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ICE HOCKEY

Comley eager to begin year, defend title

Matt Bishop
October 2, 2007

Coming off the program’s first national title in 21 years, MSU head coach Rick Comley said he’s more driven now than he’s ever been. “That’s the feeling I have sitting here, right now,” Comley said Tuesday at MSU Media Day. “These are golden years for me … it’s such a great school and a great program, there’s so much pride taken from winning a national championship, I’m just hungry to do it again.”

SPORTS

MSU excels at invite

Matt Bishop
September 30, 2007

To put it lightly, it was a pretty good weekend for the MSU women’s tennis team. At the Spartan Invitational held this weekend at the Wilson tennis courts, the Spartans routed their competition, going 30-1 in singles matches and 11-2 in doubles.

FOOTBALL

Fans: Spartan team is not like last year

Madison, Wis. — The real MSU finally showed up Saturday as the Spartans lost 37-34 at Wisconsin. We finally know this team can compete with the best. We finally have a reason to be excited and inspired.

FOOTBALL

Sounding off

A standing ovation from opposing fans, a legitimate congratulatory video message from the previous record holder and a grizzled veteran running around like a rookie. If only all hallowed records could fall like that.

FOOTBALL

Fight for the right

Jon Schultz
September 30, 2007

Madison, Wis. — After sitting out a majority of the past three games injured, senior safety Nehemiah Warrick could not wait to smash pads with an opponent again. Wisconsin wide receiver Kyle Jefferson felt the brunt of that on Saturday.

VOLLEYBALL

MSU drops weekend pair

Allison Grant
September 30, 2007

Wisconsin athletics was celebrating both at home and in East Lansing on Saturday. The MSU volleyball team (9-7 overall, 0-4 Big Ten) felt the same pain in East Lansing as the MSU football team did in Madison.

FOOTBALL

Former Spartan discusses program status

The State News recently caught up with Spartans football legend Carl Banks to discuss where MSU football has been and where it is going. Banks played as a linebacker at MSU from 1980-83 and became the first non-kicker at MSU to receive first team All-Big Ten honors three consecutive seasons.

FOOTBALL

Prognosticators

Prognosticators predict the outcomes of the weekend’s upcoming Big Ten football showdowns.

FOOTBALL

Early grades: How football stacks up now

At this point in the season, records aren’t going to say it all. The Spartans come out of the nonconference schedule 4-0, but face it, the competition hasn’t been exactly stiff. Their toughest opponent was Pittsburgh, and they’ve been here before, only to collapse for the remainder of the season. So here’s how the Spartans look heading into their Big Ten conference schedule.

WOMEN'S SOCCER

Galas approaches MSU record

Cash Kruth
September 26, 2007

As senior goalkeeper Nicole Galas approaches MSU’s career shutout record, she not only gets satisfaction from not the numbers she’s putting up, but how those numbers contribute to her team’s success.