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Sports | Volleyball 1025

SPORTS

Spartans surprised by Golden Flashes

The No. 11 MSU wrestling team started off the new year on a sour note as the Spartans fell to 25th-ranked Kent State on Saturday. The loss to the Golden Flashes (7-0) brings MSU's record to 1-2 and is leaving the team searching for answers. "This team has got to figure out where it's going and we've got to figure it out in a hurry," MSU head coach Tom Minkel said.

VOLLEYBALL

Defense key in first-round matchup

It's the most exciting time of the year for the MSU volleyball team, and it has nothing to do with the fact that there is one week left in the fall semester. The Spartans (19-11) are gearing up for a run at the volleyball national championship beginning with a contest against George Mason (22-7) at 4 p.m.

BASKETBALL

Tough opponents await Spartans

Riding the momentum of Wednesday night's 82-75 defeat of No. 22 Virginia, the MSU men's basketball team is looking forward to a challenging road schedule over the holiday break.The Spartans (3-2) will host Cleveland State on Sunday at Breslin Center before being tested on the road by two perennial basketball powerhouses.The team rolls into Lexington, Ky., on Dec.

SPORTS

Coach regionally recognized

MSU field hockey head coach Michele Madison was named West Region Coach of the Year on Thursday for her accomplishments this season. With Madison on the sidelines, the No.

ICE HOCKEY

Spartans face leaders of CCHA

To students not from the state of Michigan, Ferris State University can be something of a mystery."I don't know anything about it," said MSU hockey freshman defenseman Evan Shaw, who is from Rhode Island.

SPORTS

Athlete shoots for trifecta

Theresa Pusateri can juggle - not bowling pins or flaming batons, but sports - and quite a few of them at that. The communication junior began her freshman year at MSU as a midfielder on the field hockey team.

VOLLEYBALL

Digging for a title

When Angela Morley woke up Thursday morning, she realized study time for finals was almost gone. The senior middle and the rest of the MSU volleyball team left Thursday night for South Bend, Ind., for the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament. The Spartan volleyball team is in the same boat as nearly all other MSU students.

SPORTS

Rogers hauls in more postseason honors

The postseason awards just keep rolling in for MSU's record-breaking wide receiver Charles Rogers. The American Football Coaches Association named Rogers to its 25-man team following a season in which he caught an MSU record 68 passes for 1,351 yards and 13 touchdowns.

FOOTBALL

Officials optimistic about improvements to Spartan stadium

University engineer Bob Nestle said the MSU Board of Trustees plans to name an architect for the construction of luxury suites, club seats and a club to Spartan Stadium at its Friday meeting.HNTB would not start the renovations until further studies assessing the feasibility and costs of making the additions are completed.

VOLLEYBALL

Spartans excited about draw in tourney

The MSU volleyball team (19-11) anxiously awaited its fate for the NCAA Tournament and let out a thunderous roar Sunday night when they saw the bracket they were placed in. The Spartans will travel to South Bend, Ind., where they will match up against George Mason (22-7) in the first round at 4 p.m.

BASKETBALL

Spartans ready for rematch with No. 22 Cavaliers

The last time the MSU men's basketball team met Virginia, it was a washout. The game was canceled early in the second half when water on the court in Charlottesville, Va., halted play.The game was played at a minor league hockey facility and the floor was on top of a layer of ice, which caused the condensation.Tonight, the No.

SPORTS

Children swarm Breslin to learn, take in game

Today at noon thousands of fourth- and fifth-graders will flock to Breslin Center to watch the MSU women's basketball team take on Kent State. The event is part of the "When I Grow Up" program and is sponsored by the Michigan Education Savings Program.

ICE HOCKEY

Weekend trip leaves team feeling confident

After back-to-back weeks of riding home on a deathly silent bus, the MSU hockey players were finally cheery enough to chatter as they returned from a road series this weekend, freshman left wing David Booth said. For a struggling team, getting three points in the College Hockey Showcase spawns such liveliness. On the ice, the Spartans let their play do the talking - tying 5-5 at Minnesota on Friday and winning 2-1 in overtime at Wisconsin on Saturday.