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ICE HOCKEY

Spartans earn first sweep of season with 2-0 win over Bowling Green

Jeff Kanan
February 27, 2011

The MSU hockey team didn’t have much control over its postseason fate this weekend, but made the most of what it could control in defeating Bowling Green, 2-0, Saturday for a weekend sweep. MSU earned its first sweep of the season and did an impressive defensive job against the Falcons to give junior goalie Drew Palmisano a shutout victory. However, the Spartans will be forced to make the long trip to Alaska for the first round of the playoffs next weekend, but honored head coach Rick Comley and senior forwards Dustin Gazley and Joey Shean out in style for their final home games. “I think there was definitely more energy,” junior defenseman Brock Shelgren said.

ICE HOCKEY

Icers grind out win against Bowling Green

Jeff Kanan
February 26, 2011

The goals came early and from several directions, but eventually ran out in MSU’s 2-1 win against Bowling Green on Friday. Sophomore forward Dean Chelios and junior forward Brett Perlini scored within eight minutes of each other to put MSU ahead 2-0 at the 9:02 mark of the first period. Bowling Green forward Brett Mohler scored 51 seconds later to make it 2-1 before the offense slowed down and the Spartans hung on for a late-season victory. MSU possessed the puck for later portions of the game and helped secure its second straight victory, but will need a follow-up performance Saturday to earn its first sweep of the season. “We were fine, kind of diligent and business-like,” MSU head coach Rick Comley said.

BASKETBALL

Lost the battle... Won the war

Anthony Odoardi
February 24, 2011

The No. 10 MSU women’s basketball class of 2011 defines everything it means to be a Spartan. Behind seniors Brittney Thomas, Cetera Washington and Kalisha Keane the Spartans became the first MSU women’s basketball team to claim an outright conference title, despite a 54-53 loss to Ohio State on Thursday night. The three seniors are Spartans to the fullest extent, and although they will graduate with their last game at Breslin Center being a loss, they can find peace in knowing they represent everything you look for in a basketball player. They have toughness, heart, passion, energy, character and leadership.

BASKETBALL

Spartans fall to OSU, still swipe title

Jeremy Warnemuende
February 24, 2011

Heading into Thursday night, the No. 10 MSU women’s basketball team had one obstacle left between itself and the program’s first-ever outright Big Ten championship. Unfortunately for the Spartans (24-4 overall, 12-3 Big Ten), that obstacle was six-time defending champion Ohio State.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Back on top

Anthony Odoardi
February 20, 2011

After five consecutive years of watching Ohio State reign atop the Big Ten conference and raise banner after banner, the No. 11 MSU women’s basketball team — with a 69-56 victory at Illinois — have dethroned the former champions and will carry the trophy a few hours north to East Lansing.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

MSU women look to become MSU’s best ever

Anthony Odoardi
February 20, 2011

After freshman center — a.k.a former Spartan Alyssa DeHaan’s replacement — Madison Williams went down with a torn anterior cruciate ligament, would anyone have believed me if I said MSU women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant would be able to reshape her offense and turn the No.