SM — It's a new era for the football team. New coaching staff, new players and now fans will receive their first taste of the team's new jerseys for the 2007 season. The new uniforms have an old school, traditional look to them.
Lansing — In his first season with the Lansing Lugnuts, Gary Cathcart has directed the team to a 25-21 record through Sunday's game and has earned the respect of his recently inherited team.
MSU women's basketball head coach Suzy Merchant finalized her coaching staff by hiring Evelyn Thompson as an assistant coach. Thompson, an assistant at Buffalo for the past five seasons, will join assistant coaches Shane Clipfell and Mike Geary, director of basketball operations Julie Pagel, video coordinator Monique Govan and director of basketball operations intern Patrice McKinney.
Lansing — The Lansing Lugnuts split a two-game home stand with the Great Lakes Loons on Friday and Saturday. The Lugnuts continued their winning ways on the road Sunday in Midland with a 10-5 victory against Great Lakes. Lansing and Great Lakes traded quality hitting performances, with the Loons winning 13-6 Friday, and Lansing prevailing 10-3 on Saturday.
MSU sophomore goaltender Jeff Lerg earned second-team Academic All-District honors from the College Sports Information Directors of America.
The MSU women's golf team finished 16th at the NCAA Championships with a total score of 1,232. The team finished the four-day tournament Friday, held at LPGA International Legends Course in Daytona Beach, Fla. Seniors Mandi McConnell, Rachel Meikle and Heather Rose came within the top 50 in the nation, the first time in school history MSU recorded three top-50 finishes at the NCAA Championships. McConnell led the Spartans with a 30th-place finish following a four-day total of 302, and finished the season with a 76.18 stroke average in 40 rounds, the ninth best in school history.
He's not the original "MJ," but he should certainly help matters for the MSU football team.
Several MSU baseball players earned All-Big Ten honors Tuesday afternoon. The announcements came after MSU narrowly missed the Big Ten Tournament with a 8-7 loss to Illinois on Sunday.
The Lansing Lugnuts took three of four games against the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers this past weekend.
Despite jumping out to a 7-0 lead, the MSU baseball team fell to Illinois 8-7, Sunday afternoon at Illinois Field, putting an end to the Spartans' hopes of playing in the postseason Big Ten Tournament.
The No. 26 MSU men's golf team earned a spot in the NCAA Championships for the first time in 14 years after finishing eighth in the NCAA Central Regional tournament this past weekend. MSU finished 18-over par 306 on the final day of the three-day competition Saturday in Sugar Grove, Ill., for an overall total of 51-over par 915. Junior Ryan Brehm was the top team finisher, finishing 9-over par 225. Tulsa and Alabama came in first and second, respectively. MSU earned its first trip to the NCAA Championships under seventh-year head coach Mark Hankins and will compete in Williamsburg, Va., starting May 30.
The Lansing Lugnuts placed second baseman Chris Gutierrez on the 7-day disabled list after the infielder suffered a hamstring injury.
The MSU baseball team hopes to ride a hot streak all the way to the Big Ten Tournament as they head to Champaign, Ill.
Four more women's basketball positions were filled Tuesday, when head coach Suzy Merchant announced her latest hirings for MSU.
Lansing — The Lansing Lugnuts' lineup was no match for a strong pitching staff Tuesday. South Bend Silverhawks starter Brett Anderson kept the Lansing offense quiet, leading his team to a 5-3 victory. Anderson did not allow a base runner through three innings but was the first to allow a run.
The Big Ten and the Atlantic Coast Conferences announced that MSU will host Clemson in the first ever women's basketball Big Ten/ACC Challenge on Nov.
Lansing — Chants of "Let's get some hits" filled the air at Oldsmobile Park on Sunday as MSU battled Northwestern in the final game of a weekend series. Going into the ninth inning with the game tied at three, freshman outfielder Chris Roberts stepped up to the plate and did just that.
Arthur Ray Jr., a 2007 MSU football signee from Chicago, has been diagnosed with cancer and is awaiting chemotherapy.
Lansing — The Lansing Lugnuts ended a four-game series against The Swing of the Quad Cities on a down note Friday night, falling 11-5.
Shane Clipfell, former women's basketball assistant coach at Eastern Michigan University, will join women's basketball head coach Suzy Merchant at MSU.