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SPORTS

MSU's task: Replace Shimek, Bowen

Eric Fish
October 19, 2006

The MSU women's basketball program established itself as an organization of national superiority two seasons ago when it reached the national championship game. Last year, the team made it to the Sweet 16, further cementing the success of the program. But gone are the days of Kristin Haynie, Kelli Roehrig, Lindsay Bowen and Liz Shimek, and now it's time for senior captains Victoria Lucas-Perry, Rene Haynes and Katrina Grantham to lead the team into a new era of basketball as the upcoming season looms. Five letterwinners from last year — including Shimek and Bowen, MSU's all-time No.

SOCCER

MSU blanks Valparaiso, 2-0

Matt Bishop
October 19, 2006

With a Big Ten showdown against Northwestern looming on the horizon, the MSU men's soccer team could easily have looked past its Wednesday opponent, Valparaiso. Instead, the Spartans came out and played suffocating defense from the first whistle to the last, crushing the Crusaders, 2-0, at Old College Field. "Today was what we call a Spartan effort," MSU head coach Joe Baum said.

SPORTS

Spartans learning from Tigers' success

Joey Nowak
October 19, 2006

The last time the Detroit Tigers won a World Series title, most MSU athletes were in diapers or had not even been born. "None of the players on our team have experienced the Tigers win," MSU baseball head coach David Grewe said.

SPORTS

Come together, right now, over sports?

Grown men were brought to tears. Homeless people and residents from places like Farmington Hills united with fist pumps and chanted cheers. More than 40,000 people decked out in navy and orange flooded the streets.

VOLLEYBALL

Schatzle named Big Ten Player of Week

Matt Bishop
October 17, 2006

Junior outside hitter Ashley Schatzle was named the Big Ten Volleyball Player of the Week after leading the Spartans to wins against Michigan and Iowa. The honor is the first for an MSU volleyball player since the 2003 season. Schatzle averaged 6.5 kills per game and hit .423 for the week.

FOOTBALL

Spartans secure Ohio offensive line recruit

Matt Bishop
October 17, 2006

The MSU football team has received another verbal commitment from the class of 2007, this one from Mark Wetterer, an offensive lineman from Anderson High School in Cincinnati, Ohio. Prior to the season, Wetterer had offers from 12 Division-1 schools, including West Virginia and Maryland, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer. He is ranked 28th in the state of Ohio by recruiting service Rivals.com. The Web site also ranks him as a three-star recruit out of five.

FOOTBALL

Heisman hopeful Smith shines

Ethan Conley
October 16, 2006

Many questions are up for debate in college football, but there's one truth that is nearly indisputable: Regardless of where he's playing or whom he's playing against, Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith is always the coolest guy on the field. Smith proved himself unflappable in early-season road games against Texas and Iowa.

SPORTS

Monday musings

Tom Keller
October 16, 2006

Sandy Sullivan, a candidate in the Wisconsin secretary of state election, has drawn attention for a self-published memoir that details her sexual exploits with Green Bay Packers' players in the 1960s. In a stunning twist, Gov.

BASKETBALL

Izzo, McCallie off to spooky start

Laura Collins
October 16, 2006

Instead of his classy suits and ties or MSU warm-ups, Tom Izzo went for a darker, more gruesome look Friday night. With slicked-back hair, white makeup and a long red-lined cape, the MSU men's basketball head coach was ready to suck some blood as a vampire at the MSU men's and women's basketball teams' annual midnight madness kickoff event. Playing off the "Fright Night" theme, students and community members came out in costume to meet the teams and see them scrimmage.

FOOTBALL

MSU might not win again this season

Confidence. It can make all the difference in the world in football, and MSU is no exception. The team always seems to need only one big play — be it a long pass, a broken tackle, a fumble recovery or a vicious hit — to get the wheels turning. But the team has had such a horrendous stretch of games that every last bit of confidence has disappeared, and you have to wonder if the players can get it back this season.

SPORTS

Spartans fall to Iowa, still winless in conference play

Matt Bishop
October 16, 2006

The struggles of the MSU field hockey team continued Saturday as the Spartans failed to capitalize on numerous opportunities in a 2-1 double-overtime loss to Iowa at the MSU Field Hockey Complex. MSU dropped to 4-10 on the season and has yet to pick up a Big Ten win in four tries. "We need to find what it takes for us to win," sophomore forward Gwen Riley said.

SPORTS

Pawlak's late goal salvages weekend split

Matt Bishop
October 16, 2006

With losses in five of its last seven games, the MSU women's soccer team knew Sunday's game against Iowa was as close to a must-win as you can get at this point of the regular season, especially considering the Spartans' 3-0 loss to Illinois on Friday.

FOOTBALL

MSU squanders opportunities

Steve Highfield
October 16, 2006

If MSU had scripted the beginning of Saturday's game against Ohio State, it probably couldn't have turned out any better than what actually happened. After forcing the Buckeyes to start at the 20-yard line, the Spartans defense caused a turnover, giving the offense the ball deep in Ohio State territory. On MSU's first offensive play, junior running back Jehuu Caulcrick caught a screen pass and rumbled just short of the goal line.