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.
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
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.
SOCCER
'U' hopes to extend streak
As the MSU men's soccer team enters Sunday's game versus Dayton with a 3-0 record, the Spartans will be without Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week's Jordan Gruber. "I kind of pulled my groin, but now they're thinking it might be a hernia," the senior midfielder said.
SPORTS
Softball team opens season in Las Vegas
MSU women's softball team is scheduled to open the season on the road at a Feb. 18-20 five-team tournament hosted by University of Nevada in Las Vegas, Nev.
SPORTS
Spartans head to East Coast with 5-0 record
The MSU women's soccer team is taking its game to the East Coast this weekend for The Rutgers Classic, hosted in Piscataway, N.J.
SPORTS
Spikers prepare for 1st road trip
The MSU volleyball team has more to prove this weekend in the Green Mill Restaurant Classic at Wichita State in Kansas. The Spartans will be facing stronger competition in the weeks ahead such as Arkansas, Wichita State and Washington, head coach Chuck Erbe said. "The bar's going to be at a higher level, and we're going to have to play better this coming weekend," Erbe said. Among the biggest areas that the Spartans need to improve upon include diversifying combinations, hitting off the block and timing back court attacks, Erbe said. MSU (3-0) put up high numbers in its season and home opener last weekend and currently lead the Big Ten with a .347 hitting percentage an average of 3.28 blocks per game. The Spartans were second to Minnesota with 17.89 kills and 16.33 assists per game. But those numbers won't make up for serious errors in the future, said senior outside hitter Kim Schram.