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MSU

Take Back the Night met with indifference after tumultuous year

It’s worth saying that the weather wasn’t great. And this year’s march didn’t have the draw of a speaker like MSU alumna and sexual assault survivor Gretchen Whitmer — who spoke last year — for clout, but it still seemed like the fervor that had once been felt for the issue was fading from MSU.

BASEBALL

Baseball drops Crosstown Showdown to the Lansing Lugnuts 9-4

After a 30 minute rain delay a night of fun began in downtown Lansing. At the Cooley Law School Stadium the MSU baseball team took on the Lansing Lugnuts, the Toronto Blue Jays Class A minor league affiliate in the ninth annual Crosstown Showdown. The game marks one of the first times of the year for students and members of the community to get out of the house as the weather begins to break. The night featured plenty of fun and antics, including both East Lansing mayor Nathan Triplett and Lansing mayor Virgil Bernero throwing out the first pitch, fans of all ages, other Spartan athletes coming out to enjoy the night and much more. The Spartans started the game on fire as the first four MSU batters hit through the cycle en route to a 3-0 lead after one inning of play.  The Lugnuts answered with one in the bottom of the second, and four in the third to take a 5-3 lead over MSU through three innings of play.

SPORTS

Michigan upsets MSU in men's tennis

MSU men's tennis head coach Gene Orlando said on Tuesday that his team has to prepare for Michigan's A-game when the two Big Ten programs squared off in East Lansing Wednesday.  Despite struggling to keep their heads after battling with a magnitude of injuries and a 4-14 regular season record, there was still a little fight left in the Wolverines, as they took down the Spartans, 4-3.  Gijs Linders began the single competition strong for MSU by knocking off Michael Zhu in the first match 6-2, 7-6 (7-2). U-M responded by taking the next three matches, before Mac Roy ended the streak by defeating Davis Crocker in the fifth match.  The No.