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BASEBALL

MSU baseball fails to walk off with bases loaded, falls to Purdue Fort Wayne for first loss in six games

Michigan State baseball had an opportunity to send its fans home happy in the bottom of the ninth. The score read 4-3 in favor of the Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons with one of the Spartans' best hitters in junior infielder Brock Vradenburg stepping to the plate with the bases loaded. After taking the first pitch, Vradenburg grounded out to first as the 10-win Mastodons snapped MSU’s five-game win streak. 

SPORTS

MSU men’s tennis defeats Penn State 4-1

This win, however, didn’t come without its fair share of conflict. During MSU freshman Ozan Baris’s singles match against Penn State senior Charl Morgan, the decision was made by the referee to give a point to Baris after Morgan was allegedly heard swearing.