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SPORTS

Field hockey to host weekend NCAA games

After going 6-2 at home in the regular season, the MSU field hockey team will host at least one more game this season. The room full of players and coaches burst into shrieks of joy as it was announced the Spartans would host the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament, with the first challenge coming from defending national champions North Carolina. Iowa and Louisville also will play in East Lansing.

FOOTBALL

Spartans using bye week to heal injuries

Cash Kruth
November 11, 2008

When MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio first laid eyes on the 2008 schedule, he didn’t like what he saw. At first, not having a bye week until the 11th week of the season bothered Dantonio, but three months and one banged-up team later, he’s changed his mind.

SOCCER

Hertel's flip throw harder than it appears

Senior defender David Hertel brings a valuable weapon to the men’s soccer team’s offensive arsenal: He can throw the ball a mile. Hertel’s ability to clear a great distance with his throw-ins comes from his mastery of the flip throw. He takes five or six big strides and does the flip by putting the ball on the ground and whipping his body around to create momentum that sends the ball flying out of his hands like a missile.

SOCCER

Rested Spartans await Big Ten Tournament

Alex DiFilippo
November 10, 2008

The MSU men’s soccer team had two main objectives coming into this season. First, they wanted to win the Big Ten regular season title — something that had never been done in the program’s history. The squad checked that one off the list Nov. 2 when they defeated Northwestern 1-0.

FOOTBALL

Close to achieving glory

For the first time this season, members of the MSU football team really complained about respect Saturday. Junior defensive end Trevor Anderson pleaded that MSU was “not the same old Spartans team.” Senior quarterback Brian Hoyer asked when the name would die.

BASKETBALL

Spartans too much for Lakers

Cash Kruth
November 9, 2008

The MSU women’s basketball team capped off its exhibition season with a convincing 84-44 win against Grand Valley State on Sunday at Breslin Center — using their superior strength, quickness and depth to pull away from the Lakers despite turning the ball over 25 times.

SPORTS

MSU field hockey loses to Iowa in Big Ten Tournament

And now they wait. The No. 10 MSU field hockey team dropped another overtime heartbreaker to Iowa, 3-2, in the Big Ten Tournament this weekend. Iowa defeated MSU earlier in the year 4-3 and has beat MSU three of the last five years in the Big Ten Tournament, all of the losses coming in overtime.

FOOTBALL

Creating a legacy

Cash Kruth
November 9, 2008

When MSU beat Purdue 21-7 Saturday at Spartan Stadium, the home team made its way over to the southeastern corner of the stadium to do the traditional singing of “MSU Shadows” with the student section. After the final word had been sung, nearly all the Spartans headed to the locker room to celebrate their ninth win of the season.

FOOTBALL

Spartans knock off Purdue, 21-7

Jacob Carpenter
November 8, 2008

With an ugly 21-7 win Saturday over Purdue, the Spartans are sitting pretty for a chance at a Big Ten championship. A stingy defense that held Purdue to 191 total yards and gave the Spartans offense superb field position on two touchdown drives propelled MSU to a win on Senior Day at Spartan Stadium.

FOOTBALL

One final memory

Cash Kruth
November 6, 2008

On a warm November evening last week, senior offensive linemen Jesse Miller and Roland Martin were enjoying one of their last off days as MSU football players. The two most experienced and decorated MSU offensive linemen were at Ralph Young Field, experimenting with their most recent purchase — remote control cars.