three times, consecutively.
The MSU volleyball team closed its season with losses to No. 4 Penn State and No. 8 Ohio State this past weekend, as well as losing the chance for a possible NCAA Tournament bid for the first time in 10 years. "I knew finishing the season against Penn State and Ohio State was going to be a daunting challenge," head coach Chuck Erbe said.
The MSU swimming and diving team are out of luck. After almost a month of the outdoor pool facility being closed for the season annually, the coaching staff finds itself in a tough situation with scheduling and the lack of facilities.
It was yet another odd weekend for the MSU hockey team. After routing No. 2 Wisconsin 4-0 on Friday, the Spartans had the favor returned to them by No.
The MSU hockey team's tough schedule continues when the Spartans head west to face No. 2 Wisconsin and No.
MSU head coach Tom Izzo was looking for better defense from his No. 10 Spartans on Tuesday night, after giving up 72 points in their first game. Izzo got some defense and a lot of offense, in a 104-46 win over Wisconsin-Green Bay (1-1) at Breslin Center, while doing well in the three aspects he has been focusing on since the start of practices. "It is encouraging that we went into the game with three objectives: to do a better job with our turnovers, do a better job with our rebounding and do a better job with our defense," Izzo said.
The MSU volleyball team won't be daunted in its final matches of the regular season and possibly the year, as the Spartans face No.
Before the MSU football team even started its season, head coach John L. Smith made mention about how much he disliked the idea of having to play at Hawaii for the final game of the season.
It's possible that Kelvin Torbert will become the next Morris Peterson, a senior sixth man whose talents off the bench pushed MSU toward the 2000 NCAA National Championship. Head coach Tom Izzo has asked Torbert, for now, to adjust to a new role, to move from starter to bench player. It's a big change for someone who started 86 of the first 96 games he appeared in during his first three years at MSU.
It was Friday, and I thought all the fighting I would see that day would occur when I went to a World Wrestling Entertainment show at Cobo Arena in Detroit. Boy, was I wrong. Appalled can not even describe how I felt as I walked into my local Buffalo Wild Wings and witnessed what can only be described as the most heinous actions I have ever seen taken by an alleged "professional" athlete. Indiana Pacers All-Star forward Ron Artest did the unthinkable and actually raced into the crowd at The Palace of Auburn Hills and started beating on random people. All of this because some jerk in the crowd threw a cup that happened to hit him in the face (Not to condone that type of action or anything, but, seriously, nice throw.
Senior Justin Laskowski and junior Ian Clutten led the MSU men's swimming team to win over the Western Kentucky by 123-120 Saturday. Laskowski and Clutten each won two events and MSU improved to 2-4 with the win. Clutten won first-place honors in the 200 breaststroke with 1:54.74 and in the 200 individual medley with 2:06.31. In the diving events, Laskowski won one-meter event with 270.82 and three-meter event with 302.77. After a week of break, MSU will travel to Athens, Ga., to compete at the Georgia Invitational.