Field Hockey Five members of the MSU field hockey team are in the running for a championship title in the U.S.
MSU's attempt to set a world record in basketball attendance is shaping up into a reality as ticket sales for "The BasketBowl" have now topped 50,000. On Saturday, MSU ticket manager Chris Besanceney reported that 50,172 tickets have been sold for the Kentucky-MSU basketball game at Ford Field in Detroit on Dec.
Lansing - Wednesday's early start time made the Lugnuts appear to be still asleep. Errors cost Lansing the game, losing to the Cedar Rapids Kernels 5-3. Missed catches in the outfield and bad decisions made in the infield were a large factor in the Lansing (42-30) loss. "It's tough to play a noon game after you're used to the clock being at night," Lugnuts Manager Julio Garcia said.
The Lansing Lugnuts impressed the Midwest League in the first half of the season, but still have their work cut out for them to keep postseason hopes alive. After holding onto first place for most of the first half of the season, the Lugnuts (38-27) lost the top spot to the Fort Wayne Wizards (40-28) in the Eastern division, as well as losing an automatic playoff berth for finishing in first place at the season's turn. The second half of the Midwest League season begins today at Oldsmobile Park with an eight-game homestand for the 'Nuts. The first four are against the Kane County Cougars and the remaining games against the Cedar Rapids Kernels. But before the Lugnuts look forward to the second half, six members of the Lansing roster were chosen to play in Tuesday's Midwest League All-Star Game in Comstock Park, Mich., home of Eastern division foe the West Michigan Whitecaps. Shortstop Buck Coats (.307, 39 RBI) and designated hitter Donnie Hood (.327, 7 HR, 27 RBI), were selected by Midwest League managers as starters, and left fielder Keith Butler was chosen as a reserve outfielder. Despite being picked to come in off the bench in Tuesday's All-Star Game, Butler put on the game's most commanding performance. In the bottom of the ninth, Butler hit a one-out bases loaded single between the shortstop and third baseman to give the Eastern team a 5-4 victory. Butler, named the Midwest League Star of Stars, went 3-for-3 in the contest. Lugnuts closer Jason Wylie (0.57 ERA, 14 SV) and starters Jae Kuk Ryu (6-0, 1.83 ERA), Justin Jones (3-3, 2.55 ERA) and Andrew Sisco (2-2, 1.78 ERA) represented the Lansing pitching staff on the Eastern division All-Star squad.
The first four games of the 2003 MSU football season are scheduled to be televised by ESPN and NBC, Big Ten officials announced Monday.The Spartans' Aug.
After pacing the MSU women's track and field team in distance running all season long, junior Jamie Kryzminski capped her season with a fifth-place finish in the 10,000-meter run at the 2003 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships late Thursday night. Kryzminski trumped her own school-record in Thursday's race, posting a 32:52.87 time - more than 30 seconds better than her previous best. The fifth-place finish earned her All-America recognition for the second straight season and improved on her seventh-place finish at the same event one season ago. She became the first female Spartan track and field athlete to be named an All-American in consecutive seasons. @Byline:Patrick Walters
As the lone participant from the MSU men's track and field team in the 2003 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, junior Steve Manz capped the season with an 11th-place finish in the shot put Friday evening. Of three tosses in the finals, Manz's final throw went 57 feet 1 1/2 inches.
Ticket sales for "BasketBowl" have already eclipsed the 32,000 mark, well on pace to break the attendance record for an NCAA basketball game, the MSU Athletics Department reported Saturday. "BasketBowl," an MSU-Kentucky men's basketball matchup scheduled for Dec.
MSU senior golfer Allison Fouch has a date with some of the best golfers in the nation. After shooting a 36-hole score of 153 at Tuesday's sectional qualifying tournament held in New Jersey, Fouch secured a spot in the U.S.
An exhibit of the legendary 10-10 tie game between Notre Dame and MSU during the 1966 season was put on display Tuesday at the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Ind.The exhibit commemorates the highly controversial finish to the contest.
Lansing - The Lugnuts fell to the Quad City River Bandits 5-3 in a 12 inning battle Monday at Oldsmobile Park, losing control of first place in the Eastern division for the first time since May 18.Lansing starter Justin Jones (3-3) allowed only one earned and one unearned run during the first inning, though the Lugnuts (35-25) spent most of the game playing catch-up.Quad City (28-34) hurler Scott Tyler threw a no-hitter through five innings of work, keeping the Lugnuts off the scoreboard until the fourth inning.
