SPORTS
WEB ONLY: Spartans open up Big Ten season against Illinois
The MSU women's soccer team's offensive fire was extinguished last weekend with a 2-1 double overtime loss to Rutgers.
SPORTS
WEB ONLY: Undefeated women's field hockey prepares for weekend contests
The No. 1 ranked MSU women's field hockey team has a showdown with defending NCAA champions Wake Forest on Sunday, but the Spartans know they must get past Kent State first. "You get to the top by beating people under you," head coach Michele Madison said.
VOLLEYBALL
Spartans prepare for weekend invite
In its next step on the trek to the Big Ten, the MSU volleyball team (5-1) will challenge Notre Dame, South Carolina and No.
FOOTBALL
QB continues family's tradition
The family business. It's a phrase that suggests a particular family's specialty, cultivated through years of hard labor and dedication. MSU redshirt freshman quarterback Stephen Reaves is now beginning to make a name for himself in his family's business - football.
BASKETBALL
Izzone explosion
The Izzone's intensity, complete with the loud echoes of stomping feet and screaming fans will multiply by four this season. For the 2004-05 season about 3,050 student seats will be added to one of the best-known fan sections in the country that touted 950 members last year.
BASEBALL
Lugnuts announce new deal with Blue Jays
The Lansing Lugnuts officially ended their six-year relationship with the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday, announcing a new affiliation with the Toronto Blue Jays. With the new two-year agreement, the Lugnuts will be the Blue Jays' Class A minor league affiliate in the Midwest League effective for the 2005 season. Rumors about the switch have been circulating for about a week but Lugnuts officials declined to confirm them until Tuesday.
SPORTS
Wallin shines, breaks record
It's a good thing for the MSU volleyball team (5-1) that junior middle Megan Wallin likes a good fight. The 6-foot-3-inch Florida native has come out swinging this season, already breaking school and career records in the first two weeks of the season. "I thrive on competition - it doesn't matter if it's volleyball or a card game," Wallin said. During the Coca-Cola/MSU Volleyball Invitational, Wallin broke a school record after a .929 hitting percentage and had 13 kills, earning her a spot on the invitational's All-Tournament Team.
FOOTBALL
Receivers key in rivalry with Irish
The MSU-Notre Dame rivalry has a way of putting wide receivers in the limelight. Charles Rogers, Herb Haygood and Arnaz Battle are among the receivers whose names recently have been carved into history. As the Spartans attempt to beat the Irish for the seventh time in eight years at 7 p.m.
SPORTS
Women's team to hold walk-on golf tryouts
The MSU women's golf team will hold walk-on tryouts of 18 holes with tee times at 1:37 p.m. and 1:45 p.m.
FOOTBALL
Smith names Reaves starter
MSU head coach John L. Smith named redshirt freshman Stephen Reaves as his starting quarterback for Saturday's game against Notre Dame. For now. "That's the way it is today," Smith said.
SOFTBALL
'U' opens year Feb. 18, looks to defend title
The MSU softball team announced its 2005 schedule, with highlights being a five-team season opening tournament Feb.
FOOTBALL
Reaves receives starting nod, passes for 183 yards; Stanton plays in 3rd, throws 3 times
During warmups, before kickoff against Central Michigan, sophomore quarterback Drew Stanton made his coach an offer he couldn't refuse. "Drew Stanton came up and told me, 'Coach, if you don't play me today, I'm going to kick your butt,'" head coach John L.
VOLLEYBALL
Spartans place 2nd in tourney
It was a never-say-die attitude that pulled the MSU volleyball team (5-1) to take second in this weekend's Green Mill Restaurant Classic in Wichita, Kan., after losing only one match, head coach Chuck Erbe said. Although the team fell to No.
SPORTS
Team notches 2 weekend road wins, levels unbeaten streak to 7 games
After winning the Hofstra Pride Invitational, the MSU women's field hockey team improved its record to 7-0.
SPORTS
Team claims second in tournament, Kent. 1st
The MSU men's golf team finished second at the 2004 Inverness Intercollegiate in Toledo, Ohio. The Spartans held a four-stroke lead entering Saturday's final round and shot a final round score of 304 for a three-round score of 885 (294-287-304). Kentucky took top honors with a three-round score of 877 (296-289-292). The team returns to action at the Central Regional Challenge, September 17-19 in South Bend, Ind.
SPORTS
Spartans ranked No. 24 in preseason poll
The MSU women's cross country team has earned a No. 24 ranking in the FinishLynx/NCCA Division I Preseason poll.
SOCCER
Kaczmarek scores 2 in 4-0 victory, Spartans remain unbeaten in season
Junior midfielder John Kaczmarek scored two goals as the MSU men's soccer team remained undefeated with a 4-0 rout of Dayton on Sunday at Old College Field. "John Kaczmarek is a great, great Spartan player," MSU head coach Joe Baum said.
FOOTBALL
Solid win over Central Mich. showcases young players
Spartans fans were introduced to two new faces Saturday in MSU's 17-point win over Central Michigan University. "It was good to see the young guys play and grow a little today," head coach John L.
FOOTBALL
Central running back ties 90-yard run record vs. 'U'
In the 2004 Central Michigan football media guide, running back Jerry Seymour lists former Detroit Lion and recently-inducted Hall of Famer Barry Sanders as his sports hero. The way Seymour danced around the Spartans' defense Saturday, he certainly showed a hint of Sanders' improvisational running style.
SPORTS
Greedy NCAA needs to pay its athletes
If you turned on the television last Saturday to engulf yourself in the first full week of college football, you might have noticed that Colorado was missing a key element to its football team. That's because earlier this summer, the NCAA denied speedy Colorado wide receiver Jeremy Bloom's request to continue playing football at the collegiate level.