Lansing - In a game that closely resembled the final game of the 2002 Midwest League Championship Series, Lansing downed the Peoria Chiefs 7-6 on Monday.Last year's matchup saw the Chiefs (26-23) surprise the Lugnuts (28-18) with an eight-run ninth inning to steal the championship, 11-10.
Hockey senior defenseman Brad Fast and senior swimmer Karl Sunryd garnered academic recognition last weekend, as both were named to the 2003 Verizon Academic All-American District IV University Division Men's At-Large second team.
Senior diver Stephanie Anisko and senior rower Amy Slider were both named to the 2003 Verizon Academic All-American District IV University Division Women's At-Large First Team, initializing their eligibility for Academic All-American team consideration.As part of the women's swimming and diving team, Anisko won 13 diving events for MSU this season on the one- and three- meter boards, and holds a 4.0 grade-point average.She was awarded the Michigan State Student Athlete Support Services' President's Award, an annual award to the student-athlete with the highest GPA.
Crew team headed to NCAA tourney May 30 MSU has been awarded a team bid to the 2003 NCAA Women's Rowing Championship.
The MSU men's golf team finished the NCAA Central Regional Championships in a tie for 20th place on Saturday at the Colbert Hills Golf Course in Manhattan, Kan.
Offensive guard Paul Harker has been granted a sixth year of eligibility by the NCAA, coach John L. Smith announced on Saturday.
The MSU women's crew team took home fourth-place overall honors on Sunday in the 2003 Lexus Central/South Region Sprints on Melton Hill Lake in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Senior center Brain Ottney announced he will forgo his fifth and final year of eligibility because of chronic knee problems.
On Sunday, the MSU baseball team retired its first two numbers in school history.Former MSU greats Danny Litwhiler and Robin Roberts were on hand for the ceremony, in which the fence in left center field was adorned with banners brandishing the numbers one and 36, respectively."It was a great day for Spartan baseball," MSU manager Ted Mahan said.
The road has taken its toll on the Lugnuts already and Lansing has only been gone for two days. After taking three of four games from Wisconsin (19-18) last week at home, the Lugnuts (21-14) have now dropped two straight to the Timber Rattlers. That isn't all Lansing is dropping.
Golfers Kansas-bound for NCAA tournament After a successful regular season, the No. 54 Spartans travel to Manhattan, Kan.
Lansing - The Lugnuts completed a three-game sweep of Burlington on Monday, downing the Bees 2-0 in the first and only game of a doubleheader on Monday.Lugnut righty Anderson Tavarez (4-0) tossed the first complete-game shutout of his career in the win.
Michigan's basketball team was restricted from the next postseason last Thursday by the NCAA for violations involving former booster Ed Martin paying Wolverine basketball players during the 1990s.Although the university placed a self-imposed ban on the men's basketball team from appearing in the NCAA Tournament last season, the NCAA infractions committee deemed the penalty "meaningful," but not enough.
Burleigh, Fouch earn all-Big Ten honors Two Spartans captured conference recognition following the 2003 Big Ten Women's Golf Championships on April 25-27 in Iowa City. Freshman Dayna Burleigh took top honors, snagging Big Ten Freshman of the Year accolades and junior Allison Fouch was an all-conference second-team selection. Burleigh, who finished 16th at the conference tourney with a four-round score of 305, became just the third Spartan in club history to receive the honor. Fouch found a spot on the conference's second team after carding a 303 through four rounds for a 10th-place finish at the Big Ten championships.
While some professional prospects might be motivated by fame and fortune, MSU wide receiver Charles Rogers plays the game of football for those who looked after him, and for those he now looks after. "My family and my kids come first," he said.
Butts follows former coach to Kentucky After one year of serving as an assistant coach on the women's basketball team, Niya Butts announced she is leaving for an assistant coaching position at Kentucky. Butts will be joining new Wildcat head coach Mickie DeMoss, who was named Kentucky's head coach after 18 years as an assistant and associate head coach at Tennessee.
As his eagle putt from the back fringe rolls downhill 25 feet to the hole and then three feet past it, Eric Jorgensen wears a look of both surprise and knowing on his face. "Man, that's fast," he says. He was standing on the green of the par-5 13th hole at Forest Akers West Golf Course.
Well, the football world is just one day away from the offseason's most anticipated event - the NFL Draft. Names will be called.
The MSU softball team hopes to continue its quest for a Big Ten title this weekend when it faces conference cellar dwellers Indiana and Purdue. The fourth-place Spartans (30-14 overall, 8-5 Big Ten) will tussle with both the Hoosiers (17-27, 0-12) and the Boilermakers (31-22, 4-8) - 11th and ninth in the Big Ten, respectively - at Old College Field.
Bryan Gale thrives on being one-of-a-kind. The junior right-hander's pitching style is what puts him in a class of his own on the mound.