If during the course of the school year you get tired of studying, or you don't study at all, look no further than intramural sports as your escape from college life. Each semester, MSU's IM facilities offer a variety of sports for everyone from beginners to hard-core athletes. In the fall, the IM facilities offer football, three-on-three basketball, soccer and volleyball, along with roller and floor hockey, badminton and individual golf and tennis tournaments. Basketball, indoor soccer, inner-tube water polo, volleyball,softball and track are all available in the spring. "With all of the studying and things students have to do, the IMs offer an outlet from all the stress," Johnny Allen, IM sports assistant director said.
Last March, three wins in seven days at the 2003 NCAA Tournament laid a season of skepticism surrounding the MSU men's basketball team to rest - and woke up the groggy sleeping giant of MSU basketball fandom.But even though the Spartans' run to the Elite Eight in the 2003 NCAA Tournament was an improbable - albeit unexpected - step back to championship-caliber expectations, players and coaches are looking toward the national crown this season regardless.Last season, all talk was about "bridging the gap" between the Spartans of 2003 and the 2000 national championship team that cut down the nets at the Final Four.
The smell of fresh cow manure and alcohol mixes in the misty, chilled morning air on a fall Saturday.
Of all the male sports at MSU, football, basketball and hockey soak up most of the attention. But seriously, what makes those three sports any more important and entertaining than the other male sports? The answer: nothing. Despite the pre-season powerhouse football team plummeting into the nation's biggest laughingstock, a fall that included two embarrassing losses by a combined score of 110-10, football is football. Basketball will be one of the nation's top programs as long as Tom Izzo is at the helm and hockey, though it faded a bit in 2003, will get back on the map. But in MSU's smaller sports there is just as much of a winning tradition, if not more of one. The MSU baseball team entered the 2003 season after setting numerous Spartan records in 2002 en route to a superb 38-19 finish.
When the MSU hockey team takes the ice this fall, it will be looking to erase memories of the program's most disappointing season in a decade. The Spartans weren't bad - finishing 23-14-2 overall and placing fourth in the CCHA.
Despite dwelling in a male-dominated sports world, several MSU women's teams made huge strides of their own last year, and the future continues to look bright for upcoming seasons. Field hockey continues to lead the pack in accomplishments.
Lansing - After a successful weekend, the Lugnuts were kept off the board in a 7-0 stomping from the Quad City River Bandits on Sunday in a rain-shortened matinee at Oldsmobile Park. The Bandits (27-34) took a quick 2-0 lead in the top of the second off a triple from left fielder Garrett Guzman to score designated hitter Omar Burgos and center fielder Alex Romero. Lansing (35-24) had an opportunity to slice into the lead in their half of the frame, but third baseman Robinson Chirinos grounded into a double play with the bases loaded to end the chance. A costly error from Lugnut shortstop Buck Coats in the third allowed Quad City first baseman Danny Matienzo to cross home and increase the lead to three. With Lansing struggling to get its offense going, the Bandits tacked on two more runs in the sixth, courtesy another Coats error and a sacrifice hit. Coats has a team-leading 21 errors, but said his teammates' support allows him to keep his head up despite the loss. "People pick each other up, it's fun to be on a team like that," Coats said.
Sports media has been "bery, bery" bad to Sammy Sosa.It seems Sosa's popped cork unleashed some of the worst media coverage, as bubbly airheads hit the airwaves spouting off all the hot air they could muster from their inflatable minds.Phrases such as "Say it ain't So-sa," "Whammy Sammy" and "Busted" were tossed around like a busy bullpen, as the all-star right fielder was given the Martha Stewart treatment - though, at least the design diva didn't say her stock move was a practice trade.ESPN, err
Former MSU golfer Eric Jorgensen's golf career excelled on amateur golf courses, and now he hopes to continue his success on the professional circuit.Jorgensen's performance on the men's golf team earned him several recognitions - All-Big Ten Second-Team honor and being named to the Ping All-Midwest Regional Team for the second straight year to name a few - along with a load of confidence in his prospects as a pro."I was thinking about it before school ended," he said.