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Basketball takes TV by storm
Next week cannot come any sooner. Girlfriends wait with fear and trepidation while their boyfriends' hormones get revved up.
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Clutten, relay win big in conference meet
MSU men's swimming and diving finished up a competition at the Big Ten Championships with individual performers excelling. The championship was held Friday and Saturday in West Lafayette, Ind. Standing out for the Spartans was Ian Clutten, who placed seventh in the 200 breaststroke, swimming the event in a time of 1:59.73 and earning an NCAA provisional qualifying time.
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Softball heads south for Florida tourney
MSU softball heads to Florida this weekend to play against Stony Brook, Maryland and Florida International before entering into bracket play during the Florida International Tournament. The Spartans will face season-starters Stony Brook and 3-2 Maryland on Friday before taking on 2-9 Florida International on Saturday. MSU has 13 extra base hits on the season and hopes to keep up that momentum throughout this weekend's play. Coming off of a 1-1 showing at last weekend's UNLV tournament, the Spartans athletes hope to keep their record-breaking performances.
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No. 22 Spartans shoot to shatter school record
After tying the school's record score last week, the MSU women's gymnastics team wants to break that record on Saturday in its final home meet of the season. The No.
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PairWise Rankings bad news for 'U' hockey
A computerized ranking to determine the Bowl Championship Series in college football causes more headaches than it originally was intended to, and college hockey's PairWise Rankings are no exception. While the MSU hockey team enjoys a bye week, you, the fans, should be concerned not only about next weekend's series against Michigan, but the upcoming NCAA Tournament as well.
BASKETBALL
Izzo: Big Ten deserves credit
The Big Ten is portrayed in the national media as the black sheep of the major conferences, and Tom Izzo doesn't like it. With the Big Ten's best record, MSU (16-9 overall, 11-3 Big Ten) is nearly a lock for the NCAA Tournament.
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Seniors to face Penn State in final home game
After four years of playing at Breslin Center, senior forward Julie Pagel isn't necessarily ready to say goodbye. "It's sobering; you spend four years somewhere, and it feels like you only spent a day," Pagel said.
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Golfer earns Big Ten accolades for 1st time
Senior Sarah Martin earned the title of Big Ten Golfer of the Week. Martin, who helped take the Spartans to a 14.5-3.5 dual-match win at the Spartan/Wildcat Cup last week, took the title for the first time in her college career. Martin received the title, which she shares with Ohio State junior Kristen White, by tying for the Spartans' high score and by shooting a tournament-best score of 73 in last week's tournament.
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Swimmers shatter 4 best times in tourney
The MSU women's swimming and diving team took 10th place at the 2004 Big Ten Championships on Feb.
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Spartans tie school record against Pitt
The MSU gymnastics team tied a school record on Saturday by defeating Pitt in a 196.575 performance at Jenison Field House. The Spartans posted season-high team vault scores of 49.000 and 49.075, respectively, in the first and second rotations. Victoria Iakounina turned out a season-best score of 9.900 and took the event title on bars, while teammate Sarah Alexander took the beam title with a score of 9.900.
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Beech lands in record books with strikeouts
Spartans softball finished 1-1 Saturday at the first day of the UNLV Tournament. In the first shutout of the season, MSU defeated Butler, 6-0.
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Tennis freshman goes distance
For all the homesick freshmen, put yourself in Pascale Schnitzer's shoes. A no-preference freshman on the MSU women's tennis team, Schnitzer moved more than 5,000 miles away from her home in Santiago, Chile, at the beginning of this semester to play tennis.
BASKETBALL
Turnovers key to win
What a difference a game makes. Michigan's improbable win against Wisconsin on Sunday suddenly thrust the Wolverines into the batch of Big Ten NCAA Tournament hopefuls.
ICE HOCKEY
Spartans sweep weekly CCHA awards; 2 suspended for fights
The MSU hockey team's hopes of dressing its current full roster for the next series against Michigan vanished after this past weekend. Freshman forward Drew Miller and junior forward Kevin Estrada are ineligible to compete in game one of the U-M series at 8:05 p.m.
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Seniors help 'U' to 1st Big Ten win
In its final regular season meet, the MSU wrestling team captured a win Sunday afternoon, defeating Indiana, 19-14, at Jenison Field House. With just its second win of the season and first in the Big Ten, the Spartans (2-12, 1-7), took six individual matches, with three coming from seniors in their final home meet as Spartans. "It means a lot, actually," senior Arsen Alexsanyan said.
ICE HOCKEY
Icers find rhythm in shutouts
With a satisfied look on his face, head coach Rick Comley stood on the ice, clapping as his players acknowledged the crowd following their 5-0 shutout over Nebraska-Omaha on Saturday night. After struggling since the beginning of the season to string together back-to-back wins, the MSU hockey team finally completed its first home sweep of the season.
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Second-half slip causes 'U' fall
West Lafayette, Ind. - Two straight games against Top 10 opponents started off on the wrong foot for the No.
BASKETBALL
Spartans control Big Ten destiny
Like an aging boxer short on money, the MSU basketball team refused to give up. And as the Big Ten season winds down to its final rounds, the Spartans are proving the beatings they took only made them stronger. After MSU's first Big Ten game, a loss to Wisconsin, the team was two games under 500 - its worst start since the 1987-88 season - and had lost each of its marquee nonconference matchups.
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Colorado sports out of control
The situation at University of Colorado is beginning to resemble Enron in its scandalousness. Between the allegations of sex and alcohol being used to recruit players and the recent accusations of women being raped by team players, things are not looking good for head football coach Gary Barnett or the Colorado football program. So far, six alleged rape victims have come forward, with one of the most recent being former Colorado kicker Katie Hnida.
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Wrestler heeds athletic calling
He grew up somewhat different than most wrestlers. Size was never to his advantage, and he had one other minor detriment. Junior wrestler Brandon Hallifield was born deaf - but no matter how hard it would be, his mother vowed he would have an ordinary childhood. "I was really determined," Diana Hallifield said.