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Sports | Football 1000

FOOTBALL

Baker leads backfield trio

If there’s one position the MSU football team doesn’t need to worry about, it’s running back. Whereas some teams have trouble finding one solid player to carry the ball, the Spartans have four viable options.

BASEBALL

Spartans split double header against Oakland

Lansing — For whatever reason, the MSU baseball team hasn’t been able to use the momentum gained in weekend series and translate it into midweek games in recent weeks. Two weeks ago, coming off a three-game sweep of Michigan, the Spartans fell to a struggling Central Michigan team on their home field. Coming off its first-ever three-game sweep of Minnesota, the Spartans only were able to split a double header against Oakland on Tuesday at Cooley Law School Stadium. The Spartans (21-8) won the first game, 7-1, and lost the second game, 9-7.

SOFTBALL

MSU heads to Northwestern for two games

Taking notes from two road losses to Iowa last weekend, the MSU softball team will remain on the road ­— playing a doubleheader against Northwestern on Today — setting out to accomplish the same goals it had before the weekend: play tough infield defense.

ICE HOCKEY

Red Wings will look for health, consistency

The most beautiful, exciting and intense two-month stretch of the year begins when the NHL playoffs kick off with the Detroit Red Wings hosting the Phoenix Coyotes tonight at 7 p.m. on Versus and FOX Sports Detroit. For the next two weeks, viewers will be able to enjoy three or four games on most nights as the field gets whittled down by half and the true contenders separate themselves from the pack.

SPORTS

Track runs well in Arizona

The MSU men and women’s track and field program ran well in its second outdoor meet of the season this weekend, competing in the Sun Angel Track Classic in Tempe, Ariz.

SOFTBALL

MSU taking season slow after rough start

Jacquie Joseph is throwing out previous Big Ten matchups, tough losses and even solid victories. The MSU softball head coach doesn’t care what her team has done in the past — regardless of how well or how poorly it played — and is focusing on the present and winning one game at a time.

FOOTBALL

MSU lineman returns to field after fighting cancer

MSU offensive lineman Arthur Ray Jr. has been added to the active spring roster Thursday after undergoing a bout with bone cancer. His return to the football field is complete after the NCAA granted a waiver on his behalf and he was scheduled to practice Thursday.